Automation & Electrical Reliability 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

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.