Automation Manager

£60,000 excellent pension contributions other benefits

A fantastic opportunity for an energetic, self motivated Automation Manager or Senior Engineer to join an established growing engineering company with over 30 years experience within the food processing industry. Benefits include a £60,000 salary, 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) and the autonomy to develop and manage the automation department.

Automation Manager Job description:

Management of all aspects of systems automation engineering department including planning, labour resource allocation, supplier liaison.

Managing whole systems lifecycle development including design, FAT, SAT testing, installation and commissioning and creating technical documentation.

Managing PPM and breakdown maintenance of automated systems.

Previous experience/Qualifications required:

Degree or HND in a relevant engineering field such as controls or electrical and electronic engineering.

Good electrical knowledge and PLC programming experience.

Used to working to deadlines.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

This leading manufacturer of injection moulding machinery is currently seeking Field Service Engineers to join their service team. Opportunities exist both in the Midlands and in the Buckinghamshire area, however both roles will provide national cover.

As Field Service Engineer your duties will include -

• Service & repair plastics moulding machines & equipment to approved standards
• Configure machines to customer's specifications
• Commission machines to approved standards and within agreed time scales
• Provide support & instructions to customers
• Fault finding diagnosis supported by Tech Service
• Fault finding on ancillary equipment
• Complete the company's documentation on time, accurately & efficiently, particularly:
• Service / Commissioning reports
• Spare parts return documentation
• Personnel records

Area: Midlands or Buckinghamshire (but will be expected to travel extensively in the UK and will need to stay away from home on a regular basis)

To be successful in the role of Field Service Engineer, the ideal Candidate will -

• Have experience in the maintenance of microprocessor controlled injection moulding machines or similar equipment
• A recognised electrical or electronic qualification

On offer -

• Competitive salary dependant on experience and qualifications
• Company vehicle
• Pension
• Medical insurance
• 5 weeks holiday
• Structured career prospects in an international engineering group with an expanding UK and Irish market share.

Apply now to be considered for this role!

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

Control Systems Software Engineer

Warrington

Permanent

£38,000 - £42,000 PA

A great opportunity for an experienced Control Systems Software Engineer to join a forward thinking company offering
a competitive salary, company pension scheme, flexible working hours and a profit share scheme.

Responsibilities:

Work directly with clients to produce the design documentation.

Write the PLC, HMI and SCADA software.

Write test documents.

Perform SAT and FAT testing.

Commissioning software on-site.

Provide documentation and customer training.

Skills and Experience Required:

Experience in writing code for either Siemens or Mitsubishi PLC and SCADA/HMI platforms.

A good understanding of setting up, commissioning, and fault finding of industrial networks such as DeviceNet, Profibus, Ethernet would be useful.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

Control Systems Engineer

£36,000 - £40,000

Coventry

Permanent

Control Systems Engineer required to join a machine tooling engineering business based in coventry. You will receive a competitive salary, pension and 25 days per year holiday. Great working environment and early finish on fridays.

Job description:

Commissioning Siemens variable speed drives, Siemens PLC (Step 7) and Siemens CNC controls.

Setup and commissioning of inverter drives and servo motors.

Design of control circuits.

Reading and writing PLC programs (Step 7).

Experience required:

Experience with AC & DC control circuits.

Basic NC programming experience (ideally 840D).

Please contact David Thompson on 0121 236 1662 or email david.thompson@asc-connections.com

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

PLC Software Engineer

Burton-on-Trent

£38,000 - £40,000

Permanent

A great opportunity for a PLC Software Engineer to join a growing engineering business, designing and developing PLC Software within the process industry.

Job description:

Create an FDS (Functional design specification).

Developing PLC software using either Allen Bradley ControlLogix or Siemens TIA Portal.

Commission systems on site and particip[ate in FAT and SAT testing.

Create technical documentation.

To apply, please call me on 0121 236 1662 or email david.thompson@asc-connections.com.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

Automation Projects Engineer

£45,000 - £50,000 Car Benefits

Work from home with occassional site visits

Permanent

Automation Projects Engineer required to develop new automation business and oversee projects through to completion. Working for a market leader in providing Automated Robotic Engineering solutions. This fantastic opportunity provides great benefits such as working from home, company car, laptop, mobile and healthcare.

Automation Projects Engineer job description and duties:

Develop new automation business

Translate customer requirements into engineering requirements.

Manage projects through to completion and ensure handover with customers.

Identify and manage automation suppliers and vendors.

Automation Projects engineer Previous experience/ qualifications required:

Degree or HND in an Engineering discipline.

Experience with automated systems/robotics/materials handling.

Demonstrable experience in managing similar projects.

Please send your CV to david.thompson@asc-connections.com or call 0121 236 1662 for more information.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your CV on file to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections is a leading recruitment business specialising within areas of Technical, Business and IT services. We operate as an Employment Business or an Employment Agency for all temporary and permanent roles respectively.

