Automation Maintenance Technician

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Automation / Maintenance Engineer Dublin 12

Cpl are working with one of our key client partners who, due to continued growth and factory automation upgrades, are looking to recruit 2 Automation Maintenance Engineers to join their and Bakery Foods business in Dublin 12.

This is a rotating shift role, and it is based on-site (hybrid working is not an option here)

Reporting to the site Director of Engineering, you will be a key member of the engineering group supporting the Bakery maintenance team as well as supporting the production department in a state-of-the-art bakery business in their supply of product to the cold stores.

In the position of Automation Technician, you will provide a suite of automation services to a team of 5 maintenance technicians and 1 maintenance supervisor.

Some of the main duties and responsibilities for the new Automation Engineer will include -

·You will be responsible for leading / managing key activities within the Automation team.

·You will be required to manage multiple projects and tasks to address factory automation obsolescence including equipment priority, project management to meet agreed schedules.

·The Automation Engineer will retain ownership for maintaining the validated state of the automation systems and to carrying out control system revalidation.

·Developing and managing the automation elements of the annual maintenance budget.

·Focus and strive to continuously improve department processes and advance standardization related to controls technology and programming and to ensuring automation systems comply with regulatory guidelines.

·You will be co-ordinating troubleshooting of high-speed filling, assembly, and packaging equipment.

·Have a proven ability to manage training and development of personnel on specific aspects of Automation Systems.

·You will lead and support quality progress to Triage events, investigate and to address corrective actions.

·Support both internal and external regulatory audits and to develop remediation plans.

·Manage disaster recovery process and execution of system back-ups at defined intervals as part of preventative maintenance procedures.

·Collaborate with other business functions to understand how automation can improve workflow.

·Lead OT/IT confluence on relevant automated systems.

The minimum qualifications for this Automation Technician role are:

Bachelor’s degree in Automation, Controls or other Engineering equivalent.

Minimum of 5 or more years of relevant experience working with validated process equipment computerised system, majority of which you have been working with Automated Control Systems and operation technology in a cleanroom or food standard production environment.

A strong inspirational leader, with the ability to lead and support technicians from a technical, project and people leadership perspective.

A problem solver right to solution level, with a structured approach including, using the team, completing all associated planning and design validation activity required to achieve the desired outcome.

Excellent verbal communication skills with an ability to work with various stakeholders of all levels and within multidisciplinary teams.

Organisational skills to map out projects, prioritize workload and keep accurate documentation.

Understanding of automation system implementation and validation life cycle along with an understanding of the product quality impact of changes.

Experience of system integration using Ethernet, ASi, Profibus & other industrial interfaces.

Experience of working with vendor on obsolescence and system upgrade projects.

Experience with SQL Server, Rockwell Factory Talk VantagePoint, drives and motion controllers.

Subject Matter Expertise in the following areas:

o Processing equipment, Mechatronics, Automation systems, Instrumentation.

o Configuration management, familiar with Rockwell Factory Talk Asset Centre.

o Programming abilities on Industrial controllers – Allen Bradley, Schneider Pac Drive, Siemens, and B&R PLCs, IPCs, Zenon, Wonderware, WinCC and Allen Bradley HMIs & Mitsubishi Robotics.

o Industrial vision systems, preferably Cognex VisionPro and Insight Explorer.

If this is a role that you are interested in, if you have at least 3 years of industry experience in an automation role and you are looking for a new challenge and a rewarding career then please send your CV to and I’ll review the CV and reply back to you within 24 hours.

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