Senior Automation Engineer

Severn Trent; High Offley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Skills progression plan

Car allowance

28 days holiday with bank holidays

Annual bonus up to £2,250

Pension scheme

Sharesave

Academy training

EV scheme

Family friendly policies

Volunteer days

Job summary

Severn Trent is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to deliver automation expertise for day-to-day operational support across water, waste and bio resources teams in Worcester and Gloucester. You will program, maintain, and repair Rockwell and Mitsubishi PLCs, HMIs and SCADA systems, while driving process control and visualization improvements to enhance efficiency and decision making.

The role offers training on Rockwell and Mitsubishi products and opportunities to advance automation skills

Qualifications

• Experience with data analysis tasks and process control is valuable.
• Opportunity to lead automation skills development within operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day automation support to water, waste and bio resources teams in Worcester and Gloucester areas.
• Program, maintain and repair Rockwell and Mitsubishi PLC, HMI, SCADA systems and associated industrial control networks.
• Drive efficiencies via improved process control and visualization work.
• Enable data-driven decision making by ensuring accurate data and robust ICA system backup/control.

Skills

Data analysis

Process control

Tools

Rockwell PLC

Mitsubishi PLC

HMI/SCADA

Industrial networks

Job description

Working as a Senior Automation Engineer your aim is to deliver Automation expertise for day-to-day operational support. We will also want you to deliver efficiencies and improvements via improved process control and visualisation work. There will be data analysis tasks to complete, and we will want you to assist in ensuring that all new ICA installations meet with our Severn Trent Water standards. In this role you will provide day to day automation support to water, waste & bio resources operational teams in the Worcester and Gloucester Areas. You will primarily be responsible for programming, maintaining and repairing Rockwell & Mitsubishi PLC, HMI, SCADA systems and any associated industrial control networks. Experience working with Rockwell & Mitsubishi products and software is advantageous, however familiarisation and training on these products can be provided. We will also want you to deliver water & waste treatment efficiencies and improvements through process control and visualisation improvements so experience working with telemetry systems and instrumentation for pressure, flow, level, chlorine residual, turbidity and ph measurement is preferred. Additionally, you will be expected to enable the use of accurate data to inform good decision making within the business and lead in the management of software backups and control for all ICA systems in our area. You will be given the opportunity to further develop your own skills in role and lead in the development of our operational team's automation skills, whilst looking to deliver an improved customer experience through the innovative use of automation for predictive control of Non-Infra and Infra processes/assets. You will also be called upon to support and ensure new ICA systems are standardised and meet STW standards.

The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity, and a caring attitude we want to talk to you too. We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involved. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?

Hello, we're Severn Trent and we think water is wonderful. Oh, we're pretty keen on people too. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year we serve 4.8 million households and business across the heart of the UK. Each cuppa drank and every toilet flushed is only possible because of the 6,500 brilliant team members working across our patch. We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality. We know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities where they live. If you want to do more because you care, we'd love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

Working here isn't just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent, and we'll reward you for it too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we'll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live. With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you'll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

• Skills Progression Plan
• Car Allowance per month
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
• Leading pension scheme - we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave - the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our 'Academy'
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two volunteering days per year