Xcede are proud to be working with a bespoke manufacturer in Kent to recruit a Systems Engineer to support MES and machinery PLCs in a production facility
Job Role: Systems Engineer
Location: Gravesend
Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 pa plus benefits
As a Systems Engineer your remit will include:
- Develop and support manufacturing interfaces to systems such as PLC's, MES, ERP & PLM
- Continue to evolve and improve the newly created integrated technology platforms to drive Design, Supply Chain and Manufacturing
- Overall responsibility for ensuring established protocols for efficient data flow between integrated systems is maintained
- Oversight of Factory IT network
- Efficient resolution of plant and equipment PLC / CNC control system faults and working with vendors to establish root causes.
- Help to map and define the maintenance strategies for all equipment
- Assist the Engineering team in the creation of Standard Operating Procedures and Risk Assessments to support safe and efficient production operations
- Help to create and deliver advanced training packages for manufacturing engineers and Team Leaders on MES
- Maintain MES licences
- First point of contact for MES related issues
- Play an active role in the development of user acceptance testing of the systems platform to manage system upgrades and patches
What you will bring to the company:
- Minimum ONC qualified with HNC / Degree or equivalent preferred, or you will have extensive experience in a complex manufacturing engineering environment with direct exposure to IT / software systems
- Electronic, electro-mechanical or mechatronic engineering experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience within complex manufacturing environments
- Experience in PLC / CNC system design
- Clear evidence of PLC programming skills (e.g. with Siemens, Allen Bradley, etc.)
- Advanced understanding of ERP and implementation experience advantageous
- Advanced understanding of MES and implementation experience advantageous
- Detailed knowledge of ISO accreditation requirements
- Exposure to the development of cross-functional processes within a complex environment ideally within a green field factory build
- Experience within an offsite, automotive, steel fabrication or similar background
