Automation Engineer Job in Wn8 9Qb, North West Uk
Erlson Precision Components are suppliers of high volume precision machined components to the automotive industry. We currently have an opportunity for a Automation Engineer.
Main Tasks and Duties include:
- Work with research and development engineers to agree concepts for automating new equipment.
- Designing or oversee design and ordering of the equipment to meet the requirements of the cell to the allocated budget and timescales.
- Interfacing machinery with automation equipment and ensure that cell conforms to health and safety legislation.
- Provide the necessary training for operators, production technicians and other engineers in the use of the equipment prior to hand over to operations.
- Ensure that the necessary setting and operating training manuals are created for any new or upgraded equipment.
- Provide estimates for any equipment required to automate new or existing equipment or special purpose machine tools.
- Liaise with and visit potential equipment/machine tool/automation suppliers to approve equipment prior to shipment.
- Carryout or oversee the interfacing of machines to automation equipment (electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic etc).
- Create technical specifications to ensure equipment will fulfil its intended purpose.
- Create and maintain project plans for new projects being implemented.
- Assisting the NPI/Quotation engineers to design highly competitive processes.
- Capex creation, completion and presentation to the directors.
- Liaising with purchasing to ensure best possible price and lead times are obtained prior to ordering new equipment/tooling.
Must have knowledge of essential technologies such as Siemens, Fanuc, Mitsubishi and Felsomet.