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Position: Automation Engineer
Location: Worcestershire
Salary: £50,000 to £60,000 + Excellent Benefits / Prospects
If there’s something stopping you from achieving all you’re capable of, you’ll relish a role with a company that will positively encourage you to be pro-active – a real opportunity to release your true potential.
The Company: Our Client is an exciting and dynamic company! With a focus on innovative automation engineering solutions across various industries such as automotive and aerospace, our client is positioned at the forefront of technological advancement. The combination of multi-disciplinary design and engineering expertise allows them to offer tailored solutions that address the unique challenges faced by their clients. The are dedicated to pushing boundaries and driving progress in the field of automation engineering.
Due to sustained continued expansion they require a Automation Engineer to write software, test & commission turnkey automated systems.
We anticipate that you will have:

  • Experience in the design of Controls for Bespoke Automated Systems.
  • Working familiarity with the following advantageous but not essential: Siemens TIA Portal / Siemens / Simatic WinCC / Siemens Sinamic drives / Profinet & Profisafe Networks / Modbus TCP/IP, Modbus RTU, OPC UA/DA / Prodiag / Inductive Automation Ignition platform / Rockwell RSLogix 5000/Studio 5000
  • Ability to interpret customer specifications & evaluate customer products & designs.
    You will be self-motivated, have excellent communication skills both written and oral, be computer literate, and able to work as part of a team.
    Do you have the courage to take on this challenge?

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