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.

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 current 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 t

📌 Automation Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 6288 Magnum ICC Australia Pty
📍 Sydney