Ref:ROXUK00142 - Controls Engineer

Competitive Salary, Success Sharing Bonus Scheme, Company Sick Pay, Company Pension Scheme, Perkbox, Onsite Parking, Subsidised Canteen

Hours of Work:

38 hrs/week 7:30-15:30 Monday to Thursday (30 mins lunch break, 12:00-12:30) 7:30-14:30 Friday

Homeworking: On site only

Roxel is an Anglo-French company that designs, develops, and manufactures a range of solid propellant rocket motors for tactical missiles. Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France, with an annual turnover of about £150M and nearly 1000 staff. The UK operations are based at Summerfield, Kidderminster.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Maintenance & Calibration Manager, you will provide first-class, flexible support to production requirements and factory services by applying electrical and control/PLC skills in fault-finding, diagnostics, planned preventative maintenance, and electrical installation.

Responsibilities

• Comply with SHE and all statutory Safety, Health, and Environment requirements.
• Ensure the reliability of onsite Programmable Logic Control Systems.
• Accurately log maintenance engineering downtime, monitor repair times, and develop new methods/procedures to reduce these using our CMMS.
• Work as part of the maintenance team to ensure safe and efficient production performance.
• Perform detailed preventive and corrective maintenance activities as per schedules.
• Diagnose and rectify faults on all plant and equipment within the manufacturing facility.
• Identify root causes of asset faults and improve asset performance and reliability to meet operational goals.
• Respond quickly and efficiently to plant breakdowns, adhering to all company procedures and standards.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

• Recognised electrical qualifications.
• Experience working with PLCs (Siemens S7, S5, Mitsubishi, ABB, Eurotherm).
• Strong PLC programming and interrogation skills.
• High standards of electrical and mechanical understanding and competencies as a maintenance engineer.
• Ability to diagnose failure root causes in reactive maintenance and implement corrective actions.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical schematics.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and CMMS.

Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge of health and safety processes.
• Understanding of Quality Operating Systems procedures.
• Knowledge of environmental controls and practices.
• 18th Edition BS7671 certification and 2391/52 inspection and testing qualifications.

How to Apply

Please email your CV and motivation letter to:

Include your salary expectations in your application.

Note: Employment at Roxel UK requires obtaining Security Clearance. Applicants must have resided in the UK for at least 5 years and possess UK settled status for security reasons. For guidelines, visit: UK Security Vetting Guidelines .