Based inCarlton, Barnsley, S71 3HF -The home of Mr Kipling Salary
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- Circa £60,000 per annum (including 20% Shift Premium) Permanent, Full time (Monday
- Friday Rotating Days & Afters) Closing date for applications
- 31st May 2026 A full time, permanent opportunity has arisen at our Barnsley site for an Automation Engineer to join the team.
You will be a fully engaged team member and will assist the engineering team to maintain site electrical standards and ensure the site remains compliant with electrical regulations.
The successful candidate will: Drive CI initiatives with the electrical and automation agenda.
Support and train engineering teams with maintenance and fault-finding activities.
Be a custodian of electrical documentation, drawing and software backups to the agreed site standard.
Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure site is always compliant against electrical standards.
Work with the maintenance planner to schedule electrical projects.
Ensure that we hold the correct electrical critical spare parts, and the consignment stock is maintained.
Supervise engineers and outside contractors.
What we need from you: Recognised electrical/automation apprenticeship Qualified to a minimum HNC level (or equivalent) electrical/controls discipline.
Advanced PLC Skills
- Allen Bradley (Rockwell Logix) Experienced with Allen Bradley servo drives, Inverters and Network controls Understanding of control systems and the ability to optimize them Experience in food manufacturing is desireable What we offer in return: Salary circa £60,000 per annum Up to 7.5% pension contribution Life assurance Staff discount shop on site Free on site parking Access to "The Hamper", with discounts at hundreds of nationwide retailers 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Employee Assistance Programme, Occupational Health and Other Health & Wellbeing Benefits Sharesave Scheme A great British food company Premier Foods is one of Britain's biggest listed food companies, employing over4,000 colleagues at 15 manufacturingsites and offices up and down the country.Many of our brands have been part of UK lifefor more than a century and you'll find them in 94% of British households.