Job Description:

Job Summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join an Established Engineering corporation based on their 14-acre site in Milton Keynes. We are looking for an Automation and Control Engineer with experience of setting up and programming PLC's to provide product support to their European Subsidiaries.

• Salary £40K to £50K
• Fully office based 37.5 hour week - full training and career progression.
• Benefits 25 days holiday, buy and sell holiday, pension, subsidised restaurant, sports and social club, life assurance, Private Healthcare cover and loads more...
• You must have permanent right to work in the UK as unfortunately Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Duties

• Design and deliver training courses/presentations to subsidiaries.
• Create operation manuals and technical guides.
• Carry out investigations and tests to evaluate products.
• Supporting company electrical products by answering technical questions.
• Providing assistance for specific customer applications and performing fault investigations
• Some European Travel may be required.

Must Have Experience

• You must have a degree or HND qualification in Electrical, Electronics, Software or Electromechanical Engineering.
• A Minimum of 1 year experience that is relevant to the role.
• Knowledge of PLC's and Ladder or Structured text programming language
• Strong verbal and written communication skills as you will be required to write detailed technical reports and product documentation.

Desirable and additional experience would include:

• Experience of troubleshooting electrical components and networks
• Technical Product Support experience
• Experience of delivering technical training.
• Experience with major industrial communication protocols is desirable such as PROFINET, EtherCAT, Ethernet/IP, OPC UA and IO-Link.

Interview process is thorough and will include an Agility test in Math and English, a teams interview and then a face to face interview. Presentation skills and knowledge will be a major focus during this process.