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Controls Engineering Manager
Buckinghamshire

Commutable from Bedford, Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Newport Pagnell, Buckingham

£60,000-£70,000

Benefits:-             Private Pension, BUPA Healthcare, 23 Days Holiday + Banks

Our client is a leading food manufacturer, that is part of a global group. Due to continued expansion plans and site investment into automation, they are looking for a hands-on leader to manage their controls & automation team.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Leading a small team of controls engineers that are based across 2 sites within close proximity of each other, will be required to visit both sites when needed
• Very much a hands-on role, carrying out the design, commissioning, installations and buying of new systems related to controls engineering
• Support operations, optimise processes and manage all controls related projects
• Project manage controls / PLC related projects, dealing with in-house teams and external suppliers
• Support all engineers during breakdown situations, both remotely and on-site
• Train and develop the controls engineering team and support the maintenance teams
• Drive control standardisation between projects and across sites, implementing the latest technologies, new software/hardware versions & new procedures
• Lead CI projects – involved with bigger multi-skilled projects – new equipment & production lines
• Dealing with internal stakeholders – projects teams, operations, maintenance, administrative and external stakeholders – suppliers, contractors, design

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Ability to complete projects within design, proposals, cost, time, scope & delivery (FAT)
• Must have PLC programming experience – ideally Rockwell Allen Bradley
• Role will suit a hands-on manager, comfortable leading on the shopfloor – commissioning, testing & installations of new systems and upgrading existing
• Experience of designing, implementing new control systems
• Working with PLC’s, HMi’s, AC Drives, Servo Controls
• Manufacturing background – ideally within food or FMCG
• Strong leadership skills – creating training plans, upskilling teams, problem solving, attention to detail, communicating at all levels/teams
• Experience of machinery safety regulations – BS EN ISO 13849
• Previously have worked with Ethernet communication/network systems
• Managed contractors and on site suppliers
• Enjoy a mixture of office and on the shopfloor work
• Happy with travelling to other sites in the UK and sometimes overseas
• Must have strong electrical skills – hands-on

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