On a retained and exclusive basis, Hays Engineering is delighted to be partnering with Lenzing in Grimsby to appoint their Automation Engineer. The new appointment will join an established team of automation specialists and become an integral part of the function, accountable for ensuring a sufficient service level to maintain and develop the factory operational technology (OT) systems and infrastructure.
As the newly appointed Automation Engineer, you will take accountability for automation systems and the associated infrastructure, resulting in a safe, reliable plant and helping achieve and exceed production and quality targets, in addition to knowledge of existing and new systems and an in-house expert on software.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Provides primary support for the Operational / Automation systems (PLC/SCADA/Networks/SQL etc.) to others within the business, inclusive of any out of hours support.
2. Aids with the ongoing development of the Automation strategy to tackle reliability, obsolescence, ageing plant and improvements.
3. Through the use of asset reliability data / OEE losses, ensure proper RCA / investigations are performed
4. Identify and organise asset improvement projects providing justifications for savings with inclusion of capex vouchers.
5. Assist the Improvement team (Projects / Process / Engineering) on the continuous improvements to the factory.
6. Development and implemen...