Summary

Location
Kent

Salary
£44000.00 - £48000.00 Per year

Job type
Permanent

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Controls / PLC Engineer - Kent

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Controls / PLC Engineer ( Shifts ) – Automation / Manufacturing

Circa £44-48K
Erith, Kent

I am currently looking to recruit a Controls / PLC Engineer to join my client based in Erith, Kent.

Vacancy description

  • Competitive salary and benefits including free shares and Life Assurance
  • Onsite subsidised café and company shop offering discounts of up to 70% on groceries from leading brands and major retailers
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Childcare vouchers and numerous local discounts/benefits
  • 42 hours per week (Shift based role of 14 x 12 hour shifts in any 28 day period. Combination of Days and Nights)
  • Exciting opportunity to work with highly automated cutting edge machinery in a brand new site

My client is the world’s largest dedicated online grocery supermarket, unique and completely independent focusing on the home delivery of high-quality food, drink and household goods. They have won countless consumer awards for our incredible, customer-centric business.

At the forefront of the automated distribution are the Engineering team, ensuring that the technology continually beats the competition. Working in our brand new highly automated warehouse you will be using the latest versions of cutting edge hardware and software.

As a control Engineer, you will undertake the day to day reactive and planned engineering activities and improvement works at the CFC. The main task is providing front line support to the Automation Control team to ensure that control issues, including PLC code related issues within our live operational systems are investigated and resolved as quickly as possible

Requirements of the role -

  • Where a hardware fault is identified, activate a pre-defined workaround or make temporary modifications to PLC code to allow the operation to continue
  • Work with the Automation Control team to diagnose and deploy the required code fixes
  • Provide front line issues investigation of live production control systems (hardware and software) including the use of relevant diagnostic tools such as Profibus / Can Bus networks and Bar Code Readers
  • Analyse data and find solutions to improve MHE performance
  • Carry out planned maintenance across the site

What we are looking for -

  • Good technical ability and experience relating to automation hardware and software
  • A good understanding of PLC control system architecture and field control devices
  • A good understanding of DC motor controls
  • Online code monitoring, modification and development with Siemens S7 300/400 PLC’s
  • Experience with SCADA and Siemens HMI systems
  • Experience in a warehouse, distribution, production or FMCG environment
  • Understanding of Control System Communication Protocols such as WCS and WMS systems
  • Fully computer literate
  • Good communication, organisation and planning skills
  • Sound analytical skills, able to look at data and solve problems with full customer focus and determination to deliver results under time critical situations

This is a shift based role involving working days, nights and weekends

Application Process

If you have the above skills and wish to be considered for this position or find out more details then please submit your CV

We will endeavour to contact all applicants however if you do not hear from me within two weeks then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful.

  • Contact: Paul Leyshon

This position is now closed.


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