Automation Engineer

Location: Minto

Life tastes better with ice cream

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.

We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.

What truly sets us apart is how we work.

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.

We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.

The role

As Automation Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across the design, selection, procurement, installation and commissioning of equipment that supports our manufacturing objectives and process improvements. You will share responsibility for project cost estimates and expenditure control, work closely with suppliers and contractors, and closely work with cross functional teams across the site.

What you'll be responsible for

Automation Project Delivery: Lead and support automation and electrical scopes across the Minto engineering and CapEx portfolio, from design and technical assessment through installation, commissioning and start-up. This includes control-system upgrades, production lines, utilities, quality systems and other site improvement projects.

Project Safety & Safe Execution: Ensure automation and electrical project activities are designed, planned and executed with site safety as a core requirement, supporting safe installation, commissioning and start-up and addressing automation-related safety requirements throughout project delivery.

Site Automation Standards & Technical Governance: Own, maintain and drive compliance with Minto site Automation Standards. Provide technical governance for control-system architecture, equipment selection, PLC/HMI systems, communication protocols, network topology and integration of new or modified automation equipment and digital factory infrastructure. Ensure project teams, contractors and suppliers comply with established site requirements. Existing site communications specifically require Automation involvement during design for systems using Ethernet, Modbus, Profinet, ASI and other networked equipment.

OT Cyber Security & Infrastructure : Support and drive the Minto OT Cyber Security program, including cyber-security improvement activities, system patching, OT network integrity, cyber asset management and secure integration of new equipment. Timely update the site's cyber asset registers covering IP information, network assets, decommissioned assets and any new assets.

Control-System Reliability & Modernisation: Improve the reliability and lifecycle management of site automation infrastructure and legacy control systems, including OT network upgrades, server-room infrastructure, PLC/control-system modernisation and automation infrastructure improvements.

Operational & Continuous Improvement Support : Provide automation expertise to improve plant reliability, productivity, waste performance and operational efficiency, supporting troubleshooting and improvement initiatives across manufacturing/ Mix plant, production lines, utilities, refrigeration control system, fire systems, CCTV, access control and associated systems.

Machine Safety, Quality & Compliance : Provide automation expertise for machine-safety improvements, control-system safety upgrades and Quality-critical equipment, ensuring automation solutions support site safety, quality and compliance requirements. Safety and Quality issues are identified as priority automation requests in the site's existing ways of working.

Cross-Functional Engineering Support : Work closely with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, SHE, Quality and project/start-up teams to deliver automation requirements across the site. Minto project organisation charts show Automation involvement across multiple concurrent projects.

Contractor & Supplier Management : Coordinate automation contractors, system integrators and specialist resources required for project and improvement delivery, while maintaining technical standards and aligning resource requirements and costs with Engineering leadership.

We're looking for someone who

• Has a degree in Electrical or Mechatronic Engineering, Instrumentation engineering with a minimum of five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Brings hands-on experience in PLC and SCADA programming, VLAN and switch interfaces, able to configure network switch ports supported by strong troubleshooting and process-improvement capability.
• Have capability to work on field instruments, valves, packing machine interface and integration to factory network.
• Have knowledge of working on various protocols like ethernet, Modbus, Profibus, ASI etc.
• Communicates clearly, both verbally and in writing, and works effectively with cross-functional teams, suppliers and contractors.
• Is organized, process-oriented and able to prioritise and deliver high-quality outcomes under pressure.
• Thinks end-to-end and take ownership for results.
• Is comfortable working autonomously in a fast-moving, evolving organization.
• Values collaboration, clarity and low-ego ways of working.
• Experience in electrical system is an advantage

What you'll get

Alongside meaningful work and strong development, we offer a reward package that typically includes

Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards

Flexible ways of working

Support for health, wellbeing and life outside of work

Time off to rest and recharge

Ongoing learning and development opportunities

Benefits applicable to employees based in Australia

Why join us?

This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could!

You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.

Roles with real accountability and visible impact

Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done

Continuous learning and development as the business grows

Reward linked to performance and contribution.

Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.

Ready to build the future of Ice Cream?

If this sounds like the place where you'd thrive, we'd love to hear from you. Apply online and share your CV. We'll review your application and be in touch with the next steps.

If you are an individual with a disability and require assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please let your Talent Acquisition Partner know.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.