31 automation engineer jobs found

Automation Engineer - Contract | Immediate Start Initial 3-month contract, with strong potential to extend to 6 months We are recruiting on behalf of our client,who is looking for experienced Automation Engineers to join a fast-paced, multi-site automation programme across the UK and Europe. You will work alongside the client’s in-house engineering and controls teams, supporting PLC code development, implementation, commissioning, testing and continuous improvement across a network of highly automated sites. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on Automation or Controls Engineer to join a high-performing team delivering complex, high-impact projects. Frequent travel across UK will be required. What You’ll Be Doing * Developing, testing and commissioning PLC code using Siemens TIA Portal * Supporting fault-finding and troubleshooting on live automated systems * Leading and contributing to process improvement initiatives * Integrating and migrating code...

Automation Engineer - Contract | Immediate Start Initial 3-month contract, with strong potential to extend to 6 months We are recruiting on behalf of our client,who is looking for experienced Automation Engineers to join a fast-paced, multi-site automation programme across the UK and Europe. You will work alongside the client’s in-house engineering and controls teams, supporting PLC code development, implementation, commissioning, testing and continuous improvement across a network of highly automated sites. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on Automation or Controls Engineer to join a high-performing team delivering complex, high-impact projects. Frequent travel across UK will be required. What You’ll Be Doing * Developing, testing and commissioning PLC code using Siemens TIA Portal * Supporting fault-finding and troubleshooting on live automated systems * Leading and contributing to process improvement initiatives * Integrating and migrating code...

Automation Engineer - Contract | Immediate Start (must be able to on/around 10th August) Initial 3-month contract, with strong potential to extend to 6 months We are recruiting on behalf of our client, who is looking for experienced Automation Engineers to join a fast-paced, multi-site automation programme across the UK and Europe. You will work alongside the client’s in-house engineering and controls teams, supporting PLC code development, implementation, commissioning, testing and continuous improvement across a network of highly automated sites. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on Automation or Controls Engineer to join a high-performing team delivering complex, high-impact projects. Frequent travel across UK will be required. What You’ll Be Doing * Developing, testing and commissioning PLC code using Siemens TIA Portal * Supporting fault-finding and troubleshooting on live automated systems * Leading and contributing to process improvement initiatives *...

Are you a proven expert in industrial automation with extensive experience in Rockwell ControlLogix and Studio 5000 Logix Designer? Do you have a strong background in designing, implementing, and testing PLC solutions within highly regulated environments, ensuring system safety, resilience, and cybersecurity? This is an exciting opportunity to work on a critical infrastructure project, where you will face challenging technical tasks and innovative solutions. If you are ready to take on complex systems and deliver high-quality engineering documentation in a dynamic setting, read on or apply now. If this sounds like the opportunity for you, click apply to take the next steps! The Opportunity This organisation offers a forward-thinking culture centred on safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Known for its commitment to innovation and excellence, the company fosters a collaborative environment that values expertise and proactive problem solving. It stands out by...

PLC Programmer If you're a PLC Programmer who enjoys bringing automated manufacturing systems to life, this is a fantastic opportunity to work on cutting-edge production equipment within a modern automotive manufacturing environment. You'll play a key role in programming, commissioning and supporting highly automated production lines, helping to keep manufacturing running safely, efficiently and reliably. This is the ideal role for someone who enjoys solving technical challenges, working closely with engineers across multiple disciplines, and seeing the direct impact of their work on a busy production facility. What You'll Be Doing As a PLC Programmer, you'll be involved throughout the lifecycle of automated production equipment, from developing new control software through to commissioning, optimisation and ongoing support. Your responsibilities will include: * Developing, modifying and maintaining PLC software for automated manufacturing equipment. *...

Build Lead Contractor – Automotive Automation & Vehicle Launch Contract Position | Halewood | PAYE £34.36 per hour (including holiday pay) | 40–50 Hours Per Week | Contract Through to Mid-2027 Ready to be the person who keeps a vehicle launch moving? When production issues arise, you don't wait to be told what to do. You identify the problem, bring the right people together, and drive a solution that keeps the line running. If you've supported automotive vehicle launches and enjoy working at the heart of fast-paced manufacturing environments, this contract offers the opportunity to play a key role in a high-profile automation project. The Opportunity Based in Halewood, you'll be the link between the customer, engineering teams and installation personnel, ensuring production issues are identified, communicated and resolved quickly throughout the vehicle launch. Working on automated production lines, you'll help maintain momentum by coordinating technical support,...

Overview A leading industrial automation and systems integration business is supporting an upcoming automation project at a brownfield chemical manufacturing facility in Royston and is looking to appoint an experienced Technical Lead. The role will focus on the technical delivery of a complex automation scope within a live operating chemical plant environment. The successful contractor will provide hands-on technical leadership across control systems design, integration, testing, commissioning and site implementation. This role would suit a senior automation professional with proven experience delivering brownfield controls upgrades in chemical, batch manufacturing, pharmaceutical, speciality chemical, petrochemical, COMAH or other regulated process environments. Role Purpose The Technical Lead will be responsible for leading the technical automation scope across the project lifecycle, acting as the key interface between the systems integration team, end client, engineering...

