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Senior Automation Engineer

Location: Bedford

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (2 days WFH)

Salary: £42,000 - £47,000 (with opportunities to increase by 14%) + 7.5% bonus

Benefits: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, private medical, enhanced pension scheme

Are you ready to lead automation projects with autonomy and impact? Join a close-knit team of 8 to design, programme, and optimise advanced systems for world-class manufacturing environments.

We are working exclusively with an R&D facility in Bedford recruiting for a Senior Automation Engineer. You will work on projects to optimise production and reduce manual intervention.

Responsibilities:

• Identify automation opportunities
• Lead projects
• Write code (mainly block coding with support from external vendors)
• Program robots
• Test and modify coding
• Troubleshoot
• Collaborate with OEMs to learn about robot coding and development
• Software skills: PLC (mainly PCS 7), SCADA, LabVIEW, Python

The role is highly autonomous, managing your own schedule. Projects may require on-site work 5 days a week, with some flexibility for 2 days WFH.

Ideal candidates will have:

• Experience as an Automation Engineer in manufacturing
• A degree in Engineering
• Experience managing multiple projects

If interested, please apply or email your CV. Click 'apply' to submit your application.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices across the UK, specialising in Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology, and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note: Due to high application volume, only suitable candidates will be contacted. We adhere to the Equality Act 2010 and conduct regulations.