Control and Automation Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading multinational engineering company in Milton Keynes is seeking a Control and Automation Engineer. Ideal for recent graduates with relevant experience in PLC programming. This role involves technical support for electrical products, creating manuals, and delivering training to European subsidiaries. Candidates must possess a degree in a related field and enjoy opportunities for career growth, supported by excellent training and benefits including a bonus scheme and healthcare.

Benefits

Bonus Scheme

Annual Bonus

Excellent Pension

Life Insurance

Private Healthcare Cover

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Buy and sell holiday scheme

Free hot lunches in restaurant

Sports and social club

Qualifications

• Degree Qualification BENG or MENG ideally in relevant engineering fields.
• Minimum 1 year relevant work experience.
• Knowledge of PLCs and Ladder or Structured Text programming language.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for technical documentation.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to Europe.

Responsibilities

• Support electrical products by answering technical questions.
• Provide assistance for customer applications and perform fault investigations.
• Design and deliver training courses/presentations to European subsidiaries.
• Create operation manuals and technical guides.
• Conduct investigations and tests to evaluate company's products.

Skills

Knowledge of PLCs

Strong verbal communication skills

Strong written communication skills

Ability to travel to Europe

Education

Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Software or Electromechanical Engineering

Job description

About the job Control and Automation Engineer

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 andAutomation Engineer role with experience in setting-up and programming PLCs to provide product support to their subsidiariesbusiness. 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: £28,000 - £,48,000 (depending on experience), superb career and technical progression available, 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 and sports and social club.

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.

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• 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
• The ability to occasionally travel to Europe

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

If you are interested and feel you have some applicable skills for this please apply now and we will happily recommend you to our client.