Automation Engineer

Arla Foods is the business behind market-leading dairy brands Lurpak, Anchor and Cravendale milk as well as being the leading supplier of fresh milk and cream to the top seven retailers. So if you’ve enjoyed a splash of milk in your cuppa or poured some of the nice cold white stuff over your bowl of breakfast cereal today, chances are you’ve already experienced Arla!

We have recently invested £150 million to develop the first zero carbon milk processing facility in the world in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. This is a really exciting time for us and as such, we are looking for equally enthusiastic, dedicated and passionate people to help to drive our brand new site forward!

Joining us as an Automation Engineer, this role will be project based for the first 12 months, working with our chosen solutions provider at their facility. You will be a highly skilled technical professional who will combine their knowledge of Automation and Electrical Engineering principles to maintain, develop, troubleshoot and validate these systems. With a focus on ensuring the reliability of equipment on the plant, the role will have an integral part in the continuous improvement process through application of specialist knowledge of the processes and automation.

The successful candidate will have worked within a similar role previously and will have experience of automation and electrical control within a food manufacturing environment. You will have experience of Siemens S7 PLC’s and Wonderware In Touch along with knowledge of IT infrastructure management. A strong communicator, you will be confident when dealing with people at all levels and you will have the ability to express ideas effectively in individual and group situations. We are seeking a highly organised individual who can work well under pressure and meet deadlines whilst working as part of a close knit team.

Your main responsibilities will include acquiring a detailed understanding of all our automation systems (distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, SCADA systems etc), investigating and providing technical advice and managing the specification, development, installation and validation of automation and IT projects. You will have responsibility for providing technical support on Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Process Control Systems and Automation, to effectively support operational activities and continuously improve our manufacturing performance. You will also be required to assist site colleagues to ensure that technical expertise and automation knowledge is developed and maintained to the highest standards.