AI & Automation Consultant

83zero; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

83zero Ltd in Bracknell is seeking an experienced AI & Automation Consultant to identify and deliver practical improvements across the business. This is a hands-on role covering discovery, recommendations, development, deployment and adoption.

You will work directly with owners and senior stakeholders, prioritise opportunities, build a deliverable roadmap, and ensure solutions are maintainable and deliver measurable time savings.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of improving business processes via AI and automation.
• Hands-on engineering capability taking solutions to production.
• Ability to assess unfamiliar systems and choose appropriate approaches.
• Experience working with owners and senior stakeholders to translate needs into technical solutions.
• Willingness to train others and hand over the solution.

Responsibilities

• Understand objectives and operational challenges with owners and colleagues.
• Identify AI/automation opportunities balancing quick wins and major improvements.
• Create a prioritised delivery roadmap with benefits, effort, costs and dependencies.
• Recommend approaches using existing tools, integrations or custom development.
• Build, test, deploy and integrate solutions into live production.
• Assess system, data access and security requirements for each solution.
• Collaborate with the technical team and lead delivery independently.
• Support user adoption through training and documentation.

Skills

AI & automation

Hands-on engineering

Stakeholder communication

Commercial judgement

Training & documentation

Delivery leadership

Tools

Claude

ChatGPT Business

Job description

Location: Bracknell, with two to three days onsite per week

Start: January 2027

Day rate: Dependent on experience

Reporting to: Business owners, CEO and CFO

The opportunity

An established, owner-led business is seeking an experienced AI & Automation Consultant / Engineer to identify and implement practical ways to improve how the organisation operates.

The aim is to remove repetitive, time-consuming tasks, free up capacity and enable people to focus on higher-value work. The remit spans the business, including opportunities to improve internal operations and client delivery.

This is a hands-on role covering discovery, recommendations, development, production deployment and adoption. You will need to understand what the business wants to achieve, identify worthwhile opportunities and take ownership of delivering working solutions.

What you will do

• Work directly with the owners and colleagues across the business to understand objectives, processes and operational challenges.
• Identify opportunities for AI and automation, balancing early quick wins with more substantial improvements.
• Build a prioritised delivery roadmap, explaining expected benefits, implementation effort, costs and dependencies.
• Recommend appropriate approaches, using existing tools, additional platforms, integrations or custom development as required.
• Personally build, test, integrate and deploy reliable solutions into live production.
• Assess the systems, data access and security requirements relevant to each solution.
• Work with the existing technical team, drawing on support while leading delivery independently.
• Help colleagues adopt new ways of working through practical training, documentation and support.
• Measure results, including time saved, reduced manual effort and capacity released.
• Ensure solutions can be maintained and supported after implementation.

The business already uses Claude and ChatGPT business subscriptions. You will have flexibility to recommend other technologies within agreed company parameters.

What you will bring

• A demonstrable track record of helping organisations improve business processes through AI and automation.
• Strong hands-on engineering capability, with experience taking solutions from an initial idea into live production.
• The ability to investigate unfamiliar systems and select an approach that fits the business.
• Confidence working directly with owners and senior stakeholders, translating business needs into practical technical solutions.
• Commercial judgement: the ability to explain where investment will deliver worthwhile returns.
• A proactive approach, with the confidence to propose a direction and take responsibility for delivery.
• Experience supporting user adoption, documenting solutions and handing over effectively.

Experience working with smaller, owner-operated businesses would be particularly helpful.

What success looks like

Early success will include a clear understanding of business priorities, a credible roadmap and quick wins delivering tangible benefits. Over time, success means reliable solutions in everyday use, measurable time savings and more capacity for higher-value work.

Interview approach

Candidates should be ready to discuss previous implementations and the results achieved. Demonstrations, case studies and client references are all welcome.

The interview will also be an opportunity to learn what the organisation is trying to achieve, explore its challenges and explain how you would approach discovery, prioritisation and delivery. We are looking for someone who asks useful questions and shapes the work proactively.