Infrastructure Engineer You must be SC Cleared to be suitable for this role. We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Windows Engineer to join one of our customers within the Finance sector. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting, maintaining, and enhancing our enterprise Microsoft Windows infrastructure, ensuring the delivery of secure, reliable, and high-performing services. Working as part of a collaborative infrastructure team, you will contribute to business-critical projects, support day-to-day operations, and help drive continuous improvement across the IT environment. For this role you must be required to commit to being onsite 2-3 days per week in central london. Duties Manage, maintain, and support enterprise Microsoft Windows Server environments to ensure secure and reliable services. Build, configure, deploy, and decommission physical and virtual servers as required. Administer core Microsoft technologies including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP,...

12 month FTC Hybrid, Sheffield - Must be able to commit to 1/2 days on site in the Sheffield office We're partnering with an established technology-led organisation to recruit an experienced Platform & Infrastructure Engineer to support a significant infrastructure modernisation programme. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced infrastructure professional with strong Kubernetes expertise to join a collaborative engineering team working on modernising enterprise platforms, improving automation and delivering resilient, scalable infrastructure. The Role Working as part of a senior infrastructure team, you'll be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting modern platform technologies across both on-premise and cloud environments. You'll play a key role in infrastructure transformation projects while ensuring business-critical services remain secure, reliable and highly available. This is a hands-on technical role with plenty of opportunity to...

Senior Infrastructure Consultant Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire 2 Year FTC Hybrid after 3 months - 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote £55,000 - £65,000 + Funded Training & Certifications + Company Pension + 27 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Life Assurance + Health Cash Plan + Enhanced Family Benefits Are you a senior Infrastructure Engineer, Technical Lead, or Infrastructure Consultant looking for a varied role where you can combine hands-on 3rd line support with solution design, project delivery, and long-term infrastructure strategy within a large-scale, business-critical environment? This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established organisation investing heavily in infrastructure modernisation, cyber security, cloud technologies, and resilience programmes. Working across a diverse technology estate, you will play a key role in both supporting and shaping the future direction of the infrastructure landscape. You will be responsible for designing, validating, and...

Salary - Up to £68,500.00 Location - Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1XA Pattern of Work – 36.5 hours, Monday - Friday Length - 2 year fixed term contract What you need to know about the role Responsible for the operational performance, reliability and continual improvement of a multi-site network, this role combines hands-on support with involvement in project delivery, solution design and network optimisation. You will work closely with vendors and partners, providing technical assurance and constructive challenge, while contributing to the design and evolution of network solutions to ensure they are fit for purpose, secure and deliver value to the business, working alongside specialist security and firewall resources where appropriate. Key Responsibilities * Maintain and support the organisation’s multi-site network infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance and security. * Diagnose and resolve network incidents and problems, taking ownership...

Principal Engineer Duration: 6 months + Location- Knutsford, South Manchester (on-site 2-3 days per week) UMBRELLA ONLY Our client, a leading banking institution, is hiring a hands-on Principal Engineer to drive a strategic technology transformation. This role is perfect for an experienced backend engineer with deep expertise in workflow orchestration platforms like Camunda and/or Temporal.io, and a passion for building resilient, scalable enterprise systems. What you'll be doing: * Lead technical evaluation and comparison of Camunda vs Temporal.io * Design scalable patterns and reference architectures for enterprise workflow orchestration * Drive modern backend engineering standards, including CI/CD, deployment automation, and operational best practices * Architect durable, fault-tolerant distributed systems with high observability * Develop integration strategies across enterprise APIs, event streams, and downstream systems * Build reusable frameworks, prototypes, and...

Asset Inventory Engineer for a major Offshore Wind Project in Denmark Responsibilities Support Clients Asset Inventory Programme across LV, AUX, SCS, and WTG systems by conducting both field-based asset surveys and desk-based inventory reconciliation activities. Create asset inventories from scratch/validate and improve existing inventories for LV and AUX systems, SCS and WTG systems. Conduct onshore and offshore site surveys, including substations and wind turbines, with proper PPE and in line with GWO and site safety requirements. Identify, document, and verify OT assets, including PLCs, RTUs, HMIs, servers, switches, firewalls, protection relays, IEDs, and communication equipment. Support the collection and maintenance of asset inventory information across OT environments, ensuring that equipment, software, system configurations, locations, and interdependencies are accurately documented and aligned with organizational requirements. Reconcile inventory records against Asset...

