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Join our dynamic team as an Automation Assistant and play a pivotal role in the monitoring, maintenance, improvement and control of our production, automation and plant operations.

Job Title – Automation Assistant

Location – Milton Keynes

Salary – £32,659 pa

Exciting Job Opportunity:
Automation Assistant Milton Keynes!

We are currently hiring for multiple Automation Assistant positions in Milton Keynes. Join our team today and become part of our innovative and growing organisation!

Full time on-site role, offering a final salary including shift allowance £32,659pa

Why you’ll love working with us:

Our people are the heartbeat of our success. We thrive because of the diligent, brilliant, and enthusiastic individuals we employ. This is your chance to be a crucial part of our expanding operations, where we foster a strong engineering and team culture and offer ample room for both personal and professional growth.

What we offer:

• A Collaborative Team Environment:
  Join a growing team that values excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Career Growth and Training Opportunities:
  With our expanding operations, there’s plenty of room for career development and progression.
• Inclusive Work Culture:
  We welcome applicants from diverse engineering backgrounds, If you’re looking for a career change and possess transferable skills, we’d love to show you what we do and help you embark on a new career path.

Key Responsibilities of an Automation Assistant

The Automation Assistant will be required to carry out the preparation, operational and rectification tasks listed below, on the Automated Materials Handling Equipment.

This is a hands on role .

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Manage Procedures and Prioritise Safety: Oversee operating procedures, always prioritising safety.
• Achieve Production Targets: Ensure production targets are consistently met every shift.
• Start of shift checks: Ensuring equipment is fit for use.
• Powering down: Safely and correctly to allow product flow faults to be rectified.
• Investigate: The reasons upon emergency stop and restart system (non-technical errors)
• Rectify time
  -out faults: Using the manual controllers (Pendant or HMI panel)
• Follow safety procedures: At all times and when working on or near the Automated Handling equipment, including isolation of adjoining equipment.
• Adhering to: Safe entry procedures and use of correct PPE.
• Collaborate Effectively: Maintain product flow and work closely with other teams and departments to achieve production goals through effective communication and supporting Engineers on tasks.
• Using access equipment: Safely and correctly in and around the Automated systems to rectify product flow issues.
• Performing minor repairs: and refurbishment work using provided tools.
• Machine Housekeeping: Cleanliness, removal of any objects such as pallet debris or cling film to ensure product flow is not impeded.
• Reporting: Any issues to control room for action / escalation to engineers for rectification
• Communication: Of faults and system availability, following onsite communication protocol to ensure the operation is kept informed at all times (use of handheld radio provided)
• Notifying: Error Handlers of systems faults and their locations
• Attend shift handover meetings: At all times to communicate main issues from off going to oncoming shifts.
• Attend toolbox talks: Meetings with Engineering colleagues and or management to relay concerns/ issues and problems within the Automated Materials handling system.

Skills / Qualifications

• Numerate & Literate: Be able to use IT equipment.
• Self-Motivated: Be able and responsible to work on own initiative
• Auditory Comprehension; Be clear spoken in voice English language and auditory comprehension.
• Experience: In warehousing, Engineering or Automation material handling environments would be advantageous.
• Engine…