About The Role

Location: Barton upon Humber, with travel to Wren manufacturing sites

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 07:00–15:30

Salary: £45,000–£55,000 per year

At Wren Kitchens, we are looking for an Automation Engineer to support the design, development, and delivery of automated manufacturing solutions across our production sites. This is an exciting opportunity to work on capital projects, robotics, cobots, new production lines, factory expansions, and automation improvements within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Main Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and support automation and electrical control systems
Program and optimise PLCs, HMIs, drives, and industrial networks
Support the integration of robots and cobots
Assist with project delivery from concept through to commissioning
Produce and review electrical drawings and technical documents
Troubleshoot automation and electrical issues
Ensure systems meet machinery safety and electrical standards
Support continuous improvement across manufacturing

In addition to any other duties, as a responsible person you must ensure that you have read, understood and adhere to polices and procedures relating to Health and Safety, and your responsibilities located in the Integrated Management System (IMS) Responsibilities document.

About You

Key Skills and desires:

HNC/HND or Degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation, Mechatronics, or similar
Experience with PLC programming, such as Siemens, Schneider, or Allen-Bradley
Good understanding of automation systems and control architecture
Ability to read and produce electrical drawings
Experience supporting automation or engineering projects
Knowledge of machinery safety standards and safety systems
Practical, hands-on approach with strong fault-finding skills
Experience with robots or cobots
Experience in high-volume manufacturing
Knowledge of vision systems, SCADA, or MES
Project engineering experience

About The Company

At Wren we’re passionate about all things kitchens, and now bedrooms too! We are the largest kitchen retailer in the UK. We’re a business that simply doesn’t stand still!

As well as world class training on our products, systems and sales processes, you’ll enjoy working in an industry-leading work place for a business that’s twice been voted the UK’s Number 1 Place to Work on Indeed. That’s on top of amazing benefits including uncapped commission and exceptional opportunities to progress your career across our company.

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