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Job Title: Software & Data Automation Engineer

Department: Technical Office

Reporting To: Senior Design Engineer

Location: Sittingbourne

Overall Objective

• Contribute to the profitable manufacture of WBCL conveyor products and accessories to customer requirements by efficiently providing technical documentation and support in liaison with both Technical Sales and Conveyor Manufacturing staff as required.
• In the creation, reconfiguration and maintenance of CAD drawings, designs and technical records for conveyor configuration systems – improve conveyor quality and reduce costs by following and contributing to the enhancement of company systems, conveyor designs and drawing office processes.
• Capable of programming in various software languages such as iLogic, ladder, structured text and other PLC styles.
• Contribute to the ongoing automation of drawings and processes within the Technical Department on a project basis as required.
• Commissioning of Conveyor Control Systems including drives and safety circuits.
• Back up support for Systems Engineer, to cover breakdowns and upgrades on production machines, Robots, and Automation projects.

Main Roles & Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve configurators that produce CAD models, drawings, and BOM’s required by the company procedures for conveyor and accessory projects.
• Develop and improve conveyor configurators and technical office processes in coordination with the Conveyor Team.
• Working with the technical team, develope automation projects, including vision inspection, Robotics, and machine learning.

Key Responsibilities

• Program configurator to produce drawings for conveyors and accessories.
  • Maintain drawing records and technical details for conveyors.
  • Modify or reconfigure drawings in compliance with company systems and quality procedures.
  • Produce conveyor data (specification) sheets and manage pre and post customer approval.
  • Issue drawing sets and BOM as required.
  • Assist in the design, development and application of basic conveyor control systems.
  • Hold pre & post manufacture technical meetings as required by company CP’s and keep records.
  • Liaise and provide technical support to sales, purchasing and manufacturing teams.
  • Project manage conveyor systems through the company processes.
  • Monitor projects and contribute to planning to achieve ‘on time and on budget’.
  • Ensure that Machine Safety and hygienic design requirements are met (CE and UKCA approval).
• Program Configurator with new conveyor systems and accessories.
  • When authorised – Program configurator for new conveyor variants and accessories to an agreed schedule.
• Technical support for conveyors & accessories.
  • Be a point of contact for internal technical queries related to the configurator.
  • Produce relevant material for conveyor manuals and ‘Technical Files’ as required.
• Commissioning Conveyor Control Systems.
  • Program and develop controls and drive systems for conveyors.
• Back up support for Systems and Project Engineer.
  • To cover/assist with breakdowns and upgrades on production machinery. Program Robots, vision inspection, and PLC’s.

Core Competencies

• Customer focus
• Strong mathematical skills
• Attention to detail
• Self motivated
• Target focused
• Goal orientated
• Strong organisational skills / time management / prioritise and achieve deadline
• Effective oral & written communication and liaison skills both upward and down
• Accountable and responsible
• Initiative
• High level of PC literacy
• Team work
• Problem solving & decision making
• Multi-task
• Take ownership

Job Competencies

• Drawing standards and revision control
• Strong Technical and Engineering knowledge
• PLC programming
• The CE Machinery Directive
• The UKCA – Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations
• Effective reporting to Company Managers and Directors
• A Professional work ethic
• Remain calm in a crisis
• Forward thinking
• Personal integrity & confidentiality

Education/Qualifications/Experience

• A degree/HNC in engineering or equivalent experience
• 3D CAD user (2 years experience desirable).
• Proficient user of Autodesk Vault data management tool.
• Good automation, engineering knowledge.
• Experience of iLogic, Cloud/WEB based configurators.
• PLC, Robotics, and vision inspection programming.

All Wire Belt employees are required to adhere to the company’s core Values which support our Vision, our Mission and shapes our culture.

Our Values

FAMILY:   Our employees and business partners are a team bound together by a common purpose; to respect, trust and learn from each other. To succeed together. We have each other’s back.

INNOVATION:  We believe change is a way of life fostered by encouraging creativity and learning.

INTEGRITY: We do the right thing in all circumstances.

OWNERSHIP: We build trust and teamwork through effective communication, execution and accountability.

FUN: We encourage a culture that loves to serve our customers, community and each other.

Our Vision

Wire Belt will be the most preferred, respected, and trusted metal belt company in the world.

Our Mission

Keep manufacturing growing here by being a lean, green values driven team.

