Controls & Automation Engineer

DY5, Woodside, Dudley Sierra 57 Consult Ltd Job Overview: Our client, a leading manufacturer of high-performance plastic and rubber extrusion lines are looking for a skilled Controls & Automation Engineer to join their team. Benefits: * Company vehicle * Laptop & phone * Medical insurance * Employer matched pension scheme * Significant career development opportunities * Opportunity for global travel Remit: * As Controls & Automation Engineer you will play a key leadership role in the UK Service Centre operations. This is a senior-level position with a clear progression path to becoming Service Centre Manager. * This opportunity is ideal for an experienced technician or engineer with controls experience, leadership ambition and a hands-on bias towards solving complex technical challenges. The successful candidate will contribute to both operational performance and technical innovation across the customer base and product lines, with regular involvement in real-world commissions, diagnostics and system upgrades. Responsibilities: * Lead day-to-day Service Centre operations, ensuring efficient and responsive customer service. * Manage Service Centre activities, prioritising work to deliver a responsive and reliable service to customers. * Diagnose and resolve electrical and control system faults on both legacy and modern equipment, remotely and at customer sites. * Carry out installation, commissioning, testing and technical support visits in the UK and internationally. * Advise customers on equipment operation and processing issues, working with specialist colleagues where needed. * Create and maintain accurate electrical CAD drawings and technical records. External CAD training can be provided. * Coordinate with internal sales and production teams to ensure work is completed safely, on time and to the required standard. * Identify opportunities to support customers through spare parts, upgrades and service agreements. Experience Requirements: * Strong experience in industrial electrical engineering and control systems. * Substantial practical experience in industrial electrical engineering, machinery controls and fault finding. * Sound working knowledge of current UK electrical safety requirements, particularly the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, and the ability to apply safe isolation, testing and working practices during installation, maintenance and fault finding. * Awareness of applicable UK machinery safety requirements and relevant standards for the electrical equipment of machines, including BS EN (phone number removed). * Experience with AC inverter and servo drives; occasional work with DC drives may be required. * Experience with temperature and pressure control systems. * Basic PLC fault finding skills, including the ability to back up, load and restore software supplied by the parent company. * A practical, methodical approach to solving technical problems, with the confidence to work on site and communicate clearly with customers. * Willingness to travel within the UK and internationally. * Experience using electrical CAD software, such as AutoCAD Electrical an advantage but training provided. Key Words: “Service Technician”, “Controls & Automation Engineer”, “Controls Engineer”, “Automation Engineer”, “Service Engineer”, “Field Service Engineer”, “Installation Engineer”, “Maintenance Engineer”, “Electrical Engineer”,” “Multi-Skilled Maintenance”, “Robots” “Plastics”, Ancillaries, “Materials Handling”, Automation, Extrusion “PLC programming” FOOTER Due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we will only contact successful applications that meet the requirements of our client job brief. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful. For all UK job positions work seekers must be eligible to work and live in the UK Sierra 57 Consult – Technical Engineering & Manufacturing Recruitment Specialist – Plastics, Packaging & Precision Engineering “Sierra 57 Consult Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. In compliance with the new regulations (April 2004) in place under the Employment Agencies Act, Sierra 57 Consult will require proof of identification. A current copy of a passport, driving license, ID card or NI card will be required as part of the registration process. Email copies are acceptable”. Sierra 57 Consult has been designed to project manage the mechanics of all aspects concerning the recruitment processes, implementing a simple and succinct method for targeting and introducing bona fide and skilled candidates to reputable clients and potential employers. If this advertised position does not interest you, please consider our other opportunities by sending your updated CV outlining your achievements and your personal requisites, i.e. salary, location, job roles. Please just Google “Sierra 57” & register with us