Multi Skilled Engineer

Job Title: Automation Engineer

Location: Smart parc, Spondon, Derby DE21 7HW

Shift: Suez Shift Pattern rotating days and nights, 0600-1800 and 1800-0600.

Let's Discuss What's On The Table For You

● 70% off HelloFresh or Green Chef boxes ● Company pension scheme ● Gym membership ● Bupa private medical insurance (including dental & family cover options) ● Mental health first aiders and an employee assistance programme ● Nursery support scheme ● Cycle to work scheme ● Group Life Assurance

Play a key part in supporting our Employee Resource Groups: FreshVets, Black Heritage Network, NEU Network (Neurodiversity), GET (Gender Equality Team) and FreshPride

About The Team

As an Automation Engineer you will be the site Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the team, for all controls systems, maintenance engineering, sensors, PLCs, communication protocols, and automation for the site. You will work with the facilities and maintenance teams and colleagues to maintain and repair conveyance, automation and facilities equipment to support operations uptime and improve reliability of our systems.

What You Will Be Doing

Work in a hands-on manner to actively monitor, fault find and repair systems in order to provide a high level of equipment availability to internal customers.

Perform preventive maintenance and routine inspections on assigned automation, robotics and control panels.

Perform troubleshooting of assigned out of service equipment and correct issues, act as an escalation point for lower level technicians, and escalate to leadership and/or vendors as needed for additional troubleshooting.

Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and ticketing systems as appropriate.

Mentor all maintenance personnel in developing appropriate skill sets and knowledge of equipment specializing in automation, controls and robotics.

Lead root cause analysis of major downtime events.

Act as a network resource for technical issues and lead netwo