PLC and Data Automation Engineer

Purpose of the job: We are an enthusiastic, diverse group of engineers and software developers; responsible for building, deploying, maintaining and improving bespoke software to support the Crown can manufacturing business.A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully.The scope of work is growing, and as a result, we need more people to support the system, in collaboration with the factories, corporate team, commissioning engineers, suppliers etc.Key Responsibilities and accountabilities: Responsible for the deployment of Crown in-house built Manufacturing Execution System to Crown factories globally, from surveying the factory and building a scope of work, to identify missing data / hardware, to coding of the PLCs, right through to the configuration of the website, and validating the data.Responsible for the maintenance of the system - working with factories across the world to fault find issues with the data, whether it's a faulty sensor, or a typo in the website configuration.Responsible for the continuous improvement of the system - working with the factories to identify improvement opportunities for the system, researching possible solutions, and working with the software developers to implement them.Responsible for working with the plants and other teams to use the data to generate conclusions and create actionable insights.Professional and academic qualifications Essential Desirable Degree level or an equivalent higher level qualification in electrical and control engineering or closely related discipline is preferred.Qualifications will be considered in conjunction with relevant knowledge and experience.Previous experience Essential Desirable Minimum 2 years proven ability in the automation / MES / SCADA systems for machines in factories Skills and competencies Essential Desirable Knowledge of MES systems - how the data will flow from the PLC to the website Knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC programming - editing PLC programs to gather data from the machines Knowledge of networking- how the data flows from the PLC, through switches, to be stored on a server database (SQL).Understanding of factories and general factory equipment automation and instrumentation - sensors, meters, motors etc.Project management experience - interacting with multiple parties (plant, IT, corporate, commissioning engineers, continuous improvement teams, suppliers etc.), keeping stakeholders informed, developing schedules.Knowledge of data analytics - how to present data to that it is useful to the user (e.g.Microsoft Excel, PowerBI).Experience of the design process from specification through to implementation and final validation Knowledge communication protocols - how to gather data from different systems (PLCs, IoT sensors, etc.) using different methods of communication protocol (Modbus, OPC UA etc.) Personal attributes Essential Desirable Effective communicator at all levels with ability to promote and present task progress Proven ability to work effectively within a technical team Promotes and upholds exemplary safe working practices at all times Ability and ambition to develop within role Languages Essential Desirable Some competence in a foreign language (Spanish)

Created: 2025-03-04