Overview We are searching for a Controls Engineer to join our PLF team in the UK We are excited to be recruiting for a Controls Engineer who will take ownership for the implementation and support of our powder filling lines, to join our team based in Ardleigh near Colchester, Essex. We are JBT, a global leading technology solution provider with offices in more than 25+ countries around the globe. We are awesome at supplying the food processing industry with cutting edge machinery and equipment as we design, manufacture, test and service technologically sophisticated systems and products for our customers. In our PLF International business (where this position sits) we design what is one of the most flexible, gentle, user-friendly powder filling machines for rigid and semi-rigid containers in the world! Responsibilities So, what does our Controls Engineer do …. Well, your role will be to support the multiple projects we have on our classic rotary powder filling machines and to help with our new virtus/ galactus lines which are currently still in the development phase. For these new lines electronically, they are driven by the Siemens and Allen Bradley platforms (Simotion and Kinetix) so as a minimum we would like someone with Siemens experience (we can teach you the Allen Bradley platform). Your role although based in Ardleigh will involve travelling to our Sint Niklaas (Belgium) location for training and team meetings/and testing and then you will travel globally to support our customers with your super controls expertise! We need to ensure whoever joins us is comfortable with being very remote, as although you will interact on a daily basis with your colleagues from within the mechanical and design teams in the UK and Belgium, you are the only UK based controls team member, and we foresee you communicating with them mainly via video media rather than face to face. Qualifications What would we like to see on your CV or for you to demonstrate at interview … We would like someone with programming skills including PLC, HMI, networking and MES Ideally for you to have been that go-to person in your role, as you are the one with the specialist information or knowledge of controls and electronic synchronised drive systems and motion technology such as servo drives, kinetix & virtual axis That you have led on designing and implementing the automation for projects and machinery That you have worked together collaboratively with other teams such as sales, engineering and R&D If you have knowledge of motion control implementation and solutions That you have expert knowledge of Siemens TIA portal and Step 7 – we can teach your Rockwell/Allen Bradley if you don’t have this experience Familiar working to User Requirement Specifications & Functional Design Specifications Knowledge of generating internal Functional Design Specifications Although this role has no direct reports you will lead projects at times and provide on-site guidance, so the ability to lead when needed in past experience would be useful You will ultimately be responsible for design, testing, manufacturing costs on projects And what can we offer you … An attractive basic dependent on what you bring to us The ability to work in an established international and fast-growing company with great opportunities for personal development A work environment where we value individual initiatives (everyone matters at JBT) Continuous development and improvement (always in it together as a team) 33 days annual leave Salary Sacrifice pension Retail Discount Scheme Group Life Insurance Employee Assistance Program Access to our Health & Wellbeing platform We look forward to reading your CV - #LI-SW1 What would we like to see on your CV or for you to demonstrate at interview … We would like someone with programming skills including PLC, HMI, networking and MES Ideally for you to have been that go-to person in your role, as you are the one with the specialist information or knowledge of controls and electronic synchronised drive systems and motion technology such as servo drives, kinetix & virtual axis That you have led on designing and implementing the automation for projects and machinery That you have worked together collaboratively with other teams such as sales, engineering and R&D If you have knowledge of motion control implementation and solutions That you have expert knowledge of Siemens TIA portal and Step 7 – we can teach your Rockwell/Allen Bradley if you don’t have this experience Familiar working to User Requirement Specifications & Functional Design Specifications Knowledge of generating internal Functional Design Specifications Although this role has no direct reports you will lead projects at times and provide on-site guidance, so the ability to lead when needed in past experience would be useful You will ultimately be responsible for design, testing, manufacturing costs on projects And what can we offer you … An attractive basic dependent on what you bring to us The ability to work in an established international and fast-growing company with great opportunities for personal development A work environment where we value individual initiatives (everyone matters at JBT) Continuous development and improvement (always in it together as a team) 33 days annual leave Salary Sacrifice pension Retail Discount Scheme Group Life Insurance Employee Assistance Program Access to our Health & Wellbeing platform We look forward to reading your CV - #LI-SW1 So, what does our Controls Engineer do …. Well, your role will be to support the multiple projects we have on our classic rotary powder filling machines and to help with our new virtus/ galactus lines which are currently still in the development phase. For these new lines electronically, they are driven by the Siemens and Allen Bradley platforms (Simotion and Kinetix) so as a minimum we would like someone with Siemens experience (we can teach you the Allen Bradley platform). Your role although based in Ardleigh will involve travelling to our Sint Niklaas (Belgium) location for training and team meetings/and testing and then you will travel globally to support our customers with your super controls expertise! We need to ensure whoever joins us is comfortable with being very remote, as although you will interact on a daily basis with your colleagues from within the mechanical and design teams in the UK and Belgium, you are the only UK based controls team member, and we foresee you communicating with them mainly via video media rather than face to face.