Manufacturing Automation Engineer

2 months ago

Sidcup, United Kingdom Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Full time

Are you looking for new challenges within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect? Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?
Will you make an impact with your desire to win?

Manufacturing Automation Engineer - Sidcup

Permanent Position

Location: Sidcup, GB

Benefits:

  • Structured career development
  • Annual performance-related bonus and pay reviews
  • Competitive pension contributions
  • Share scheme
  • Flexible benefits and corporate discounts (including childcare vouchers, holiday buy/sell scheme, optional healthcare, and life assurance)
  • Free parking and subsidised canteen

About the Role

As an Automation Engineer, you will play a critical role in maintaining and optimizing the electrical, automation, and industrial network systems within our Sidcup production and warehousing facilities. The Sidcup site produces 50% of the GB SKU portfolio, operating at high capacity with eight manufacturing lines capable of producing 480,000 cans, 96,000 PET bottles, and 48,000 glass bottles per hour.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, supporting continuous improvement projects, managing system upgrades, and resolving breakdowns. You will also collaborate closely with technicians, contractors, and external specialists to ensure our site operates efficiently and safely.

What You’ll Gain

Working at our Sidcup site means joining a high-performing team with plenty of opportunities for career progression, both locally and across our wider GB and Pan-European operations. You’ll have access to structured career development, generous benefits, and the chance to contribute to continuous improvement in one of our most vital production hubs.

Key Responsibilities

Electrical Systems:

  • Manage the High Voltage (HV) supply, distribution, and transformation networks on-site, ensuring maintenance is planned and performed in line with production schedules.
  • Oversee Low Voltage (LV) distribution, coordinating routine maintenance and project work from the substation to the final point of use.
  • Provide support for on-site electrical maintenance teams, assist in resolving breakdowns, and contribute to achieving site efficiency targets. Owning electrical route cause analysis.

Automation Systems:

  • Maintain and troubleshoot Siemens PLC systems (S7-300, S7-400, S7-1500) and HMIs. Experience with Allen Bradley Control Logix and B&R Xenon screens is highly valued.
  • Perform system modifications and upgrades while managing external specialists for advanced automation projects.
  • Regularly back up automation systems and monitor automated backup systems (e.g., Lineview).
  • Work with robotic systems (Kuka & Fanuc), safety PLCs, SCADA systems (Wonderware, Siemens), and other automation technologies. Knowledge of these is highly advantageous.

Industrial Networking:

  • Debug and resolve issues within machine-level networks (Profinet) and site-wide networks (TCP/IP, TSN).
  • Install and maintain new systems in compliance with CCEP standards.
  • Provide technical guidance on VLAN configurations and firewall setups, coordinating changes with third-party specialists.

Skills and Experience

Required:

  • Extensive experience with Siemens PLC systems (S7-300, S7-400, S7-1500) and HMI troubleshooting.
  • Strong knowledge of industrial networking (Profinet, TCP/IP).
  • Background in automation technology within the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry.
  • Ability to lead, coach, and support on-site technicians and apprentices.
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and external contractors.
  • HNC in electrical engineering and NVQ level 3 electrical engineering or equivilant as a minimum.

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of additional systems like Allen Bradley, Kuka/Fanuc robots, SCADA systems (Wonderware, Siemens), and safety PLCs.
  • Familiarity with CCEP standards related to HV/LV electrical systems, automation, networking, and cyber security.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.


We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.

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