Take a look at our Employee Stories to find out what it’s like to work at Wire Belt!

Job Title: Marketing Apprentice

Department: Sales & Marketing

Reporting To: Senior Marketing Coordinator (SMC)

Location: Sittingbourne

Overall Objective

• To support the Senior Marketing Coordinator (SMC) in maintaining and developing Wire Belt’s business through the active promotion of all marketing functions.
• Assist the SMC in executing the marketing plan to meet company objectives by providing administrative support and learning all areas of marketing such as market research, digital marketing, campaign development, product promotion, analytics, managing websites, and social media profiles.
• Make suggestions for improvements to expand awareness of the company brand, products, and services to successfully meet Wire Belt Group and company goals and objectives.
• Provide administrative support to the SMC in marketing areas such as advertising, research, sales, and customer service.
• Deliver outstanding internal and external customer service in line with Wire Belt’s Mission, Vision and Values.
• Work with the SMC to develop a career path within Marketing – via Learning & Development and Apprenticeship.

Main Roles & Responsibilities

1. Support the SMC with the organization, and planning of exhibitions, events, customer training, presentations, customer surveys, newsletters etc.
2. Learn and understand the company product range for use in marketing campaigns.
3. Provide analytical data / KPI updates to report on the performance of the website, social media accounts, email campaigns and other marketing activity. Also, suggest improvements to increase audience engagement.
4. Assist in the creation of graphics for use on websites, social media, email campaigns and internal marketing whilst maintaining corporate branding consistency.
5. Assist with performing content updates to website, and social media channels, including copy writing, refreshing images, updating internal marketing channels.
6. Provide administrative support in the maintenance of administrative systems that marketing has an active involvement, Including ERM database, Call Off Stock, New Customer Tracking, Complaints and Process Improvements Reports, ERM database forms.
7. Manage stock of product samples, literature, exhibition resources and other marketing resources.
8. Prepare documentation and marketing material to distribute to customers, distributors, and external sales staff.
9. Assist in producing reports from information received relating to customer perception, complaint and PIR data, customer survey results, customer feedback results and website analytics. Present in report format to aid monitoring and continuous improvement.
10. Assist with ensuring all marketing activity is carried out to current legislation, regulations, corporate branding and codes of practice including UK GDPR.
11. Continually exploring new marketing ideas and tools to promote the company, its products, and services.
12. Develop relationships with the Wire Belt team to build team spirit and support the SMC to deliver internal marketing initiatives and promote organisational culture.
13. Evaluate own workload and activity, agree priorities with the SMC.
14. Flexibility – you should expect to work the hours required to achieve business goals, which may include working away to attend exhibitions and meetings, necessitating overnight stays and weekend working.

Core Competencies

• Keen interest in marketing
• Good communication skills
• IT literate
• Good organisational and planning skills
• Good practical skills
• Ability to demonstrate creative skills
• Attention to detail
• Use own initiative
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Able to work on your own as well as part of a team
• Willingness to take on a range of tasks as required

Job Competencies & Experience

• Working towards an understanding of general marketing principles.
• Working towards being able to think more broadly about marketing strategy and how this gets implemented.
• Working towards understanding many diverse cultures and business practices across Wire Belt operations.
• Work towards understanding the technical aspects of the company’s products and services.

The following would be beneficial but not essential

• • Experience of creating graphics
  • Ability to work with video editing software
  • Knowledge of MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite

Education/Qualifications/Experience

• Maths & English GCSE or equivalent grade B/6
• Keen interest in marketing
• Some office experience preferred but not essential
• Languages would be an advantage

All Wire Belt employees are required to adhere to the company’s core Values which support our Vision, our Mission and shapes our culture.

Our Values

FAMILY:   Our employees and business partners are a team bound together by a common purpose; to respect, trust and learn from each other. To succeed together. We have each other’s back.

INNOVATION:  We believe change is a way of life fostered by encouraging creativity and learning.

INTEGRITY: We do the right thing in all circumstances.

OWNERSHIP: We build trust and teamwork through effective communication, execution and accountability.

FUN: We encourage a culture that loves to serve our customers, community and each other.

Our Vision

Wire Belt will be the most preferred, respected, and trusted metal belt company in the world.

Our Mission

Keep manufacturing growing here by being a lean, green values driven team.

Take a look at our Employee Stories to find out what it’s like to work at Wire Belt!