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Senior Automation Engineer
Posted on April 16, 2025
- Auckland City, New Zealand
- No Salary information.
- Full Time

This person must be passionate about supporting automation systems through the use of PLCs, HMIs and SCADA.
You will need to have demonstrated ability to lead projects through design, develop, and deploy new products for manufacturing and process automation solutions.
The person must be fully conversant with a range of electrical procedures in the field of factory automation - design, programming, commissioning, maintenance, support, troubleshooting, research and development.
Programming skills (PLC / HMI / SCADA) with a variety of PLCs such as:
- Rockwell - Alen-Bradly; ControlLogix / CompactLogix / MicroLogix / SLC series
- Schnieder M580 and M340
- Siemens
Experience with designing and programming HMI and SCADA system:
- Rockwell FactoryTalk View SE for SCADA and ME for HMI
- Wonderware System Platform
- FTViewSE
- WinCC
- SCADA Platforms - Citect, IFIX, Ignition
Experience
- A degree with Mechatronics courses or focus OR
- 5+ years experience as a full-time Automation Engineer supporting systems and delivering projects that required both PLC, HMI and SCADA programming.
- Have excellent spoken communication skills.
- Have experience with PLC code development experience in Dairy and Water Treatment technologies.
- Have engineering skills utilising Schneider, Allen Bradley and Siemens PLC’s.
- Experience with HMI systems development including Wonderware System Platform, Ignition, IFIX, FTViewSE and WinCC.
- Must have experience developing PLC systems from technical specifications starting from scratch.
Benefits
- One of New Zealand's leading Automation companies.
- Wide variety of challenging client project work.
- Competitive salary from $100,000 - $115,000 per year
- Cell phone with unlimited personal use, laptop provided.
- Healthcare insurance.
- On-Call roster where you can earn an extra $10K+ a year.
- Travel with company car and per diem
- Lot of growth potential within the company.
- 4 weeks leave plus your birthday off.
- Flexible hours.
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