AI & IT Automation Specialist

AI & IT Automation Specialist

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary: £30,000-£60,000 (*depending on experience)

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about technology, artificial intelligence and finding smarter ways of working?

We are working with an ambitious and growing group of privately owned businesses based in Olney, Buckinghamshire, who are looking to appoint an AI & IT Automation Specialist to help shape how technology is used across their organisation.

The group operates across several complementary sectors, including residential housebuilding, roofing and construction, refurbishment, specialist facades and emerging electric vehicle transmission technology.

Its businesses include an established housebuilder, specialist construction and roofing contractors, a facades business and an innovative EV technology company. With a shared working environment and a forward-thinking leadership team, the group is keen to embrace new technology and use AI to improve efficiency, reduce manual workloads and create better ways of working.

This is an opportunity to play a visible role in that journey, working directly with senior leadership and having genuine influence over how AI and automation are introduced across multiple businesses.

The Role

AI implementation and business process automation will be your primary focus.

You'll be responsible for exploring emerging AI tools, identifying practical opportunities and turning ideas into solutions that make a measurable difference to everyday business operations.

The initial priority will be the finance and accounts function, looking at how AI and automation can improve processes involving invoices, bookkeeping, VAT and administrative workflows. From there, you'll work across the wider group to identify further opportunities in operations, construction, customer administration and other business functions.

You'll also provide practical IT support when required, helping colleagues with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, user accounts, hardware and general technical issues.

The role will suit someone who enjoys combining technical problem-solving with business improvement, whether you're developing your career in AI and automation or already have experience delivering technology-led efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Research, evaluate and implement AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude and other emerging platforms.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive business processes and reduce manual administration.
• Work initially with finance and accounts teams to improve invoice processing, bookkeeping, VAT-related workflows and reporting.
• Explore automation opportunities across the group's wider business operations.
• Configure and integrate AI tools with existing systems, applications and business data.
• Investigate the potential for developing bespoke AI-powered solutions tailored to the group's processes and requirements.
• Support the administration of Microsoft 365, SharePoint, user accounts and permissions.
• Troubleshoot day-to-day hardware, software and connectivity issues when required.
• Help colleagues understand and adopt new tools, workflows and ways of working.
• Provide occasional support for wider digital activities and technology-related projects.

About You

We're interested in people with the right combination of technical ability, curiosity and commercial awareness. You don't necessarily need to have years of experience, but you should be enthusiastic about technology and keen to make things work better.

You might be an IT professional looking to move into AI and automation, a junior developer with a strong interest in practical AI applications, or an experienced automation specialist looking for a role with greater ownership and influence.

Ideally, you'll bring some of the following:

• A genuine interest in artificial intelligence and its practical application within businesses.
• Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot or similar platforms.
• An understanding of workflow automation, Scripting, integrations or low-code/no-code technologies.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365, SharePoint and general IT administration.
• The ability to investigate problems, test solutions and implement improvements.
• An interest in business processes and how technology can make organisations more efficient.
• Good communication skills and the confidence to work with people across different business functions.
• A proactive, adaptable approach and the ability to work independently.
• Experience with Power Automate, Python, APIs, data integration or developing AI-powered applications would be particularly beneficial, although we're open to candidates with different technical backgrounds.

What Makes This Opportunity Different?

• Real ownership: Work directly with the senior leadership team and help shape the group's AI and technology strategy.
• Visible impact: Your work will influence how multiple businesses operate, with the opportunity to deliver tangible efficiencies.
• Variety: Exposure to several industries and business functions rather than working within a single department.
• Room to develop: An opportunity to grow your technical skills and take on increasing responsibility as the group's AI capabilities evolve.
• Future potential: If the group's AI initiatives prove successful, there is an ambition to explore establishing a separate business offering AI implementation services to external clients. The successful individual could have the opportunity to play an important role in developing that venture.

If you're excited by the potential of AI, enjoy solving practical problems and want to help businesses embrace new technology, we'd be very interested in hearing from you.