PLC Programmer (Production Support Team) – Portsmouth, Hampshire – Permanent £40k-£50k + Bonus

Mage Global is recruiting on behalf of a Portsmouth based manufacturing company specialising in the innovative design and production of electrical / electronic components.

The company offers an exceptionally modern, automated and processed driven environment, and manufactures parts for safety critical industries such as Aerospace, Space and Medical Device.

This role is for a production support Software Engineer to support the maintenance and continuous improvement of automation equipment. Working alongside an experienced team, this role is key to the continuous maintenance and improvement of robotic manufacturing for the Company’s production processes.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

•PLC monitoring and programming (Mitsubishi iQ-R).

•Robot move teaching (Mitsubishi R-series).

•Tweaks to Keyence vision equipment (XG-X and CV-X).

•Maintenance of other key equipment e.g. Servo, RFID, Inverter.

•Improving existing software to increase reliability and throughput.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

•Knowledge of electronics to support their experience in software programming

•Experience of Ladder Logic and Structured Text

•Skill to transfer software language skills

•Demonstrate excellent communication skills

•Great team player

•High attention to detail

The company uses Mitsubishi iQ-R PLCs, Mitsubishi robots, and Keyence vision equipment. Although knowledge of these is not essential, it would be advantage to have experience with them.

The successful candidate will need to be someone with a background in maintenance in a manufacturing environment, who can resolve issues quickly. As well as this they must have brilliant communication skills and attention to detail, as the parts we work with are very small. Training for specific software and equipment the successful candidate has not used before can be provided, but the candidates knowledge of the fundamentals of PLC programming and Ladder Logic must be sound.

Salary and Benefits:

• Competitive Salary

• 25 days holiday plus bank/public hols

• Additional 3 days off over the festive period

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Company pension scheme

• Life Cover 3x salary

• Company bonus scheme