PLC & SCADA Automation Engineer – No Nights, Early Fridays

Mizkan; Middleton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early Friday finishes

No night or weekend shifts

Pension contributions up to 10%

Annual bonus 5%

Health plan

Free food Wednesdays

Job summary

Mizkan Euro, makers of Sarson’s and Branston, is seeking an Automation Engineer at its Middleton site. You’ll be the go-to expert, supporting shift engineers when PLC issues go beyond a quick fix, across bottling and brewery floors powered by Siemens and Allen Bradley PLCs.

You’ll master both legacy and modern tech and lead automation improvement projects. You’ll own PLC, HMI and SCADA systems, identify repeat issues, and contribute to site upgrades.

Qualifications

• Strong PLC fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to writing PLC programmes from scratch is desirable, you don’t have to be an expert but some experience would be great.
• Experience with Allen Bradley and/or Siemens PLCs; Exposure to HMI/SCADA systems - ours are simple to pick up.
• Ideally, experience in an FMCG environment (but we welcome brilliant engineers from any sector).
• If you have any continuous improvement or project leadership experience that is a big plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support automation improvement projects across the site.
• Own and enhance PLC, HMI and SCADA systems.
• Identify repeat issues and engineer them out of the process.
• Contribute to critical site upgrades.
• Help shape the automation roadmap behind some of the UK’s best-loved brands.

Skills

PLC fault-finding

PLC programming from scratch

Allen Bradley PLCs

Siemens PLCs

HMI/SCADA systems

Continuous improvement

Project leadership

Tools

Siemens PLCs

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Job description

Mizkan Euro, makers of Sarson’s and Branston, is seeking an Automation Engineer at its Middleton site. You’ll be the go-to expert, supporting shift engineers when PLC issues go beyond a quick fix, across bottling and brewery floors powered by Siemens and Allen Bradley PLCs.

You’ll master both legacy and modern tech and lead automation improvement projects. You’ll own PLC, HMI and SCADA systems, identify repeat issues, and contribute to site upgrades.