AutomationEngineer

If you are curious & creative, invested in not only your own success but also the growth of others, and believe in building the Great Australian Food Company, then you might be the one for us! * Work within a supportive and talented team * Full time permanent opportunity * Be a part of one of Australia’s most iconic brands! **The Role** Our Morwell site is located about 150km east of Melbourne, manufacturing a large range of products in yoghurt and dairy desserts including brands such as Farmers Union, Dairy Farmers and Yoplait. Operating 24 hours a day, six days a week across 9 lines the site is highly automated and is the largest yoghurt facility in Australia. We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Automation Engineer to join the Engineering & Reliability team. You will report to the Automation Leader looking after all the automation and OT systems. You will provide technical expertise to support manufacturing, quality, maintenance, capital projects and continuous improvement activities. Previous experience in **Dairy or Food Manufacturing** is necessary to be able to hit the ground running. Over the next five years, our site has lots of exciting new projects and improvements happening for us to continue being a leader in Yogurt manufacturing in Victoria. You must be a highly motivated, self-driven individual with the ability to prioritise and problem-solve. This role also has an afterhours on call roster once you are up to speed. **Responsibilities** * Provide specialist technical support for manufacturing as required * Actively contribute to continuous improvement projects using automation to improve production capability and reliability * Implementation of automation/SCADA/MES/HMI projects and/or specify a scope of works to be implemented by external contractors * Design, implementation and validation of PLC, SCADA, HMI & MES software changes that are required for the automated plant processes * Provide high quality technical documentation for syst