Automation Engineer

We are working with an amazing manufacturing company in Somerset and we are looking for an automation engineer.Salary would be £35k+ depending on skills and experience.Hours are Monday – Friday 08:00 – 17:00 with 1 hr break time.On call pattern 1 in 4 week days and 1 in 4 weekends.Purpose:To assist the Engineering management Team, maintain and develop the Process and Control Systems Network, PC, Server / Virtualization Infrastructure & Databases.Maintenance and development of PLC Systems and SCADA Systems.Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:The automation engineering role will be maintaining current functioning control systems.System updates and firmware updates.In future to provide breakdown cover for the cheese production facility.In future it is required that, on completion of a probationary period, the position to be part of a one in four-week call Rota, providing out of hours “technical” assistance in a timely manner.Weekend work will also be required when needed, where time in lieu or remuneration can be requested subject to the company’s rules.Maintain and update DELL PowerEdge servers & DELL EMC SANS.Maintain and update VMWare vSphere system.Maintain and update PC clients as well as Engineering workstations. These can be either in physical form or virtualised.Manage the Domain and create new rules as and when required.Enhance the SCADA system by creating Dot Net, ActiveX and .dll programs to overcome SCADA software limitations.Training/Qualifications:EssentialGood working knowledge of IT networking inc. NAT, ACL’s etc. preferably on FortiGate devices.Good working knowledge of VMWare vSphere virtualization platform.SQL Database Administration & Maintenance.Experience in Windows programming using MVVM through WPF / C#.Willingness to learn and take on new challenges.Willingness to work as part of a small “hands” on team.DesirableConversant with Rockwell control Logix plc’s and Factory talk view SCADA systems