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Salary - Circa £60,000 per annum (including 20% Shift Premium) Permanent, Full time (Monday - Friday Rotating Days & Afters) Closing date for applications - 31st May 2026
A full time, permanent opportunity has arisen at our Barnsley site for an Automation Engineer to join the team. You will be a fully engaged team member and will assist the engineering team to maintain site electrical standards and ensure the site remains compliant with electrical regulations.
Drive CI initiatives with the electrical and automation agenda.
Support and train engineering teams with maintenance and fault-finding activities.
Be a custodian of electrical documentation, drawing and software backups to the agreed site standard.
Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure site is always compliant against electrical standards.
Work with the maintenance planner to schedule electrical projects.
Ensure that we hold the correct electrical critical spare parts, and the consignment stock is maintained.
Supervise engineers and outside contractors.
Recognised electrical/automation apprenticeship
Qualified to a minimum HNC level (or equivalent) electrical/controls discipline.
Advanced PLC Skills – Allen Bradley (Rockwell Logix)
Experienced with Allen Bradley servo drives, Inverters and Network controls
Understanding of control systems and the ability to optimize them
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