1 to 25 of 56 Contract Automation Engineer Jobs in the UK

Junior Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Omega Resource Group
Location
Telford, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£40,000
Junior Automation Engineer Telford 37.5 Hours Per Week £37,000 - £40,000 + Global Travel + Excellent Benefits About the Opportunity An exciting opportunity has become available for a Test & Validation Technician to join client based in Telford. This role offers the opportunity to play a key role … ensuring highly complex robotic and automated systems meet the highest standards prior to customer handover. This is an ideal opportunity for an electrically biased engineer with strong automation, PLC and problem-solving skills looking to develop their career within a successful and growing engineering business. Key Responsibilities - Junior ...

Automation Engineer (Siemens/Alley Bradley)

Hiring Organisation
Ernest Gordon Recruitment
Location
Plymouth, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£75,000
Automation Engineer (Siemens/Alley Bradley) Plymouth £70,000 - £75,000 + 33 Days Holiday + Turnkey Solutions + Bespoke Systems + Overtime Available Are you an Automation Engineer, Controls Engineer, or similar, and looking for your next opportunity with a family-owned specialist … advanced automation solutions, who supply their machinery to a worldwide client base? Do you want to work in a large, modern manufacturing facility, delivering specialist projects tailored to customer requirements, where you will be the technical go to for all automation and controls needs, whilst reaping the rewards ...

Junior Automation Engineer (PLC/Siemens Tia Portal)

Hiring Organisation
Ernest Gordon Recruitment
Location
Plymouth, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£50,000
Junior Automation Engineer (Control Systems) £40,000 - £50,000 + 30 Days Holiday + Healthcare + Company Benefits + Country Club Membership + International Travel Plymouth Do you have a background as an Automation Engineer, Controls Engineer, PLC Programmer, or similar? Are you looking … technical support to clients and engineers both in the UK and internationally. This role would suit someone with a background in software engineering, PLCs, automation, Siemens TIA Portal, control software or similar, looking for a varied Monday to Friday role within a specialist engineering business offering travel, technical development ...

AI & Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Netteam tX Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Title: AI & Automation Engineer Location: Eccles, Manchester Salary: Competitive Job Type: Full Time, Permanent Netteam tX is looking for a hands-on engineer to take ownership of our existing Rewst automations, improve their reliability and expand our automation and AI capability across internal operations and customer … services. You will inherit live automation assets, stabilise and document them, then build secure workflows, integrations and AI agents that reduce manual effort, improve consistency and create repeatable value. This is an engineering and ownership role, not a service desk position with occasional automation duties. You will work ...

AI and Automation Engineer, Power Automate, Python, REST APIs

Hiring Organisation
Corriculo Ltd
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£45,000
Automation Engineer, Power Automate, Python, REST APIs An AI and Automation Engineer opportunity has emerged with a well-regarded UK business, sitting within a collaborative Data and Analytics team and playing a central part in how the organisation harnesses technology to sharpen efficiency and performance. … scope is broad, the problems are genuinely interesting, and the chance to shape how AI and automation are adopted across a large operation is real. Could this be the role where your technical curiosity and passion for intelligent solutions really finds its home? The Role The AI and Automation ...

Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Gap Technical Ltd
Location
Northampton, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£56,500
Automation Engineer Location: Northampton Salary: £56,500 per annum Shift Pattern: 4 on, 4 off - days and nights We are looking for a motivated and technically capable Automation Engineer to join a busy, highly automated warehouse and distribution operation in Northampton. This is an excellent opportunity … work within a fast-paced environment where automation, equipment reliability and operational efficiency are critical to business performance. You will play a key role in maintaining, fault-finding and optimising automated systems and materials handling equipment, ensuring maximum availability and minimal disruption to operations. Working as part ...

Power Automate Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Rec3 Global Ltd
Location
Worthing, West Sussex, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
Salary
£54,600
Automation Engineer - Process & Automation Centre of Excellence Location : UK (Hybrid - minimum 1 day/week on-site) Compensation: £44,500 – £54,600 + Benefits Contract: Permanent, Full-Time - 37 hours per week Visa Sponsorship: Not available. Must have right to work in the UK without sponsorship. Reports … Automation Architect/Head of Automation & AI Who They Are A major UK utilities organisation is building a brand new Process & Automation Centre of Excellence from scratch. 3-year funded programme. Board-level sponsorship. 300+ automation opportunities already identified. Led by an experienced Head of Automation ...

Controls & Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Yolk Recruitment Limited
Location
Bridgwater, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
Salary
£60,000
Controls & Automation Engineer Location: Bridgwater, Somerset Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 per annum Working Pattern: Monday to Friday - Hybrid (3 days office/2 days home) Contract: Permanent Are you an experienced Controls or Automation Engineer looking for the opportunity to take ownership of technically challenging … internationally. You'll have significant technical responsibility, working alongside mechanical engineers and other specialists to develop new machinery, upgrade existing equipment and deliver innovative automation solutions. With a salary of up to £60,000, hybrid working and a varied mix of software development, controls engineering and commissioning, this ...

