Details:
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Location: East Preston West Sussex
- Date: 2 days ago
Description:
About the Role
Join a growing control systems company delivering bespoke industrial automation projects for customers across the UK and internationally.
This is a hands-on role where you’ll work on a variety of automation projects. You’ll work with Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLCs, HMIs and variable-speed drives, combining programming, fault-finding and commissioning while working directly with customers and engineering teams.
Job Responsibilities
* Commission industrial control panels and automation systems on customer sites.
* Program, configure, test and fault-find Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLC systems.
* Configure and commission HMI systems.
* Commission and troubleshoot variable-speed drives (VSDs/VFDs).
* Carry out I/O checks, functional testing and system commissioning.
* Diagnose electrical, instrumentation, PLC and control-system faults.
* Read and interpret electrical schematics, control-panel drawings and wiring diagrams.
* Work with electrical and mechanical teams during installation and commissioning.
* Write and modify PLC, HMI and drive parameters/programs where required.
* Produce commissioning documentation, test records and handover information.
* Liaise professionally with customers, contractors and site personnel.
* Support factory acceptance testing (FAT) and site acceptance testing (SAT).
Experience Required
* Practical experience commissioning industrial automation and control systems.
* Good knowledge of Siemens PLCs and Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLCs.
* Experience with industrial HMI systems.
* Experience commissioning variable-speed drives/inverters.
* Ability to read and understand electrical control schematics.
* Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
* Ability to work independently and methodically.
* Good communication and problem-solving skills.
* Willingness to travel to customer sites in the UK and abroad