About The Team:

As a Senior Automation Engineer you will be the site Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the team, for all controls systems, maintenance engineering, sensors, PLCs, communication protocols, & automation for the site. You will work with the facilities & maintenance teams & colleagues to maintain & repair conveyance, automation & facilities equipment to support operations uptime & improve reliability of our systems. 

What You Will Be Doing:

• Work in a hands-on manner to actively monitor, fault find & repair systems in order to provide a high level of equipment availability to internal customers.
• Perform troubleshooting of assigned out of service equipment & correct issues, act as an escalation point for lower level technicians, & escalate to leadership and/or vendors as needed for additional troubleshooting.
• Ad hoc preventive maintenance & routine inspections on assigned automation, robotics & control panels. 
• Monitoring & ensuring HelloFresh's 3rd party vendors adhere to change control processes
• Leading continuous improvement projects across the engineering department.
• Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) & ticketing systems as appropriate.
• Mentor all maintenance personnel in developing appropriate skill sets & knowledge of equipment specializing in automation, controls & robotics.
• Lead root cause analysis of major downtime events.
• Act as a network resource for technical issues & lead network-wide root cause analysis.
• Develop maintenance personnel knowledge on intermediate to advanced automation, controls & robotics.
• Partner with engineering on commissioning of new controls systems.
• Leading & documenting Health & Safety investigations.
• Acting as a proxy for the Engineering Shift Manager as & when required.

Who You Are:

• Experienced in either Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance Engineering
• Obtained a Mechatronics, Electrical & Electronic, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering degree, qualifications or related field of study
• Experience of having worked in a manufacturing and/or production environment such as FMCG
• Experience in PLC controlled automation & automated processes is a must for this position
• In depth experience working with PLCs, HMIs, VFDs etc. to include programming, troubleshooting, repair & maintenance
• Strong computer skills
• Having had plenty of dealings & exposure with material handling, flow & capacity visualization & monitoring

What you will get in return:

70% off HelloFresh or Green Chef boxes
Company pension scheme
Gym membership
Bupa private medical insurance (including dental & family cover options)
Electric vehicle scheme
Mental health first aiders & an employee assistance programme
Dog friendly office! (London site only)
If in the office, enjoy a free breakfast every day
Eye care scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Group Life Assurance

Location: 1 Holme Lane, Spondon, Derby, DE21 7HW

Working Schedule: Sunday to Wednesday - 6am to 6pm - DAYS