Controls & Instrumentation Support Engineer

Techniche Global are supporting a leading manufacturing company based in Milton Keynes to appoint a Control & Instrumentation Support Engineerwho will be providing product support to the company s European subsidiaries.
Rate: up to GBP47k per annum plus benefits
Location: Milton Keynes (100% onsite)
Duration: perm
The role is really customer focused, providing expertise, support and assistance. But also assisting with training courses, presentations and L&D resources. Along with also delivering operational manuals and technical guides for products.
For this role, the are open to consider someone who has exposure to Industrial Automation Software or Hardware. This could be from a maintenance environment, or a project engineering environment. Someone who has experience maintaining industrial Automation kit on site or in the field would be a good fit for this role. Equally someone who has worked on projects; designing systems or configuring PLC software or hardware would also be suitable.
To be successful in this role, you must have:

• A Degree or HND Qualification - Electrical, Electronics, Software or Electromechanical Engineering
• Minimum 1-year relevant work experience
• Knowledge of PLCs and Ladder or Structured Text programming language
• Knowledge of sensors & Instrumentation for industrial applications
• Strong verbal and written communication skills as you will be required to write detailed, technical reports and product documentation
• The ability to occasionally travel to Europe

Desirable, but not essential skills:

• Experience of inspecting and testing devices
• Working knowledge of pneumatic and electrical test equipment
• Experience to plan and manage projects
• Technical product support experience
• Experience of delivering technical training
• Experience with some industrial communication protocols for example PROFINET,
• EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT and IO-Link
• European or Japanese language skills

The company offers a competitive and attractive package of benefits including retail discounts, life assurance, Private Medical Cover, 25 days holiday including a holiday trading scheme and more!