Senior PLC & Industrial Automation Engineer

Senior PLC & Industrial Automation Engineer

Location: Sweden
Contract: Long-Term
Start: ASAP

The Opportunity

We are supporting a major manufacturing automation programme and are looking for an experienced Senior PLC & Industrial Automation Engineer to join a high-profile smart factory project.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex automation systems, integrating production equipment with Ignition SCADA, MES, warehouse systems, factory management platforms and autonomous material handling technologies.

You’ll play a key role in designing scalable PLC software, developing equipment interfaces, integrating factory systems, and supporting commissioning through to production ramp-up.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain PLC software for automated production equipment.

• Design scalable PLC software architectures using reusable function libraries.

• Integrate production equipment with Ignition SCADA, MES, WMS/EWM and Factory Management Systems.

• Develop robust OPC UA communication and structured data exchange between automation platforms.

• Configure equipment interfaces and line-level automation.

• Support integration with Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Factory Management Systems (FMS) and material flow solutions.

• Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), commissioning and production start-up.

• Work across multiple engineering workstreams supporting phased project delivery.

• Troubleshoot automation systems and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Experience

We’re looking for engineers with strong experience in several of the following areas:

PLC & Automation

• PLC software development

• PLC architecture

• Reusable Function Block Libraries

• IEC 61131-3 programming

• Siemens TIA Portal, Beckhoff TwinCAT, Rockwell Studio 5000 or equivalent

SCADA & Manufacturing Systems

Experience with Inductive Automation Ignition is highly desirable.

Experience with:

• Ignition SCADA

• MES Integration

• SAP EWM / Warehouse Management Systems

• Factory Management Systems (FMS)

• Production Data Collection

• Manufacturing System Integration

Industrial Communications

• OPC UA

• Structured Data Exchange

• Profinet

• Ethernet/IP

• Modbus TCP

• MQTT (advantageous)

Factory Automation

Experience integrating automation with:

• Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)

• Material Flow Systems

• Conveyor Systems

• Warehouse Automation

• Automated Production Lines

• Robotics

Project Delivery

Proven experience delivering:

• FAT

• SAT

• Commissioning

• Production Ramp-Up

• Brownfield & Greenfield Projects

• Multi-disciplinary Engineering Projects

Ideal Background

We’re particularly interested in engineers from:

• Advanced Manufacturing

• Automotive

• Warehouse Automation

• Intralogistics

• Pharmaceutical

• Food & Beverage

• Consumer Goods

• Robotics & Smart Factory Projects

Personal Profile

You will be:

• A hands-on automation engineer with strong PLC programming skills.

• Experienced in integrating factory systems with enterprise-level platforms.

• Comfortable working across multiple project workstreams.

• A proactive problem solver with excellent communication skills.

• Able to work independently while collaborating within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Why Apply?

• Long-term contract on a major manufacturing automation programme.

• Work with the latest Smart Factory technologies including Ignition SCADA, MES, AMRs and Factory Management Systems.

• Technically challenging project with significant scope for long-term involvement.

• Join a collaborative engineering team delivering cutting-edge industrial automation solutions.

If you have experience with PLC programming, Ignition, OPC UA, MES integration, and modern manufacturing automation, we’d be very interested in speaking with you.