Software and Controls Engineer

Description:

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. 

Are you a Software & Controls Engineer or a Automation & Controls Engineer, with a passion for improving plant performance?   
 
Due to retirement, we have an opportunity for an experienced Software and Controls Engineer. Working in a day-based role as part of a highly skilled engineering team, you’ll be driven and skilled at both delivering automation improvement solutions and in finding and rectifying faults on control systems.  
  
Here at our Wakefield Bakery in North Yorkshire, we are continuing to invest in our future with exciting projects utilising the latest automation and control technologies.  

The Recipe  

Working collaboratively with the current Software and Controls Engineer and the broader engineering team. You’ll be responsible for automation and controls onsite, maintaining all software, hardware infrastructure and control systems. You’ll also identify and complete continuous improvement projects to increase plant efficiency, reduce downtime and save energy and associated costs.   
 
As a key member of the engineering department, you’ll be encouraged and supported to foster new ideas and perspectives whilst driving change at pace.  We promote a culture of continuous improvement whilst working on a changing approach to reliability centred maintenance in a highly automated production facility.   

Essential Ingredients  

This is a day-based role working Monday to Friday. 

You’ll have a strong drive to identify opportunities for equipment improvement using plant-based automation and related solutions to help improve efficiency and performance.  

Experience in fault finding and maintaining existing control systems, preferably with Allen Bradley   
Experience of software development and common programming languages including Ladder Logic.  
Knowledge of communication protocol control networks   
Strong electrical knowledge and understanding of control related systems  
Knowledge and experience of project implementation preferably in a manufacturing environment.  
Knowledge and experience of safety related parts of control systems/  
H&S/Food Safety systems & legislation knowledge e.g. PUWER, IOSH – able to ensure a safe working environment.  
Experience of improvements resulting in a reduction of breakdowns or increased efficiency  
Experience of working in a Manufacturing environment - preferable  
  Extra Dough  

And last, but by no means least, you'll want to know what your breads worth.

A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
Private medical insurance and life assurance
Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
Continued investment in your personal development
Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service  

About Us

As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, with the introduction of the sixth generation, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do