📍 Location: Near Dunball / Wembdon / Bridgwater
💷 Salary: Up to £45,000 (DOE, slight flexibility)
Join a global leader in complex mechanical equipment as we strengthen our automation capability at our Bridgwater site. We’re looking for a hands-on Automation Project Engineer to deliver automation projects and optimise existing manufacturing equipment.
🔧 About the Role:
Deliver automation projects from scope and specification through to commissioning and handover
Work with suppliers to introduce new automated equipment and production capability
Support, upgrade, and fault-find on legacy machinery including presses, CNC machines, ovens, and robotics
Troubleshoot PLC-controlled systems and optimise current equipment performance
Improve data collection from semi-automated equipment
50% new projects | 50% existing equipment improvement
🎯 What We’re Looking For:
HNC / HND in Electrical, Automation or related Engineering discipline
PLC experience (Siemens TIA Portal desirable, any PLC platform considered)
Strong fault-finding and hands-on automation experience in manufacturing
Experience delivering projects across the full lifecycle
Confident working with suppliers and cross-functional teams
🚀 What’s in It for You:
Salary up to £45,000 with flexibility
Hybrid working
Ownership of impactful automation projects
Opportunity to modernise and optimise site equipment
Supportive, engineering-driven environment
If you’re passionate about automation, project delivery, and improving manufacturing performance, we’d love to hear from you
Salary description
£40000.00 - £45000.00 per year