Senior Automation Lead Engineer Flexible Hours + 10% Bonus

Samuel Frank; Lower Hopton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Flexible hours

Early finish Friday

Annual leave 24 + 8 holidays

Home working

Job summary

Samuel Frank is recruiting a Senior Automation Lead Engineer to lead a small automation team responsible for electrical design, controls engineering and software implementation of bespoke machinery. You will guide other engineers while remaining hands-on with design and project delivery.

The role covers leading technical handovers, producing schematics with EPLAN/AutoCAD, and supporting PLC/HMI development (Siemens/Allen-Bradley). Occasional client visits are expected.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Automation/Controls leader.
• Experience delivering electrical and controls designs for bespoke machinery.
• Strong electrical design skills producing electrical schematics.
• Knowledge of PLC systems (Siemens and/or Allen-Bradley).
• Experience leading, mentoring or managing engineers.
• HNC/HND or equivalent in Electrical, Controls or Automation Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead and provide technical support to the Automation team.
• Coordinate delivery of electrical and controls designs to timescales, costs and quality.
• Produce electrical schematics using EPLAN or AutoCAD.
• Prepare Functional Design Specifications, P&IDs, pneumatic schematics and docs.
• Contribute to client meetings, HAZOPs, FMEAs, design reviews and risk assessments.
• Support PLC and HMI software development (Siemens/AB).
• Lead technical handover of projects from concept to detailed engineering.
• Occasional customer visits (3–5 times per year).

Skills

Automation engineering

Controls engineering

Leadership

Electrical design

PLC systems

HMI software

Mentoring

Education

HNC/HND in Electrical/Controls/Automation

Tools

EPLAN

AutoCAD

Siemens PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

Job description

Samuel Frank is recruiting a Senior Automation Lead Engineer to lead a small automation team responsible for electrical design, controls engineering and software implementation of bespoke machinery. You will guide other engineers while remaining hands-on with design and project delivery.

The role covers leading technical handovers, producing schematics with EPLAN/AutoCAD, and supporting PLC/HMI development (Siemens/Allen-Bradley). Occasional client visits are expected.