Automation Support Engineer

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer's Top 100 list of Britain's Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:



Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain's private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.



Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.



Automation Support Engineer



Droitwich



40 hours per week: Monday - Friday



Competitive Salary and benefits package



We are currently looking to recruit an Automation Support Engineer to join our Droitwich Dairy within our Muller Milk & Ingredients business. The purpose of the Automation Support Engineer is to develop systems and people to improve site automation performance.



Our Droitwich site utilise various PLC brands but we are looking for an Automation Support Engineer who is confident in using Allen Bradley PLCs.



Key Tasks:

Reactive support for site automation issues within a clear escalation

Demonstrate a structured problem solving approach

Ownership of minor (site managed) automation Capex projects through the full project life cycle

Support project delivery of other site projects with automation elements

Facilitating site activities to centrally delivered Capex projects

Maintain and monitor use of automation and electrical system software and documentation version control systems.

Liaise with the Automation Development team providing a site perspective to the ongoing development of the group automation and electrical standards

Ensure compliance with group electrical and automation standards of site delivered projects and general improvement works

Responsible for obsolescence management within the roadmap. Liaison with the Automation Development Team to ensure site criticality is a key element of the group level

Ownership of the site level Obsolescence and Improvements Plan focusing on the next level of controls (VSDs, servo drives, instrumentation etc.)

Evaluate performance data to feed into automation OE activity to deliver improvements inefficiency and operability within production

Ownership of site panel risk assessment register, periodic health checks and remedial/improvement actions

Specialist automation support to site improvement initiatives

Utilise specialist skills and systems access to validate and analyse site data, for example to support quality improvement activities Muller Responsibilities:

Has an active role to play in continuously improving our business

Encourage engineering based OE projects

Support the site roadmaps for Quality / HS / EMS / Engineering / Autonomous maintenance

To have opportunities to deliver own ideas to improve our business

Support improvement activities / events within engineering owned areas

Understands the impact of own actions and others on achieving site/business OGSM

Aware of how current performance impacts the bottom line

Ability to deliver on the job training (show and tell) to new colleagues

Health and safety of self and others Requirements for the role:

Strong Allen Bradley PLC experience

Strong electrical skills

Ability to work on projects alone

Experience in similar Automation Engineer role

FMCG industry experience would be

Ability to work in fast paced environment is essential

IT literate is a must Benefits:

Up to 10% annual bonus

Health care cover

4 x life assurance

Pension scheme

Access to Muller rewards platform - saving money across numerous retailers

33 days annual leave (bank hols inclusive)

Paid lunch break

Long term career development

On site secure car park

Supportive working environment