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Project Engineer (Automation)

Peterborough
2 weeks ago
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Project Engineer (Automation)

Peterborough

£50,000 - £60,000 + Hybrid + Flexible + 33 Days Holiday + Car

Are you a Project Engineer with a background in automation, looking for a varied and exciting role within a market leading company, with tailored training and development plans, and opportunities to progress technically?

In this role you be responsible for running multi-faceted projects from conception through to completion, with a combination of internal equipment and specialist contractors. This is an exciting and hands-on role where you will play a key part of project team liaising closely with key clients, stakeholders and engineers to develop test machinery that is supplied globally.

The company are a market leader in the automation industry, and off the back of continuous success are looking to add to the Projects team. This coupled with great employee retention makes it the perfect time to get on board!

This role would suit a Project Engineer or similar looking to join a market leader in automation, where your expertise will be rewarded with great benefits and continued technical progression.

The Role:

Initiate the project lifecycle, checking feasibility and working out budgets, teams and resources
Carry out planning, setting goals and objectives, defining roles and producing schedules and timelines for tasks
Keep the project on budget and carry out monitoring and control activities
Report regularly to management and the clientThe Person:

Project Engineer
Automation backgroundKeywords: Project Engineer, Manufacturing, Automation, Controls, Robotics, Peterborough, PLC, SCADA, HMI, EC&I, Electrical

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