PLC Software Engineer Gloucester / near to Cotswolds Special Purpose Machinery £60k + Site Uplift (estimated £3-10k per year) + Private Healthcare + 25 Days Holiday
Samuel Frank is recruiting for an experienced PLC Software Engineer to join a well-established special purpose machine manufacturer supplying automated machinery to customers worldwide. This PLC Software Engineer role would suit someone who enjoys a mixture of software development, machine support and international commissioning work.
The successful PLC Software Engineer will join a business designing and building bespoke machinery for a global customer base. This PLC Software Engineer position offers varied project work, overseas travel and an excellent work-life balance including 9 working days every 10, averaging 37 hour per week over a 2 week cycle.
+++Applicants must be British or European nationals due to international travel requirements+++
Key aspects of the PLC Software Engineer role include:
- PLC Software Engineer role focused on PLC, HMI and motion control programming for special purpose machinery
- Ideally suited to a PLC Software Engineer with Allen Bradley / Rockwell experience including Studio 5000 and Kinetix motion systems (other PLC & motion system experience will be considered)
- Siemens TIA Portal experience would be advantageous but is not essential
- Support machine builds, commissioning activities and customer installations
- Opportunity to work with networked control systems, vision systems and motion control applications
- International travel approximately 4-5 times per year with trips typically lasting 2-3 weeks. Destinations can include the USA, Turkey, North Africa and China
- PLC Software Engineer will work 9 days every fortnight creating an extra 22 days holiday per year so total paid holiday is 47 days per year + Bank Holidays
- Comfortable working directly with customers and supporting equipment in the field
- Strong emphasis on machine safety and high engineering standards
- Amazing location very close to the Cotswolds and everything the area has to offer.
The successful PLC Software Engineer is likely to have previous experience within special purpose machinery, systems integration or automated manufacturing environments. Experience with Allen Bradley / Rockwell PLCs is strongly preferred.
Package on offer:
- Basic salary of £60,000
- Site uplift payments when working away (estimated to be £3-10k per year)
- Private healthcare
- 25 days holiday
- 9 in 10 working pattern
- Relocation assistance package
This PLC Software Engineer vacancy is ideal for someone looking for technically varied work, regular overseas exposure and the opportunity to see projects through from development to installation.
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