Assurance and Commissioning Engineering Manager – Automation

Tesco UK; Digswell; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket and technology company in the UK is seeking an Automation Engineer to enhance automation strategies and ensure equipment reliability. The role involves auditing sites, supporting automation projects, and managing stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in large automation projects and technical knowledge of automated equipment. Flexibility in work location with a mix of on-site and remote work is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience with large automation projects, especially in development and SAT phases.
• Skills in scraping, formatting, and using technical data to create dashboards with actionable insights.
• Experience managing contractors and handling critical issues.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships and communicate with stakeholders.
• Contribute to the automation engineering team for strategy and direction.
• Audit sites to ensure equipment effectiveness and safety.
• Support automation projects and assist in commissioning.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Automation engineering

Technical data analysis

Contractor management

Automated equipment knowledge

Job description

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. During your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We recognize that life looks different for each of us, whether you're at the start of your career, seeking flexibility for personal interests, or experiencing life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, or adapting to parenthood. We welcome conversations about flexible working, so please talk to the Hiring Manager about how they can support you.

Following our Business Code of Conduct and acting with integrity and due diligence, the key responsibilities include:

1. Building effective relationships and communicating clearly with stakeholders.
2. Contributing to the automation engineering team within Tesco for the UK, setting strategy and long-term direction.
3. Auditing sites regularly to ensure equipment effectiveness and safety.
4. Serving as a technical expert, working cross-functionally with engineering and safety teams to drive best-in-class solutions.
5. Supporting automation projects, assisting design teams, commissioning with detail, and supporting operational handover.
6. Monitoring site performance using dashboards, reacting to trends, and liaising with OEM support to resolve issues.
7. Collaborating with peers to identify data-driven opportunities for capital investment, advising on best practices.
8. Being a Subject Matter Expert on failure principles, tailoring approaches to specific problems.
9. Maintaining high engineering standards across our estate as part of the core automation team.
10. Developing professional engineering skills and those of peers to ensure high standards of management and maintenance.
11. Working with vendors and contractors to meet engineering and maintenance requirements, improve efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and increase reliability, while managing budgets effectively.

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• Experience with large automation projects, especially in development and SAT phases.
• Skills in scraping, formatting, and using technical data to create dashboards with actionable insights.
• Experience managing contractors and handling critical issues.
• Technical knowledge of automated equipment, supporting diagnosis of breakdowns and analyzing ongoing trends.

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