Automation Engineer

Saint-Gobain Glass UK manufactures and distributes environmentally friendly flat glass for the commercial and residential markets in the UK & Ireland.

We’re now looking for an Automation Engineer to come and work on our plant in Eggborough.

Working hours are flexible working 39 hours per week between Mon-Friday. Potential weekend work & emergency callouts during unscheduled breakdown activities to support production.

The Automation Engineer is primarily responsible for the maintenance and repair of the production equipment to ensure minimal production down-time and a safe work environment.

You’ll be responsible for the provision of a professional and effective engineering support service to the SGGUK site through technical expertise in the areas of control, instrumentation, and computer systems.

What will you be doing: 

Responsible for the support to SGGUK in the control, instrumentation, and computer systems discipline. Maintain effective working relationships with the manufacturing and warehousing operation, and external suppliers of materials, equipment and services. Candidates should be able to install, setup and troubleshoot temperature, speed, weight, pressure, flow and thickness sensing instrumentation. Ensure SGGUK Health and Safety policies, procedures and systems are complied with by internal and external engineering support service providers. You’ll monitor and troubleshoot controls using programmable logic controllers, and bespoke p/c’s Knowledge and Setup / loop tuning of controllers and PID loops Maintenance and repair of industrial control systems and networks

What you need to be successful:

Experience in troubleshooting PLC based control systems (Yokogawa / ABB / Rockwell Software and Ignition is preferred but not essential) Experience with Analogue temperature, pressure, flow, speed and weight measurement Experience with discrete sensors Experience with process loop calibration and equipment Experience with industrial control networks such as MODBUS, TCP/IP and Profibus Experience with motor controls and VFD’s Working knowledge of major systems including HVAC, Electrical controls, Batch processes, Water cooled equipment, CCTV Experience using electrical test equipment.

Who we are:

As one of the world’s leading flat glass manufacturers, Saint-Gobain Glass began manufacturing innovative glass solutions at our award-winning factory in the UK in Eggborough.

As a business, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions that have a positive impact on each of us and provide wellbeing, quality of life and performance, all while caring for the planet.  Our materials and solutions can be found everywhere in our living places and in daily life, in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications. They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.