Automation Engineer – 12 Month Contract (Inside IR35)

Exciting opportunity to work in the water industry Remote working with monthly meetings in Bath + site installation work in Dorset and Somerset This is an exciting opportunity to join a major project in the water industry – a stable sector with significant ongoing investment. Initially a 12-month contract, the scope of project work could extend up to 5 years, offering excellent long-term potential.

You’ll be part of a team of 20, working with a business that values its people and builds its culture on honesty, communication, hard work, and trustworthiness. Water industry experience is not required – the client will consider strong automation and control engineers from other sectors.

The Role You’ll support the delivery of automation and control projects from detailed design through to site commissioning, with responsibilities including:

Detailed Design:

PLC control software writing to URS

HMI/SCADA graphical interface creation

Software Factory Acceptance Testing (bench FAT)

Site telemetry preparation (Prism/ScopeX)

On-Site Commissioning:

Panel (MCC) Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)

Site PLC code installation, testing, and functional testing against URS

Legacy PLC systems integration

Site telemetry testing

Inter-PLC communications installation and testing (fibre optic and radio Ethernet)

Fibre optic ring (redundant) com...