Electrical & Automation Engineer

The Company

This organisation has a reputation for their high-quality products across the Australian market and have experienced significant growth the past 5 years. With this continued focus on innovation and new products there is a need for an Electrical & Controls Engineer to help deliver optimisations across their key manufacturing facility in South-sideBrisbane.

The Role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading automation and controls initiatives to improve plant reliability, performance and operational efficiency.

Key responsibilities include:

• Driving continuous improvement initiatives across automation, control systems and equipment reliability.
• Scoping, planning and delivering the automation component of capital projects.
• Implementing hardware, software and process control upgrades across the manufacturing site.
• Providing technical support and advanced fault-finding expertise for electrical and control systems.
• Working closely with maintenance trades and production teams during installation, commissioning and optimisation activities.
• Managing the design, procurement, implementation and integration of control systems for capital projects.
• Identifying opportunities to improve plant performance, uptime and manufacturing efficiency.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Automation Engineering or a related discipline.
• Proven experience working with high-speed automated manufacturing equipment, ideally within the food, beverage or dairy industries.
• Strong PLC programming and troubleshooting experience, particularly with Siemens and/or Allen-Bradley (Rockwell) platforms.
• Experience delivering automation improvements and supporting capital projects within a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to identify practical engineering solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across engineering, maintenance and production teams.
• Well-developed organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

What's on Offer?

This is an opportunity to join a highly regarded and growing manufacturing business that continues to invest heavily in its people, technology and operations. You'll be part of a collaborative engineering team where you'll have genuine ownership of automation projects, exposure to new technologies and excellent opportunities for ongoing career development.