Automation Engineer – Industrial

Job Description
Purpose of the position

You will be at the forefront of shaping Intersnack's future Operational Technology (OT) standards – from contributing to our design and driving exciting pilot projects, to empowering Key Users and operators through impactful training. Once the standard is defined, you'll play a key role in rolling it out across all Intersnack sites, ensuring a smooth and successful adoption Group-wide.

Responsibilities

• Shape OT standards – You design innovative, scalable Operational Technology frameworks for our international production sites
• Drive pilot projects – You lead exciting digital transformation and process optimization initiatives from concept to implementation
• Set best practices – You create clear SOPs, operational manuals, and training materials for consistent execution
• Lead Go-Lives on site – You ensure smooth system implementations, solve issues quickly, and stabilize operations during hypercare
• Train and empower key users – You deliver hands-on OT system training to plant teams across the group
• Roll out OT standards globally – You manage multi-site deployments of standardized OT processes and tools

Job Requirements
Job Requirements

• Several year of work experience in FMCG (ideally food), IT or Consulting-like roles would be desirable but not required
• Knowledge in MES, PLCs and Edge devices programming (e.g. Litmus) is a must
• Knowledge of OPC/Kepware would be a big plus
• Project experience in MES system implementations would be a big plus
• First experiences with AWS
• Experience in managing Business Processes Documentation
• Proficient in English

Mandatory For This Role

• Permission to travel and work in the EU and the UK - without permission we cannot consider your application
• Willingness to travel 4-5 days per week across Europe

About Us
Intersnack has become one of Europe's leading savory snacks producers by 'creating happy snacking moments' in people's lives. Being privately owned, we operate with a long-term view and commit ourselves to a more sustainable world. Successfully and sustainably growing, our turnover in 2024 was more than €4.5 bn. We are now present in more than 30 countries across Europe and beyond. We have 12 regional Management Units, 45 production sites, and a total workforce of approximately 15,000 people worldwide.

What we will offer

An enjoyable, broad and fulfilling role with one of Europe's biggest savory snacks producers. The chance to grow in an environment that values teamwork and collaboration, as well recognized to your individuality, welcoming your views, and celebrating your growth. Naturally we offer a competitive salary and benefits package, but also the opportunity to stand out for your professionalism and performance, moving forward in a challenging environment that supports each individual team member to achieve their very best. And a place to securely develop your career as part of a business that cares about the wellbeing of all its people and understands that work-life balance is fundamental to success. At Intersnack, we value and cherish diversity for the power and potential it creates. We have extraordinary team spirit, empower our people to take ownership for what they do and challenge each other to improve. Because we know that, to become a big player, you need to master being a team player first.

Our values and behaviors are important to how we work, and they define our culture, they are:

Thinking responsibly
Acting entrepreneurially
Growing together
Please upload your application documents in English only
PLEASE NOTE:
for non-EU applicants, a valid work and residence permit is a prerequisite for this post.