Role : DevOps Engineer(IAM) Location: - Sheffield , UK Type of Job: Contract (6 Months) Mode of work: Hybrid 2-3 Days on site in a week JD Key Skills & Experience Technical Skills * Infrastructure as code (Terraform & GCP Provisioning) Terraform core, GCP Infra, Policy as code, develop the capability to manage, maintain and write policies, * Containerization & Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm / Kustomize, GKE Ops * CI/CD engineering, pipeline authoring, artifacts management, testing automation, deployment strategy * Data pipeline and DevOps (KAFKA / PubSub) – Kafka basics, schema registry, streaming infra and monitoring * Graph platform engineering, Neo4j basics, backups, recovery and DR GDS/APOC, observability * DevSecOps & platform security, security scanning, IAM and identity, network security, compliance * Release engineering and governance, release ops, change management, documentation * Regionalisation and compliance, regional...

Infrastructure Engineer Location: Hereford (full time on-site) Duration: 12-month contract Rate: £53.73 PAYE / £72.54 Umbrella Clearance: UK Eyes Only - must be eligible for SC and a sole british national due to the nature of the work. A defence and security organisation is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to help design, build, manage and support the IT infrastructure underpinning a tactical mission network in an on-premise environment. You'll work as part of an IT engineering team supporting a critical communications system used by hundreds of deployed users. What you'll be doing Maintaining and supporting IT infrastructure in a secure, on-prem environment Troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure issues (hands-on problem management) Developing and deploying new infrastructure capabilities Monitoring performance and improving reliability/user experience Supporting end-user device build processes Communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders...

Mechanical Design Engineer (SolidWorks) – Immediate Start Available Our client, a leading engineering business, is looking for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer with strong SolidWorks skills to join their team as soon as possible. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive Mechanical Design Engineer who enjoys taking ownership of projects and delivering high-quality design solutions within challenging timescales. Key Requirements for the Mechanical Design Engineer: * Proven and strong experience using SolidWorks for mechanical design. * Background in Aerospace, Automation, Agricultural Engineering, or a similar industry. * Mechanical/Design/Engineering degree/qualifications or similar. * Strong understanding of mechanical engineering and manufacturing processes. * Ability to manage multiple tasks and consistently meet project deadlines. * Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of working independently and within a team. The Role of the Mechanical Design...

Control Systems Commissioning Engineer Location: Cambridgeshire (site-based) Type: Contract (likely long-term given ramp-up) Level: Experienced (mid-level, not senior/lead) Overview We are supporting a major industrial programme in Cambridgshire as commissioning activity accelerates on site. We are seeking experienced Control Systems Commissioning Engineers with strong Rockwell exposure to support delivery across a complex automation and DCS environment. This is a hands-on role focused on system commissioning, testing, and integration within a live project environment. Key Responsibilities Commissioning of Rockwell-based control systems, including: ControlLogix / GuardLogix controllers PlantPAx DCS architecture FactoryTalk View (SE/ME) Execution of FAT/SAT and site commissioning activities Loop checks, I/O testing and functional validation Integration of control systems with industrial networks (Stratix, Ethernet/IP) Support system troubleshooting and fault finding during...

Role: Network Engineer (Proxy SME Skyhigh Security Web Gateway) Client: Financial Services Contract Length: 12 Months Location: Chester (Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite) Rate: Up to £750 - depending on experience Overview We are looking for a Proxy SME with strong experience in Skyhigh Security Web Gateway (SWG) and enterprise proxy technologies. The ideal candidate will have a blend of hands-on implementation, architecture, and engineering experience, alongside the ability to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable network solutions. Key Responsibilities Hands-on implementation and configuration of network security and proxy solutions. Engineering and deploying new services into production environments. Collaborating with support teams, business units, and third-party partners to design and deliver end-to-end solutions. Balancing business, security, availability, and resiliency requirements across projects. Gathering, analysing, and documenting technical application and...

Platform Engineer Hybrid – 3 days onsite | 2 days remote |5-Month Contract | Warwickshire VIQU is seeking an experienced Senior Hybrid Platform Engineer / Technical Lead to join a major enterprise customer based in Warwickshire. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the evolution of a complex hybrid platform environment, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure (approximately 75%) supported by on-premises infrastructure (approximately 25%). We're looking for a technically hands-on engineer who can drive platform transformation, lead infrastructure change, and support business-critical production environments. This role requires strong Azure expertise alongside solid VMware and on-prem infrastructure experience, with Terraform playing a key role in platform automation. The Role As the technical lead for platform engineering initiatives, you will own technical design decisions from concept through to implementation. You'll play a key role in modernising enterprise...

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer East Midlands - commutable from Derby, Leicester and Nottingham to c£47k neg dep exp + benefits Our client can demonstrate almost half a century's expertise in the design, development and manufacture of bespoke automation and robotic systems for a diverse range of industry sectors and are regarded by many in the industry as one of the leading automation system solution providers in the whole of the UK. As a result of continued success and a planned programme of strategic growth, they are now seeking to recruit an experienced Lead / Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to complement their established and successful team and deliver innovative special purpose automation machinery projects. Based near Leicester and tasked with both designing and overseeing an array of special purpose machine projects from order acceptance to customer hand over, the successful Senior Mechanical Design Engineer candidate will be responsible for the design, detailing...