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Control Systems Support Engineer

Milton Keynes
3 weeks ago
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If you can read control logic/ PLC software, rectify faults, maybe do some small PLC software adjustments or upgrades- great! Siemens PLC or Rockwell Automation / Allen Bradley PLC diagnostics, fault diagnosis of factory automation, conveyor, machinery is the key to this one.
You'll be supporting several Automated Warehouses - household names using PLC controlled conveyor, cranes, robots, packaging and palletising machinery, materials handling, sortation, stacking, picking and packing systems. You'll be fault finding on the machinery, rectifying problems, using PLC's as a diagnostic tool, fault finding on electrical systems, drives, motors, controls. You'll also get involved with Upgrade projects- modifying and sometimes helping to write new PLC software.this can be a chance to improve your PLC skills as you'll be working alongside the Automation and Control Systems Engineers on these.
Salary: You'll get a basic salary in the £40K's, paid overtime, extra on-call pay (1 week in 6), good benefits including 33 days holiday, company vehicle, and training and development when you need it.
Remote and site working: The vacancy is ideal for someone living in: Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Cambridgeshire.
For more information about the job, send a copy of your CV to Mark Burnard at Hartland Recruitment.
Hartland Recruitment- a specialist technical recruitment agency, finding Engineers for the UK's Automation, Control Systems and Machinery manufacturers since 1990.
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