Automation engineer

If you can read control logic/ PLCsoftware, rectify faults, maybe do some small PLC softwareadjustments or upgrades- great!Siemens PLC or Rockwell Automation / Allen Bradley PLC diagnostics, fault diagnosis of factory automation, conveyor, machinery is the key to this one.

You'll be supporting several Automated Warehouses - household names usingPLC controlled conveyor, cranes, robots, packaging and palletising machinery, materials handling, sortation, stacking, picking and packingsystems. You'll be fault finding on the machinery, rectifying problems, using PLC's as a diagnostic tool, fault finding on electrical systems, drives, motors, controls. You'll also get involved with Upgrade projects- modifying and sometimes helping to write new PLC software. This can be a chance to improve your PLC skills as you'll be working alongside the Automation and Control Systems Engineers on these.

Salary: You'll get a basic salary in the £40K's, paid overtime, extra on-call pay (1 week in 6),good benefits including 33 days holiday, company vehicle, and training and development when you need it.

Remote and site working: The vacancy is ideal for someone living in: Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Cambridgeshire.

For more information about the job, send a copy of your CV to Mark Burnard at Hartland Recruitment.