Trainee PLC Controls Engineer – Electrical Maintenance
Nicholas Associates
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Nicholas Associates are seeking a Maintenance Engineer - Trainee Controls Engineer near Leicester for dayshift, Monday to Friday with overtime. The role focuses on modifying PLC programs and progression into PLC Controls Engineer.
The ideal candidate will have electrical maintenance experience in manufacturing, familiarity with Allen Bradley or Siemens PLCs, and a desire to program from scratch; training will be provided.
Qualifications
- Electrical maintenance experience in manufacturing/production environments.
- Desire to modify and write PLC programs from scratch with training provided.
- Competent with Allen Bradley or Siemens PLCs and related controls.
- Commutable from Loughborough, Leicester, Melton Mowbray, Coalville and surrounding areas.
Responsibilities
- Working with the electrical maintenance team on PLC modifications and laptop programming.
- Program, troubleshoot, and optimise PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems.
- Diagnose and resolve electrical, instrumentation, and control faults.
- Support preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance.
- Maintain and improve process and material handling equipment.
- Deliver automation upgrades, system integrations and retrofit projects.
- Analyse performance data to improve reliability and minimise downtime.
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Support breakdown response and maintain technical documentation.
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Nicholas Associates are seeking a Maintenance Engineer - Trainee Controls Engineer near Leicester for dayshift, Monday to Friday with overtime. The role focuses on modifying PLC programs and progression into PLC Controls Engineer.
The ideal candidate will have electrical maintenance experience in manufacturing, familiarity with Allen Bradley or Siemens PLCs, and a desire to program from scratch; training will be provided.
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