AI and Automation Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)

MCS Group; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

MCS Group is seeking a practical, technically minded engineer to drive automation, system integrations and AI-driven improvements across the business. You will work closely with the CTO and teams to identify automation opportunities and connect existing systems into efficient tools.

The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract, on-site in Belfast City Centre. You will build automations, dashboards and AI-enabled processes, with salary £45k-£60k DOE, and you will test, deploy and support practical

Qualifications

• Experience in automation, software development or business systems.
• Hands-on building automations, workflows or internal tools.
• Comfortable with APIs, databases and SQL from multiple sources.
• Interest in applying AI to practical business problems.
• Able to translate business requirements into working solutions.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Build automations and integrations between existing business systems.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI tools to everyday business processes.
• Develop workflows to streamline admin, finance, sales and operations tasks.
• Work with SQL and data from multiple sources to support reporting and analysis.
• Build dashboards and automate regular reporting.
• Explore AI-powered document processing and information extraction.
• Test, deploy and support solutions adopted by users.
• Collaborate with teams across the business to understand challenges and turn them into technical solutions.

Skills

Automation

Software development

APIs

SQL

Data analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Power Platform

Power Automate

Azure

Job description

MCS Group is looking for a practical, technically minded engineer to help improve how a business operates through automation, system integrations and the use of AI. Working closely with the CTO and teams across the organisation, you'll identify opportunities to reduce manual processes, connect existing systems and build tools that make everyday tasks quicker and more efficient.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving problems, exploring unfamiliar technologies and taking an idea from initial concept through to a working solution.

Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, Power Automate, Azure or other Microsoft technologies would be useful, but the role would also be suitable for candidates from different development and automation backgrounds.

The key is being able to understand a business problem and build something that genuinely improves how people work.

The Role

• Build automations and integrations between existing business systems.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI tools to everyday business processes.
• Develop workflows to streamline administrative, finance, sales and operational tasks.
• Work with SQL and data from multiple sources to support reporting and analysis.
• Build dashboards and automate regular reporting.
• Explore opportunities for AI-powered document processing, information extraction and internal tools.
• Test, deploy and support solutions, ensuring they are practical and adopted by users.
• Work with teams across the business to understand challenges and turn them into technical solutions.

The Person

• Experience in automation, software development, business systems, integrations or a similar technical role.
• Hands-on experience building automations, workflows or internal business tools.
• Comfortable working with APIs, databases, SQL and data from different sources.
• An interest in applying AI to solve practical business problems.
• Resourceful and confident investigating unfamiliar systems and technologies.
• Able to work independently, understand business requirements and deliver working solutions.
• Strong communication skills and comfortable working directly with technical and non-technical teams.

Duration: 12 month fixed term contract
Location: On-Site - Belfast City Centre
Salary: £45k - £60k DOE

MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in NI to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation, if you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate the request.