Senior Automation Design Engineer

The Opportunity: We are working with a long-established machine builder with more than 115 years of engineering heritage. With significant growth, the business is looking for a Senior Automation Design Engineer to take a leading role in the design and delivery of automation and control systems. This is a genuinely hands-on senior engineering position where you will own automation projects from concept and bid-stage modelling through electrical design, manufacture, build and commissioning. You will also lead an established team of two controls engineers, with scope to develop and grow the wider engineering function as the business expands.

What You'll Be Doing: Create PLC programmes from concept to completion using Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Studio 5000 and Ladder Logic. Develop and tune servo motion control using Rockwell Kinetix drives and Studio 5000 Motion. Produce and interpret electrical schematics and enclosure layouts using AutoCAD Electrical. Configure HMI and visualisation systems using Allen-Bradley Panel View and Factory Talk. Own projects end-to-end, from conceptual design and bidding through detailed design, manufacture, build and completion. Programme AC drives such as Allen-Bradley Power Flex 525 and debug servo systems. Produce Functional Design Specifications and electrical Bills of Materials. Select and integrate sensors, encoders and field devices. Design Ethernet layouts and configure IP addressing. Apply machine safety requirements throughout design and build. Create or modify pneumatic schematics where required.

What We're Looking For: We are looking for someone with strong, proven hands-on controls and automation experience, including: AutoCAD Electrical, ideally versions 2020-2023.Allen-Bradley PLC programming using Studio 5000.Compact Logix and Control Logix. Panel View / Factory Talk visualisation. Kinetix 5500 and/or Kinetix 5700 servo drives. Studio 5000 Motion. Proven ability to write PLC programmes from scratch in Ladder Logic. AC drive programming and servo motor debugging. Functional Design Specifications and electrical BOM creation. Machine safety knowledge. Sensors, encoders and motor interfacing. Ethernet layouts and IP configuration. Desirable Experience Experience with Siemens S7, Kinetix 6500, Fanuc robots, pneumatic schematics and EU/CE marking requirements would be advantageous, but is not essential. The Person You will be a genuinely hands-on engineer who enjoys being close to the detail and the build rather than working purely from a desk. You will be collaborative, dependable and comfortable taking ownership of projects from initial concept through to completion. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to have real technical influence, support and mentor other engineers, and help shape a growing automation engineering function. Package & Location$100,000-$150,000 salary depending on experience Comprehensive benefits package Full-time, permanent position Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fully on-site, not remote Interested? If you are an experienced Automation / Controls Engineer with strong Allen-Bradley and machine-building experience and would like to explore the opportunity, please get in touch for a confidential conversation. Apply directly or message me to discuss the role, company and opportunity in more detail.