Automation Engineer
| Posting date: | 19 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,000 to £60,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Plus Benefits and Progression |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 December 2025 |
| Location: | Newport, Newport, NP16 7JR |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Hunter Selection Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 27338/534_1763548060 |
Summary
Benefits Package:
- £40,000 - £60,000
- A realistic chance of progression and development from this role.
- Very competitive Pension
- Opportunity to work with a variety of equipment with a variety of engineering companies.
- Life Assurance
This company have a dynamic work environment, they believe in team work and trust, they would like creative minds and are always looking for innovation and new ideas. They are currently experiencing exciting growth plans with work orders and projects growing at a rapid rate, naturally this has led to the requirement for an additional Automation Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team. The business work with in a variety of sectors across engineering functions and are currently going through A huge growth period which would make it an excellent time to be a part of this company.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Customer contact, including clarification of requirements
- Project management/execution
- Functional Description (FDS) writing
- Design/development of software for PLC/PC-based control systems
- Consultancy
- Planning and participation in testing
- Participation in commissioning and service of plants
- Participation in the development of standards/procedures
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- Experience working as a Controls / Automation Engineer / Process Engineer / PLC Programmer previously with a manufacturing environment.
- Engineering or other relevant technical background
- Experience with dairy processes or similar
- Experience with ISA S88 and/or S95 standards
- 3 years or more of PLC/SCADA programming experience in one or more of the following systems such as Siemens, Allen Bradley, ABB 800xA, Schneider, Modicon, Mitsubishi, Wonderware and WinCC is desirable.
If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.
Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.
Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.