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Recruit4staff is proud to be representing their client, a leading company in their search for an Automation Support Engineer to work in their leading facility in Droitwich.

For the successful Automation Support Engineer our client is offering:

Up to £54,000 per annum (DOE) 
Monday to Friday, Days role
Permanent position
276 hours holidays (inclusive of bank holidays) 
Annual bonus of up to 10% 
Benefits package including life assurance and health care cover
Pension matched up to 8% 
The Role - Automation Support Engineer:

Develop systems and people to improve site automation performance
Reactive support for site automation issues within a clear escalation
Ownership of minor (site managed) automation Capex projects through the full project life cycle
Support project delivery of other site projects with automation elements
Facilitating site activities to centrally delivered Capex projects
Maintain and monitor use of automation and electrical system software and documentation version control systems.
Liaise with the Automation Development team providing a site perspective to the ongoing development of the group automation and electrical standards
Ensure compliance with group electrical and automation standards of site-delivered projects and general improvement works
Responsible for obsolescence management within the roadmap.  
Liaison with the Automation Development Team to ensure site criticality is  a key element of the group level  
Ownership of the site level Obsolescence and Improvements Plan focusing on the next level of controls (VSDs, servo drives, instrumentation etc.)
Evaluate performance data to feed into automation OE activity to deliver improvements inefficiency and operability within production
Ownership of site panel risk assessment register, periodic health checks and remedial/improvement actions
Specialist automation support to site improvement initiatives
Utilise specialist skills and systems access to validate and analyse site data, for example to support quality improvement activities
What our client is looking for in an Automation Support Engineer:

Strong PLC experience, preferably Allen Bradley - ESSENTIAL 
Strong electrical skills  - ESSENTIAL 
Previous experience in a similar Automation role  
Previous FMCG experience - BENEFICIAL 
Must be IT literate 
Alternative job titles:
Automation Engineer, Support Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Engineer 

Commutable From:
Studley, Worcester, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Great Malvern, Solihull, Birmingham, Kidderminster 

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