Job Title: Automation Technician
We are seeking a skilled Automation Technician to join our team at Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Limited.
The business is complex and ambitious, with a milk supply pool of 2 billion litres of milk from over 3,200 family farms across 16 counties.
Our modern dairy manufacturing facilities in 8 locations provide us with a strong presence in the market, supplying to top customers in the dairy food ingredients, foodservice, and consumer food channels.
The Group's Agribusiness Division operates an Animal Feed Manufacturing Facility and provides high-quality feeds and agricultural inputs to farmers across Ireland.
We require an Automation Technician based at our Newtownards site.
Main Responsibilities:
* Actioning automation related improvement projects, including capital projects and obsolescence management.
* Providing operational support to the onsite engineering team with automation issues.
* Responsibility for Automation component of Electrical Preventative Maintenance procedures.
* Management of instrumentation calibration.
* Identifying machine improvements and coordinating design modifications.
Requirements:
* A recognised time served Level 3 Mechatronic apprenticeship (or electrical engineering equivalent).
* Substantial experience of working with PLCs and industrial control systems.
* Knowledge of Siemens platforms and ability to read electrical schematics.
* Fault diagnosis on complex machinery and systematic approach to problem solving.