Control and Automation Engineer

Chiltern Park Recruitment Ltd; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus Scheme

Annual Bonus

Excellent Pension

Life Insurance

Private Healthcare Cover

25 days holiday

Buys and sell holiday scheme

Free hot lunches in restaurant

Sports and social club

Job summary

Chiltern Park Recruitment Ltd has secured a role with a worldwide engineering leader seeking a Graduate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (or similar) to join as a Control and Automation Engineer in Milton Keynes. You will be setting up and programming PLCs and providing product support across subsidiaries, with strong training and clear career progression.

The package includes a salary around £28,000–£48,000, a bonus scheme, pension, life insurance, private healthcare, and generous

Qualifications

• Degree in BEng/MEng Electrical, Electronics, Software or Electromechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 1 year relevant work experience.
• Knowledge of PLCs and Ladder or Structured Text programming language.

Responsibilities

• Support electrical products by answering technical questions and performing fault investigations.
• Design and deliver training courses and create operation manuals and technical guides.
• Travel occasionally within Europe to support subsidiaries as the team expands.

Skills

PLC programming

Ladder Logic

Structured Text

Communication skills

Education

BEng/MEng Electrical/Electronics/Software or Electromechanical Engineering

Tools

Industrial protocols

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen with a worldwide market leading multinational engineering company working with clients in the automotive, aerospace, renewable, scientific, pharmaceutical, electronics, oil and gas and food processing industries they are recruiting a Graduate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or similar to carry out a Control and Automation Engineer role with experience in setting-up and programming PLCs to provide product support to their subsidiaries business. This would be ideal for a Graduate with a year or two's experience, who is looking for excellent training and career progression, this company is expanding fast, having grown from 200 to nearly 400 staff in the last 3 years.

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary & Benefits

• Salary: £28,000 - £,48,000 (depending on experience)


• Bonus Scheme


• Annual Bonus


• Excellent Pension


• Life Insurance


• Private Healthcare Cover


• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)


• Buys and sell holiday scheme


• Free hot lunches in restaurant


• Sports and social club

Responsibilities

• The role requires supporting our electrical products by answering technical questions, providing assistance for specific customer applications and performing fault investigations.


• The successful candidate will also be required to design and deliver training courses/presentations to European subsidiaries, create operation manuals and technical guides, as well as carrying out investigations and tests to evaluate the company's products.


• The business is currently expanding fast, providing growth opportunities for those who join.


• As part of our global development team led by Japan, we are focused on delivering solutions to our customers that are innovative and future proof.


• The ability to occasionally travel to Europe.

Requirements

• A Degree Qualification BENG OR MENG ideally - Electrical, Electronics, Software or Electromechanical Engineering Minimum 1 year relevant work experience


• Knowledge of PLCs and Ladder or Structured Text programming language


• Strong verbal and written communication skills as you will be required to write detailed, technical reports and product documentation


• Any experience with some of the major industrial communication protocols would be advantegous but is not essential: PROFINET, EtherCAT, Ethernet/IP and IO-Link