Automation & Electrical Engineer

Muller Dairy; South Ockendon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Müller Dairy Severnside Dairy in the UK is seeking an Electrical & Automation Support Engineer to join the site maintenance team. You will deliver cost-effective maintenance, improve asset reliability and help develop the site's automation infrastructure and best practices.

The role covers automation health checks, PLC programming across Siemens S7 and Allen-Bradley, SCADA and INTOUCH development, plus coaching colleagues to raise automation capability while prioritising safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Educated in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, ideally with completion of a recognised apprenticeship.
• Completion of a multi-skilled training programme would be advantageous.
• Strong ability to fault-find within electrical panels and during breakdown situations.
• PLC programming knowledge in Siemens S7 and Allen-Bradley, with SCADA systems experience.
• Understanding of industrial networking and the ability to develop INTOUCH applications.
• Proficient with Microsoft products and confident using data to support improvement activity.
• Able to communicate technical information clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to actively apply engineering skills in a safe, effective and improvement-focused manner.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement across engineering, facilities and site roadmap activity, supporting Quality, Health & Safety, EMS, Engineering and Autonomous Maintenance objectives.
• Provide specialist electrical and automation support for reactive issues, structured problem solving, improvement initiatives and operational excellence activity.
• Support minor automation Capex projects and wider site projects with automation elements, ensuring alignment with ADE/ADM requirements and group standards.
• Work closely with central Automation Development teams to maintain site automation standards, software documentation, version control and compliance.
• Own and support site obsolescence and improvement plans, including controls, panel risk assessments, health checks and remedial actions.
• Use performance and site data to identify opportunities to improve production efficiency, quality, reliability and operability.
• Support, coach and train colleagues to develop automation knowledge while maintaining a strong focus on health and safety for self and others.

Job description

We are currently looking to recruit an Electrical & Automation Support Engineer to join our Severnside Blowmoulding within our Müller Milk & Ingredients business.

Contract: Full Time/Permanent

Salary:Competitive

Monday to Friday: 8am - 4pm

Location: Severnside Dairy - GL10 2DG

This is a key site-based role focused on delivering cost-effective maintenance activity, improving asset reliability and supporting the continued development of the site's automation infrastructure. The successful candidate will support maintenance delivery in line with the annual maintenance plan and operational demands, while actively identifying and implementing improvement methods to increase reliability. You will also support the Maintenance Excellence roadmap and help develop systems and people to improve automation performance across the site.

Electrical & Automation Support Engineer key responsibilities will include:

• Drive continuous improvement across engineering, facilities and site roadmap activity, supporting Quality, Health & Safety, EMS, Engineering and Autonomous Maintenance objectives.
• Provide specialist electrical and automation support for reactive issues, structured problem solving, improvement initiatives and operational excellence activity.
• Support minor automation Capex projects and wider site projects with automation elements, ensuring alignment with ADE/ADM requirements and group standards.
• Work closely with central Automation Development teams to maintain site automation standards, software documentation, version control and compliance.
• Own and support site obsolescence and improvement plans, including controls, panel risk assessments, health checks and remedial actions.
• Use performance and site data to identify opportunities to improve production efficiency, quality, reliability and operability.
• Support, coach and train colleagues to develop automation knowledge while maintaining a strong focus on health and safety for self and others.

Systems and technical scope:

• PLC programming knowledge across Siemens S7 and Allen-Bradley platforms.
• SCADA systems and INTOUCH application development.
• Industrial networking and automation infrastructure.
• Electrical panels, controls and breakdown fault-finding.
• Software documentation, version control and compliance standards.
• Automation health checks, panel risk assessments and obsolescence planning.

What we're looking for from our next Electrical & Automation Support Engineer:

• Educated in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, ideally with completion of a recognised apprenticeship.
• Completion of a multi-skilled training programme would be advantageous.
• Strong ability to fault-find within electrical panels and during breakdown situations.
• PLC programming knowledge in Siemens S7 and Allen-Bradley, with SCADA systems experience.
• Understanding of industrial networking and the ability to develop INTOUCH applications.
• Proficient with Microsoft products and confident using data to support improvement activity.
• Able to communicate technical information clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to actively apply engineering skills in a safe, effective and improvement-focused manner.

Personal qualities:

• Proactive and improvement-focused, with a strong interest in reliability and automation performance.
• Collaborative, with the ability to work closely with site engineering, operational teams and central automation colleagues.
• Confident supporting and coaching others to build automation knowledge and capability.
• Committed to maintaining high standards of health, safety, quality and compliance.

What the role offers:

• A permanent, full-time role within a leading UK dairy manufacturing business.
• The opportunity to influence automation standards, asset reliability and maintenance excellence across Severnside Dairy.
• A varied technical role supporting projects, improvement activity, reactive issues and site development plans.
• The chance to coach colleagues and help develop automation capability across the site.

At Müller, we're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage people to apply even if they don't meet every requirement listed. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know - we're happy to support you.

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