Automation Engineer

|Industrial & Energy - Automation|New Zealand

The Company
This Auckland based company is a well-established Industrial Automation Integrator. They work with a number of well-known businesses across the manufacturing industry (food, beverage & dairy), as well as the water treatment industry. This is a stable employer who handles both project and ongoing service work.

Due to continued growth, they are looking for an automation engineer to join their food and beverage team. Clients are typically large manufacturing plants, and this is an exciting opportunity to work on sophisticated plant and equipment.

The Role
This is an Intermediate Automation Engineer opportunity.

If this is your background, read on.

You will be someone who can think as an engineer, look at the process and equipment to be automated, and convert this process to a well thought out and well-structured code for PLC, HMI & SCADA systems.

This role is part of the Factory Automation Team. You’ll focus largely on Food & Beverage and Manufacturing plant projects, where Allen Bradley and Citect SCADA are the most commonly used systems. You’ll also get the chance to work on some occasional projects with the wider team within water and dairy industries.

You will need to be capable of balancing long-term project work, whilst also providing ongoing service and fault-finding to key clients within the industry.

Ideal Skills and Experience:

  • Tertiary qualification in Automation, Software, Mechatronics, Electrical, Process Engineering (or similar)
  • 3+ years’ experience in industrial automation within a relevant sector: Food & Beverage, Dairy, General Manufacturing
  • A strong programmer with PLC, SCADA, and HMI coding and configuration experience
  • Must be proficient with Allen Bradley, and Citect SCADA
  • Knowledge of other major automation platforms beneficial i.e. Schneider, Siemens, GE, Omron, ABB, or Beckhoff
  • FAT, SAT, and Commissioning experience
  • An engineering mindset – can understand and describe the process of automation
  • Great communication skills

Why Apply?
You will be surrounded by a small team of like-minded engineers, an ideal place to continue to grow and gain experience in a range of work and industries.

This Company is very well set-up with established systems and processes in place, and extensive code libraries going back many years.

They have a full bank of a range of PLC’s so clients can come in and run through office simulations so any amendments can be made accordingly. Automation Engineering is done well and to a high standard here.

This is a full-time and permanent position, primarily working Monday to Friday and for 40 hours a week.

Sometimes in busy periods, e.g. project commissioning, overtime is required. There is flexible time off after extended site work.

You will be paid a salary + base rate overtime after 45 hours + on-call service rates + health insurance.

Please Note: This role is open exclusively to candidates who have existing working rights in New Zealand, we are unable to consider overseas applicants.

Apply Now!
If you would like to join this growing company, then please apply for the role. If you would like some more information, then please reach out to me: Bethany Craigen on 04 282 1563 or bethany@trs.co.nz

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