Automation Engineer (Control Systems)

Hiring Organisation
Ernest Gordon Recruitment
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£60,000
Automation Engineer (Control Systems) Cumbernauld, Scotland £50,000 - £60,000 + Training + Progression + Benefits Are you an Automation Engineer or similar, with experience independently coding control systems using Siemens and/or Rockwell platforms, looking for a fully autonomous, joining an industry leading company … configuring communication networks, carrying out both factory and site testing, alongside commissioning on customer sites, keeping accurate documentation. This role would suit an Automation/Controls Engineer or similar looking to design bepoke intergated automated systems from scratch. You will have prior experience independently coding on Siemens ...

Senior DevOps Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
Senior DevOps Automation Engineer £450-530 GBP Onsite WORKING Location: Sheffield, Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent Senior DevOps Automation Engineer DevOps, Automation & Platform Engineering Location: London or Sheffield/Hybrid Working (2-3 Days Onsite) Rate: Up to £530 per day (Inside … IR35) Contract: 6 Months Start Date: ASAP About the Role We're supporting a major enterprise technology programme seeking a Senior DevOps Automation Engineer to help drive automation, platform modernisation and engineering best practice across a complex environment. This is a hands-on role requiring deep automation ...

Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Trant Engineering Limited
Location
Southampton, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
solutions across the UK and internationally. With over 1,000 employees and a £150m turnover, we're growing—and now looking for an experienced Automation Engineer to play a key role in our project delivery teams as part of our controls and automation division Te-Tech. … Role As an Automation Engineer you'll be responsible for the design, programming, testing, and commissioning of automation and control systems across multiple projects. This role ensures automation solutions meet client requirements, comply with relevant standards and integrate seamlessly with electrical and mechanical systems. What ...

Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary Contract, On-site
Salary
£500 - £550 per day + Inside IR-35
Automation Engineer £550/day Inside IR35 | Farnborough | 5 Days Onsite | Active SC Clearance Required We're supporting a growing automation function delivering work within a highly secure, air-gapped environment. Due to increased demand across several programmes, we're looking for a hands-on Automation Engineer who enjoys solving infrastructure challenges through automation and scripting. This is not a cloud-native DevOps role. We're looking for a practical infrastructure automation specialist who can build, improve and maintain automation tooling across complex on-premise environments. The Role You'll join ...

Automation Controls Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Samuel Frank
Location
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£65,000
Automation Controls Engineer – Gainsborough, Lincolnshire – Rockwell PLCs/Motion Control – £55–65k + Overtime Samuel Frank is recruiting an experienced Automation Controls Engineer for an established manufacturer of automated food processing and packaging machinery in Gainsborough. This is a hands-on, site-based opportunity … function within a growing, approximately 20-person manufacturing business backed by a wider engineering and packaging group. This position would suit a Senior Controls Engineer, Automation Engineer, PLC Software Engineer or Machinery Controls Engineer from a machine-building environment who wants more technical ownership ...

Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Greaves Recruitment Solution Ltd
Location
West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£60,000
Company profile: A leading manufacturer of consumer packaging, encompassing both cartons and flexibles are looking to recruit an Automation Engineer/PLC Controls Specialist Title: Automation Engineer Role and Responsibilities: We are looking for an experienced Automation Engineer/PLC Controls Specialist to provide … controls issues, as well as supporting machine installations, commissioning, upgrades and continuous improvement projects. Act as the technical specialist for PLC, controls and automation systems. Diagnose and resolve complex PLC, electrical, HMI, sensor, drive and controls faults. Carry out PLC interrogation and fault finding to identify root causes ...

Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Yolk Recruitment Limited
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract
Salary
£55,000
Automation Engineer Aberystwyth Circa £55,000 DOE Yolk Recruitment is exclusively representing an established food manufacturer in the search for an Automation Engineer to strengthen its site capability. This is a rare opportunity for an engineer with SCADA, controls, or industrial automation expertise … ownership of fault-finding and system reliability within a high-volume production environment. The vacancy is planned around a weekday afternoon shift, extending engineering automation support across a greater portion of the operating day while avoiding a traditional rotating shift pattern. What You'll Do: Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot ...

QA Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Euro Car Parks
Location
Central London, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Automation Engineer, Central London A fantastic and exciting role with a QA Automation Engineer to join our team, with a highly competitive salary, plus bonus and career progression opportunities for a permanent role based in our Marylebone, London office. Euro Car Parks is a market leading … Ireland providing specialist services to a wide range of blue-chip clients. The role We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced QA Automation Engineer who enjoys working in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment. Main Responsibilities Duties will include: · Work as an embedded member of the Scrum team ...

Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Adepto Technical Recruitment Ltd
Location
Merseyside, Speke, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£56 - £61/annum
Automation Engineer (PCS7)/Liverpool/Pharma/12 month contract - £61.94 p/h Are you an experienced Siemens PCS 7 Automation Specialist looking for your next contract opportunity within the pharmaceutical industry? We are currently supporting a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in Liverpool, who are looking … engage an experienced Automation Engineer with strong Siemens PCS 7 and SIMATIC BATCH expertise. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a highly regulated GMP manufacturing environment, supporting critical automation systems and delivering improvements across operational manufacturing processes. The role will suit an engineer with ...

Senior Python Engineer - AI & Automation (contract)

Hiring Organisation
Searchability (UK) Ltd
Location
North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary Contract, Hybrid
Salary
£450 - £600 per day
Senior Python Engineer - AI & Automation (contract) Senior Python Engineer x2 - AI & Automation Hybrid | Financial Services | £450-£650 per day (inside IR35) Build AI solutions that make a real impact. We're working with a technology consultancy that's helping some of the biggest organisations in financial … modernise the way they operate through AI and intelligent automation. They're investing heavily in this area and are looking for an experienced Python Engineer to play a key role in designing and delivering scalable automation solutions that solve genuine business problems-not just proof of concepts. ...

Senior AI Automation Engineer £100,000-£120,000

Hiring Organisation
Method-Resourcing
Location
South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
Senior AI Automation Engineer | £100,000-£120,000 London or Birmingham | Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office We're looking for a Senior AI Automation Engineer to join a growing specialist AI engineering capability within a major UK company. This is a hands … large, governed enterprise environment. You'll work across Microsoft Copilot, Python, Power Platform and Azure, combining modern software engineering with AI and workflow automation to build solutions that move beyond proof-of-concept and into real-world production use. The role You'll sit at the intersection ...

Senior AI Automation Engineer £100,000-£120,000

Hiring Organisation
Method-Resourcing
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
Senior AI Automation Engineer | £100,000-£120,000 London or Birmingham | Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office We're looking for a Senior AI Automation Engineer to join a growing specialist AI engineering capability within a major UK company. This is a hands … large, governed enterprise environment. You'll work across Microsoft Copilot, Python, Power Platform and Azure, combining modern software engineering with AI and workflow automation to build solutions that move beyond proof-of-concept and into real-world production use. The role You'll sit at the intersection ...

Automation Control Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Auxo Talent
Location
Northampton, East Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£55,000
Automation Controls Engineer Location: Northampton Salary: £55,000 per annum Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent About the Opportunity Auxo Engineering are recruiting for an experienced Automation Controls Engineer to join our client's manufacturing operation based … Northampton. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with a passion for automation, controls and continuous improvement to play a key role in developing and maintaining safe, reliable and efficient manufacturing processes within a fast-paced packaging environment. As the site's technical specialist for automation ...

Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary Contract, On-site
Salary
Negotiable
Automation Engineer 5 days a week on-site in Farnborough £550-£650 a day Inside IR35 Requires Active SC Clearance We are recruiting an Automation Engineer to support the delivery of critical defence programmes within a secure environment. This is a fully onsite role in Farnborough … scalable, and repeatable deployment processes. Work closely with infrastructure, platform, and engineering teams within a defence setting. Requirements Active SC Clearance (essential). Proven automation engineering experience. Strong Ansible, Terraform, Bash, and PowerShell skills. Experience working in secure or defence environments. Python knowledge would be advantageous ...

Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Ixceed Solutions Ltd
Location
Telford, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
Role: Automation Engineer Job Type: Full-Time/Permanent Location: Telford, UK – Hybrid (2 days onsite per week) Job Description: We are looking for an experienced Automation Engineer with strong hands-on automation testing experience, capable of developing automation frameworks and delivering robust test … solutions across enterprise-scale projects. Required Skills: Strong experience in Automation Testing using Java or C#. Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit, Maven/Gradle and Cucumber BDD. API automation using Rest Assured, REST, Postman and Swagger/OpenAPI. Strong SQL and database testing experience. CI/CD tools ...

AI Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Emponics
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£85,000
client with a three days in office two from home arrangement seek an experienced AI & Automation Engineer .They are a global growing business providing software services to deliver integrated business management solutions designing and delivering integrated ERP solutions to their distribution trade customers . ( salary £70000 but some … support to deliver fully integrated trading and business management solutions to companies in the distributive trade They are looking for new ways of working automation , they have their own LLMs . Previous experience of an Azure migration would be very much of interest , relaxed work environment , looking ...

AI Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Emponics
Location
Newbury, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£85,000
client based in Berkshire with a three days in office two from home arrangement seek an experienced AI & Automation Engineer .They are a global growing business providing software services to deliver integrated business management solutions designing and delivering integrated ERP solutions to their distribution trade customers . ( salary … support to deliver fully integrated trading and business management solutions to companies in the distributive trade They are looking for new ways of working automation , they have their own LLMs . Previous experience of an Azure migration would be very much of interest , relaxed work environment , looking ...