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Senior Automation Engineer

Ref: : 12009 (Vector Recruitment Limited)
Location: :

Royston - East Anglia

Rate: £65K to £75K (Permanent)
Industries: Engineering
Functional Areas: Engineering / Design

We have a brand-new role for an outstanding Senior Automation Engineer who wants to shape the future of advanced industrial automation and production machinery. This is a role for very senior manufacturing systems expert, a Mechanical Engineer (or similar) with a solid track record of designing and delivering advanced automated production systems -someone with a true passion for innovation in special purpose machine design. This unique opportunity will see you working for arguably one of the UK's best R&D technology companies. You'll be focusing on real-world, cutting-edge machinery and production line design projects from taking the initial brief through to prototyping and final delivery. This will include a mix of hands-on design and project management bringing together elements of automation, mechanical, electrical and software engineering.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer / Automation Engineer, you will be working on a diverse range of assignments ranging from high speed production line machinery for FMCG consumer goods, involving complex industrial robotic handling systems through to special purpose production and packaging machinery for pharmaceutical applications. These highly advanced industrial automation design projects will see you develop an enviable array of cross application and industry sector knowledge. Facilities and opportunities for personal career development are excellent including state-of-art equipment and extensive on-going training budgets. The salary packages are extremely competitive too!

You will need:

Solid academic background, with at least a 2.1 BEng/MEng degree or similar in a relevant discipline such as Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Production Engineering, Mechatronics

Strong all round commercially driven engineering experience. Ability to drive and lead a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, electrical and software designers, machine builders and commissioning experts to deliver total production level automation solutions.

Knowledge of CAD Packages (eg Pro-E, Solidworks, Solidedge, CATIA, AUTOCAD etc) and ideally FEA modelling software.

Solid understanding of handling and control systems, servo loops, sensors, actuators and motors.

Understanding machining and fabrication, plastics/polymers, mouldings and tool design (particularly high volume) would be very useful

In return, you can expect a very competitive salary, fantastic benefits along with an excellent environment, all the latest tools and toys. You can expect plenty of variety with a constant flow of new projects to work on - boredom will never be an issue!


Vacancy Location: Hertfordshire (commutable from Bedford, North London, Cambridge, Stevenage, Harlow and Bury St Edmunds)

Salary: £65k - £75k + extensive benefits, bonus and pension.


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