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Senior Automation Engineer

Cork, Ireland💼 Full-time🗓 2025-08-20 → 2026-09-23

Core

Provide day-to-day automation and manufacturing support to business users, focusing on streamlining, standardization, and improvement of automation systems in manufacturing processes.

Role type

Senior IC automation engineer (manufacturing/process control)

Builds

Plant control system infrastructure and automation solutions for beverage, nutrition, and snack concentrate manufacturing.

Domain

Food & Beverage manufacturing / Industrial Automation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

PLC programming, SCADA systems, IT architecture, process control, automation validation (GAMP/cGMP), change control management, vendor liaison, project prioritization

Preferred skills

Allen-Bradley PLCs, Wonderware InTouch, InSQL, Profibus, ControlNet, DeviceNet, EtherNet

Technologies

Allen-Bradley, Wonderware, InSQL, Profibus, ControlNet, DeviceNet, EtherNet

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day automation and manufacturing support to business users throughout the sites. Focus on streamlining, standardisation and improvement of the functions of these systems in the automation of manufacturing processes. Play a key role in the review, approval and execution process of validation protocols. Support capital projects, when assigned. Development and/or review of URS for process and automation systems. Create and maintain operational as-built documentation for plant control system infrastructure. Liaise with major equipment vendors to ensure compliance to specifications.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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