Automation Engineer

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The Automation department ensures the reliable availability and ongoing development of our technical plant and systems, thereby providing a vital foundation for the smooth running of our Production and logistics operations. You will manage modern automation and server systems, support projects from optimisation through to the integration of new equipment, and work closely with Production, engineering and IT. If you’re passionate about technology, enjoy taking on responsibility and are looking for a varied role within a dedicated team, you’ll be a perfect fit for us.

Contract type

Permanent

Workload

100%

Working time model

2-shift operation

Start of employment

as of now

Bell Schweiz AG

Elsässerstrasse 174
4056 Basel

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Language

German

What we offer

Work-life balance

A healthy work-life balance is important to us. You benefit from at least 25 vacation days as well as transparent electronic time tracking. This allows you to flexibly compensate any overtime with additional time off.

Catering

Catering is very important to us: you can enjoy freshly prepared food in our staff canteen, a lunch menu including soup and salad, water & tea and free fruit as well as high-quality products at greatly reduced prices in our outlet. 

Mobility

Benefit from convenient public transport connections, attractive ticket subsidies and ample parking facilities in the multi-storey car park.

Professional development opportunities

Expand your knowledge with extensive training programmes, high-quality courses at the Coop Training Centre and a wide range of personal development opportunities. 

Health

Your well-being is important to us: benefit from our health management programme, attendance bonus, discounted Reka cheques, exclusive employee discounts and subsidised fitness subscriptions – for health and fun during your leisure time.

Company events

Experience unforgettable moments at our department events and help to strengthen the team spirit at the company run – celebrate, exercise and socialise together.

Wages and benefits in line with the market

Secure your future with our exceptionally generous pension scheme, receive anniversary and Christmas bonuses and attractive rewards for employee referrals. You will also receive the Coop employee discount card and we will pay two-thirds of your pension fund contributions.

Family-friendly employer

Organisez vos horaires de manière flexible grâce aux modèles de travail à temps partiel, travaillez dans des vêtements de travail professionnels et expérimentez un environnement de travail inclusif où la diversité est appréciée et encouragée.

Your tasks

  • Maintaining and ensuring the technical availability of the automation systems at the Basel site
  • Managing and further developing the higher-level server systems within the automation and operational technology environment (HMI, SCADA, PLS)
  • Acting as an interface between users, IT, engineering and suppliers
  • Implementing and supporting automation projects (e.g. optimisation, adaptation, expansion, modernisation) on plant and systems
  • Integration of plant, systems and components into the Bell Group’s structure
  • Providing support during the commissioning and production support of highly complex plants
  • Contributing your expertise to provide technical support to the various maintenance and project teams

What you bring with you

  • Completed training as a technician, preferably following prior training as an electrician, electronics technician, automation technician or IT specialist
  • Professional experience in the programming and commissioning of PLCs and visualisation systems, such as Siemens S7 (Step 7 Classic / TIA Portal) and WinCC, as well as in fieldbus systems such as ProfiNet, etc.
  • Very good written and spoken German; good written and spoken English; French would be an advantage
  • Experience with IT systems (Windows client, server, networks)
  • Experience in implementing and coordinating automation projects

Any more questions?
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Margarita Steg
Head of HR Charcuterie

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‘Our future is incredibly exciting! We are continuously optimising our production facility with the latest technologies to keep pace with the times. We work closely with the specialist departments in a fascinating environment to continuously develop our products. This is how we actively contribute to offering our customers even better solutions and sustainably advancing our company.’

Sven Friedli

CFO/CIO Bell Food Group

This is what our application process looks like:

Thank you for your application! We have received your documents and will get back to you as soon as possible.

We would like to get to know you and your motivation better in the first introductory meeting – let us have a relaxed chat and find out together whether we are a good match.

In the second interview, we will get to know each other better and talk about your skills and the next steps at our company – we look forward to continuing our dialogue with you. For some positions, an assessment may still be required - if this is the case, you will be informed in good time.

Congratulations, you have won us over and we you! We are now finalising the process and look forward to welcoming you to our team soon.