This major player in capital equipment for the Injection Moulding industry is currently seeking an Automation Projects Manager to be responsible for handling customer projects from quotation through to completion as well as developing new business.

The role is home based, but will involve travel throughout the UK and Ireland, with occasional visits to France.

As Automation Projects Manager your duties will include -

• Acting as customer liaison on automation projects, from enquiry through to delivered solution; including meetings with Customers and the Automation department to oversee key project elements and for sign off prior to delivery.
• Develop new automation business in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
• Translate business requirements into engineering requirements.
• Work with UK vendors and automation department to facilitate selection.
• Manage UK vendors to deliver part or total solutions in a cost effective way.
• Identify, manage and follow of local automation suppliers (with the support of the automation department)
• Visit customers after delivery and commissioning to ensure successful sign off of project, working with the automation department and UK service department to resolve any issues that may arise.

To be successful in the role of Automation Projects Manager, the ideal Candidate -

• Will come from an injection moulding background, with automated systems/ Robotics/Material Handling Equipment experience.
• Be qualified to HNC/HND/Degree level in an engineering practice.
• Will be able to demonstrate experience in managing projects, preferably in downstream automation of production processes.
• Will have commercial ability relating to project costs and contracts.
• Have some ability to operate a CAD system

On offer -

• A competitive salary in the region of £40-45k depending on experience
• OTE of up to £50k
• Company Car
• Phone & laptop
• Private Health cover
• Pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Apply now to be considered for this role.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your CV on file to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections is a leading recruitment business specialising within areas of Technical, Business and IT services. We operate as an Employment Business or an Employment Agency for all temporary and permanent roles respectively.

Senior Controls Engineer

£Negotiable Car Pension

Bicester

Permanent

Senior Controls Engineer required to complete controls design which will include electrical design and PLC software design for materials handling environments. Working for a leading supplier of integrated automated technologies, you will be proving market leading controls solutions utilising the very latest technology.

Senior Controls Engineer main duties:

Co-ordinate electrical design, software design and commissioning activities.

Take responsibility for Controls budgets and take responsibility for procurement of electrical equipment.

Design and production of electrical layout and schematic drawings using AutoCAD/EPLAN.

Design, testing and commissioning of PLC software.

Senior Controls Engineer previous experience required:

Minimum of HNC/HND in electrical Engineering or equivalent.

Good understanding of industrial network equipment, for example, Profibus, Profinet, ASi , TCP/IP.

Please contact David Thompson on 0121 236 1662 or email david.thompson@asc-connections.com.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your CV on file to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections is a leading recruitment business specialising within areas of Technical, Business and IT services. We operate as an Employment Business or an Employment Agency for all temporary and permanent roles respectively.

A global manufacturer of Robot Technology, have an exciting new role within their field service team and are looking for talented robotic service engineers to come on board. The role is a mixture of installation, commissioning and service of robotic technology all over the UK. Package includes a strong base salary of Circa £38K, plus overtime, company vehicle and expenses, pension, private health care and 33 days holiday.

The company

The company are a multi million pound turnover business that have a direct supply to manufacturing businesses all over the UK. They have headquarters in France and other sites based in Europe too. They also own various subsidiary companies globally with various distributors of their products.

The Role

Responsibilities for the service engineer include -

- Installation, Commissioning & Service of robotic equipment which are installed and integrated onto production lines within manufacturing companies.
- Programming of Bespoke PLC's and controls on the robot equipment
- Routine service, checks and breakdown maintenance
- Heavily involved with commissioning of projects and updating software on the Robots
- Providing end user support to customers as well as training and demonstration delivery
- Having an autonomous 'hands on' approach managing of workload and time constraints to ensure the delivery of projects effectively

This role represents and excellent opportunity to work in a growing business within a solid and stable market, and will enjoy a high degree of freedom in helping evolve and develop this crucial position.

There is a robust training package with this role too, due to the bespoke nature of the robots and their PLC's, candidates MUST be prepared to spend time in France training at head office, 10 weeks training in total booked in blocks of 4 weeks at a time.

The Successful Candidate

The ideal candidate will have the following demonstrable skills -

Either HND or HNC in an Electrical Discipline
A background in Robot PLC technology
Strong PLC programming skills
Experience installation, commissioning and service of machinery or robots
Flexibility towards working all over the UK, with possible overnight stays if the business requires you to
A clean UK Drivers License

The Package

Basic salary of up to £38K, but is negotiable for the right person
Overtime paid for any weekends, at Time & 1/2 Saturday, Double Time Sunday
Company Car & Fuel card
33 days holiday including bank holidays
Private Pension
Option of a private health care scheme

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your CV on file to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections is a leading recruitment business specialising within areas of Technical, Business and IT services. We operate as an Employment Business or an Employment Agency for all temporary and permanent roles respectively.