About the Role
Position: Software Engineer Location: Bristol or Slough Salary: £40,000-£45,000 My client is a long-established Engineering Services company supporting clients across the UK within the pharmaceutical and food processing sectors. They are looking to employ a junior software project engineer based in either Slough or Bristol although a significant amount of working from home can be expected once fully inducted. A clean driving licence and a willingness to travel to project sites is essential.As a member of one of the Project Teams, the position will suit a software/automation graduate with a couple of years' post-graduation experience. The software team is responsible for all aspects of assigned software projects from commencement to completion of commissioning, ensuring that all work adheres to all company safety policies and customer requirements. This position reports to the senior Software Manager and demands an attention to detail and a good interface with client engineers.Software Engineer Overview Assisting in costing projects in terms of materials and labour and producing quotations for software projectsProducing Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) for projectsWriting detailed Functional Design Specifications (FDS) from customer UserRequirements Specifications (URS)Configuration of control system architecture and network connectionsProduction and modification of PLC / HMI / SCADA softwareInstallation, modification, retrofit, commissioning and fault diagnosis of control panels and associated process equipmentSupervision of electrical employees and subcontractors in food productionenvironments Software Engineer RequirementsIdeally hold an Electrical Engineering degree/HND/HNC or equivalent experienceIdeally have good practical electrical qualifications (apprenticeship, or NVQ Level 3)Experience in the use of PLC Software Development (Allen Bradley / Siemens) an advantageExperience in the use of HMI / SCADA Configuration (FTView / Wonderware) an advantageIdeally have Electrical design including AutoCAD / EPlan or equivalent software knowledge Software Engineer Salary & Benefits £40,000 - £45,00028 Days holiday inclusive of Bank holidaysMon - Fri: 08:00 - 17:00Pension Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, contact you about the services we offer, and submit your CV for the role you have applied for.