Automation Engineer – Plant Reliability & Upgrades

Andrews Recruitment Group Limitted; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Andrews Recruitment Group Limitted is recruiting an Automation Engineer for a large-scale heavy process site near Macclesfield. The role is hands-on, focusing on reliability, integrity and continuous improvement of plant automation and control systems, working with electrical, maintenance and control-room teams to reduce downtime.

You will contribute to plant upgrades and CAPEX projects from specification and programming through testing, integration and commissioning, ensuring safe,

Qualifications

• Proven experience in industrial automation or control systems.
• Strong PLC fault-finding and programming ability.
• Hands-on experience with HMI/SCADA or process-control systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve plant automation and control systems.
• Diagnose PLC, software and control-system faults.
• Support automation upgrades and CAPEX projects from specification through commissioning.
• Ensure safe modifications with proper testing and risk assessment.
• Collaborate with electrical, maintenance and production teams to improve reliability.

Skills

PLC fault-finding

HMI/SCADA experience

Industrial automation

Process control

Team collaboration

Education

Electrical/Controls/Automation background

Tools

SCADA

HMI

PLC programming

Industrial communication

Job description

Andrews Recruitment Group Limitted is recruiting an Automation Engineer for a large-scale heavy process site near Macclesfield. The role is hands-on, focusing on reliability, integrity and continuous improvement of plant automation and control systems, working with electrical, maintenance and control-room teams to reduce downtime.

You will contribute to plant upgrades and CAPEX projects from specification and programming through testing, integration and commissioning, ensuring safe,