PLC Automation Engineer
Pubblicato il 07-09-2026 - European Tech Recruit in Reggio Emilia
PLC / Automation Engineer – Italy
Location: Italy
Contract: 3-6 months
Start: ASAP
Working Pattern: 3-shift rotation | Fully onsite
Rate: €60–65/hour
Accommodation: Provided / paid for
Travel: Flights and travel costs covered
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The Opportunity
We are looking for PLC / Automation Engineers to support a live industrial automation troubleshooting project in Italy .
The key requirement is strong hands-on experience with Siemens PLCs and TIA Portal , with Omron experience considered an advantage.
This is a production support and troubleshooting-focused assignment , rather than a greenfield programming project. You will be responsible for investigating live automation issues, analysing PLC logic, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions to improve equipment reliability and production performance.
If you enjoy getting hands-on with complex machinery, diagnosing faults and solving real production problems, this could be an excellent opportunity.
What You'll Be Doing
- Troubleshoot Siemens PLC-controlled production equipment
- Use TIA Portal for online diagnostics and fault finding
- Analyse existing PLC logic, sequences and interlocks
- Investigate recurring equipment faults, stoppages and downtime
- Diagnose issues across PLC software, electrical systems, sensors, drives, instrumentation and communications
- Troubleshoot automated machinery and production lines
- Identify bottlenecks, intermittent faults and reliability issues
- Perform detailed root-cause analysis
- Recommend corrective actions and technical improvements
- Create clear action plans outlining issues, priorities and recommended solutions
- Support the implementation and testing of corrective actions
- Work closely with production, maintenance and engineering teams
- Document technical findings and any software changes
The core requirement is the ability to systematically diagnose why automated equipment isn't performing correctly and determine the most effective solution .
Technical Experience
We are particularly interested in engineers with hands-on experience in:
- Siemens TIA Portal
- Siemens S7 PLCs
- S7-1200 / S7-1500
- PLC diagnostics and online troubleshooting
- Ladder Logic, FBD and/or Structured Text / SCL
- Siemens HMI / WinCC
- Industrial Ethernet / Profinet
- Drives and motor control
- Sensors, actuators and field devices
- Automated machinery and production lines
- Electrical fault finding
- Machine sequencing and interlocks
- Commissioning and start-up
- Production troubleshooting
- Root-cause analysis
Experience with Omron PLCs , including Sysmac Studio or CX-Programmer, would be beneficial but is not essential .
Experience with other platforms such as Rockwell / Allen-Bradley, Beckhoff or Mitsubishi is also advantageous.
About You
We are particularly interested in mid-level / medior Automation Engineers with a strong practical background.
You should ideally have:
- 2+ years' hands-on PLC / Automation experience
- Strong experience with Siemens TIA Portal
- Experience troubleshooting automated production equipment
- The ability to go online with Siemens PLCs and diagnose live faults
- Confidence reading and understanding existing PLC code
- Strong fault-finding and root-cause analysis skills
- Good understanding of electrical drawings and automation hardware
- Experience working in live manufacturing or production environments
- The ability to distinguish between software, electrical, instrumentation and mechanical faults
- Experience working alongside maintenance and production teams
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- A practical, hands-on approach
- Flexibility to work a three-shift rotation
- Availability to work fully onsite in Italy for 3–6 months
This opportunity would suit an engineer with several years of Siemens automation experience who enjoys troubleshooting, fault finding and improving real-world production systems.
Contract & Package
- 3–6 month contract
- €60–65/hour
- Accommodation provided / paid for
- Flights and travel costs covered
- Fully onsite in Italy
- Rotating three-shift schedule
- ASAP start
Interested? xrdbqlu Apply now or get in touch to discuss the project, rates and next steps.