Automation Engineer

Job Title: Automation Engineer

Department: Tata Steel Colors

Location: Shotton (CH5)

Salary: £52,500 - £60,000 + Benefits

Work Pattern: Shifts – 4 on 4 off with 5 x 18 day breaks per year

Closing Date: Sunday 28th April 2024

We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.

What you will do

As part of our succession planning strategy, we are currently seeking applications to fill a number of Automation Technician positions within our Engineering Department at the Shotton Works site, which is 10 miles from Chester City centre.

In this role, you will be integral to our team, providing specialist engineering support to our manufacturing production lines. The Automation Technician will respond to plant breakdowns, diagnosing faults to ensure the line is running again as soon as possible. Your duties will also include carrying out design, software modifications, and improvements to the plant equipment while adhering to onsite software management systems.

What you will need

• Qualifications: Time served apprenticeship and educated to HNC level or above in an Electrical/Electronic/Instrumentation discipline.
• Experience: A minimum of significant experience working in a similar role or manufacturing environment.
• Key Skills:
  • Experience with Allen Bradley Control/Compact Logix OR Siemens S7 PLC’s is essential.
  • AC or DC Invertor drives, fault finding, commissioning, and programming.
  • Thorough understanding of relay logic and the ability to fault find from Engineering drawings - P&ID’S, Electrical Schematics, and control loop diagrams.
  • Instrumentation knowledge, maintaining and fault finding control loops.
  • Some knowledge of industrial communication protocols I.e. DeviceNet / Profibus / Profinet / TCP/IP.
  • Some SCADA and HMI development experience.
  • Methodical fault finding skills are essential.
  • Good knowledge of health and safety.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work on own initiative.
  • Some knowledge of Hydraulic & Pneumatic systems.

For more information or for an informal discussion please contact: Jon.Taylor@tatasteeleurope.com

What we can offer you

This is an excellent career opportunity to join an Engineering Department with a multi-disciplined and highly skilled team, which has achieved World Class benchmark results for reducing levels of unplanned losses and optimum planned downtime. The business is committed to investing in the ongoing training and development of its staff.

You will receive regular specialist training on existing and emerging technology in the automation field. Career progression opportunities are also available within this role.

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Annual Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.

Why us?

Steel has been successfully processed on the Tata Steel site at Shotton in North Wales for more than 120 years. The profitable and cash generative plant produces a wide range of world-class galvanised and pre-finished (painted) steel building systems, which supplies the construction, domestic appliance and manufactured goods markets amongst others. 

Shotton has developed a number of unique, technically advanced and high value products and services for customers in the UK and throughout Europe.

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here Stoves cooking less carbon – YouTube

To learn more about who we are and what we can offer our future employees, please click on the link to watch the following video: Tata Steel – A place you can thrive – YouTube