Senior Automation Engineer

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Car allowance

Company bonus

Enhanced parental leave policy

Cash allowance to boost benefits

Job summary

Agratas is seeking a high-calibre automation maintenance engineer with a chemical background to support installation and commissioning of equipment in our E-zone (electrode). The role involves collaborating with internal teams, equipment vendors and turnkey partners to ensure safety, operability and maintainability to local standards.

Initially, you will review solutions, contribute to RFQ selections, and attend design reviews and supplier meetings.

Qualifications

• Industry experience in FMCG, Food & Drink, Battery Pharmaceuticals, or Chemical industries.
• Qualification in Chemical Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience within the Chemical field.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and evaluating solutions from the project teams.
• Providing technical and serviceability input during the RFQ process to ensure the right solutions are chosen based upon safety, cost and capability.
• Attend design reviews, FAT or supplier meetings, travel to visit third-party suppliers and OEMs.
• The role will later transition to hands-on, ensuring the installation meets our standards and requirements, developing maintenance processes, and identifying tools and spare parts and service agreements to achieve 90+% availability.

Skills

Industry experience

Education

Chemical Engineering

Job description

What You'll Do

Agratas is looking for high calibre automation maintenance engineer who comes from a Chemical background to support the installation & commissioning of equipment within our E-zone (electrode). Working alongside internal resources, equipment vendors and turnkey partners to ensure the equipment is safe, operable & maintainable and is installed to the correct local standards.

What You'll Do

Agratas is looking for high calibre automation maintenance engineer who comes from a Chemical background to support the installation & commissioning of equipment within our E-zone (electrode). Working alongside internal resources, equipment vendors and turnkey partners to ensure the equipment is safe, operable & maintainable and is installed to the correct local standards.

During the initial phase of the project, you will be focusing on

• Reviewing and evaluating solutions from the project teams.


• Providing technical and serviceability input during the RFQ process to ensure the right solutions are chosen based upon safety, cost and capability.


• Attend design reviews, FAT or supplier meetings, travel to visit third-party suppliers and OEMs.

The role will later transition to hands-on, where you will be ensuring the installation meets our standards and requirements. You will drive and participate in the development of maintenance processes, determining tools and spare parts needed along with necessary service agreements ensuring that the equipment meets availability targets in the 90+% range.

This is a hybrid role while the site is being built but from commissioning phase, you will be required to be on-site.

Who We Are

Agratas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. We will design, develop and manufacture high-quality, high-performance, sustainable batteries for the mobility and energy sectors. We are a scale-up business with a start-up mentality and the backing of a well-established parent company. The UK business headquarters is in the Midlands and we are currently building a battery manufacturing facility in Bridgwater, Somerset.

What You'll Bring

Industry experience in FMCG, Food & Drink, Battery Pharmaceuticals, or Chemical industries.

Qualification in Chemical Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience within the Chemical field.

Equipment Knowledge & Experience

• Chemical & powder handling systems


• Delivery, mixing, dosing & bulk storage systems


• Slurry/fluid distribution


• Ovens


• ATEX & DSEAR


• Abatement

Strong practical knowledge of mechanical and electrical installations and maintenance

Strong practical system knowledge within a highly automated manufacturing environment

Proven skills with a track record of managing equipment, teams and delivering controls projects.

COMAH facility experience (desirable)

What You'll Get

• private healthcare


• car allowance


• company bonus


• enhanced parental leave policy


• a cash allowance to boost your benefits

As a young company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, car allowance, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work-life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support.

You'll work in a rapidly scaling-up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK’s biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation.

Agratas is a place to be authentically you.

At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability.

Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.