An award-winning design and manufacturing business and world leader in packaging innovation and technology. For over a century they have provided innovative solutions to the biggest brands in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and personal care industries. A new opportunity for a multi-skilled Control Systems Engineer able to design electrical circuits and follow a machine through to commissioning and installation. Automation Engineer Excellent Basic Salary Discretionary Bonus Early Friday Finish. 25 Days Holiday Bank Hols, Company Life Insurance x 6 times. 5% Pension. Income Protection Cover. Overtime. Bedfordshire Ref: 24091 Automation Engineer - The Role: Carry out electrical engineering design and software development on machines Complete design studies and reviews and preparation of specifications for special applications. Completion of the FAT document and ‘as-built’ electrical documentation. Carry out installation, commissioning, and troubling shooting visits at customer sites world-wide, working closely with Service and Aftercare teams. Travel will be required approximately 4-5 times annually, for a week at a time. Technical Skills Required: • Siemens – Sinamics Motion Control • AB – Compact Logix, Studio 5000 • AB – Kinetics Motion Control Setup and implementation of vision systems. Create risk assessments and designing safety circuits to meet SIL levels Automation Engineer - The Person: Experience designing electrical control systems for special purpose machinery. Experience in compiling BOM’s and MRP uploads. Knowledge of safety equipment and standards Siemens or Allen Bradley PLC programming experience. Experienced with commissioning machines to FAT protocol. Experience in providing remote programming support. Proactive and solution focused. Organised with excellent attention to detail. Excellent communicator with ability to build relationships across all departments. Willingness to collaborate and support others. Dependable and able to prioritise workload across multiple projects. Flexible and able to travel globally. Ambition to develop and succeed. Located in Home Counties, this role would be commutable from Milton Keynes, Luton, Bedford areas. For further information call Sharon Hill available on: or (phone number removed). Or email: (url removed)