Fonterra Hiring for Maintenance Automation Engineer Job at Cobden, Australia Full Time

About us

Fonterra is a global nutrition company owned by 10,000 farming families in New Zealand. We employ 20,000 people around the globe and offer amazing opportunities for people who want to join our team.

Your Purpose

This role sits within an ever-changing industry where we need to ensure our systems are fresh and effectively monitored and running smoothly. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager at Cobden You will primarily be responsible for the development, validation, maintenance and improvement of control systems and automation processes to ensure high availability of manufacturing plant in line with site performance objectives.

This role is responsible for:

• Setting, modifying, maintaining and improving site control systems
• Providing specialist technical support on SCADA systems and PLC and HMI technology
• Validation of the automation and computer systems related to plant control
• Identifying areas of risk within our automation assets area, stemming from instability or aging technology
• Ensuring all automation projects are well managed and fully scoped including the technical architecture, costs, benefits and capital proposal justification
• Managing external contractors and consultants in the execution of projects
• Utilising your engineering and code writing skills to improve machine capability and reliability making an active contribution to Fonterra continuous improvement initiatives and site automation strategy

If you are looking for a role where you can add value to control systems, manage projects throughout the full lifecycle, and work across hardware, software, and networks, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

What you will bring

You will be a natural relationship builder and be able to work with the operations team and the wider business to understand risks and opportunities while effectively putting in place initiatives to ensure our control systems are running to optimal capacity. You will be a strong automation engineer with high proficiency in process automation, machine coding and be familiar with manufacturing control systems.

Key will be your problem-solving skills, where you can troubleshoot quickly and work with our partners to get remediation initiatives underway promptly.

The fundamental requirements will be,
Experience with:

• Working with Automation control systems
• Working with IT Systems
• Working with Process control
• Strong problem-solving skills

A few other key attributes will include:

• Tertiary or Trade Qualifications in engineering or similar technical discipline
• Strong experience working in PLC control systems and programming- SCADA, PLC, VSD & network devices
• Manage and maintain the control systems hardware
• A previous experience with Rockwell PLC systems is preferred for this role
• Experience in Process Plant Background is an advantage

We are Fonterra

Fonterra is a global nutrition company owned by 10,000 farming families in New Zealand. We employ 20,000 people around the globe and offer amazing opportunities for people who want to join our team.

In Australia, we take the milk we collect from our farmers, and our six manufacturing sites across Victoria and Tasmania turn this into dairy foods that generations of Australians have grown up with and love, including Perfect Italiano™, Mainland™, Western Star™, and Bega™. We also sell dairy ingredients to many of the world’s leading food companies and partner with foodservices business across the country to get dairy foods into chef’s hands.

Northern Tasmania is home to our Wynyard site which makes cheese and a range of powders for food companies. We take Tasmanian farmers’ milk and turn this into world-class dairy foods for both the domestic and export market.

At Fonterra, we understand that to attract top talent we need to have the jobs that will make you want to get out of bed in the morning. Diversity, inclusion, and flexibility are a big part of our business, and with a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, this is a great place to work. We need good people, we need you – please apply and join our team.

The safety and wellbeing of our people and the vaccine requirements of our state governments and of some of our customers are priorities to us, which is why we may require you to provide evidence of your COVID 19 vaccination status as part of our recruitment process.