Industrial Automation Application Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Aberdeen City; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial automation equipment supplier is seeking an Application Engineer for the South East UK region. The role involves providing technical consulting, managing projects, and ensuring successful implementation of automation solutions. Relevant experience in electrical, pneumatic, and control systems is essential.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in industrial automation application support.
• Full UK citizenship required.
• Expertise in commissioning and software controls functionalities.

Responsibilities

• Translate multi-technological solutions into detailed designs.
• Assess technical feasibility of proposals.
• Support pre-sales activities and train team members.

Skills

Technical Consulting

PLC Programming

Electric Drives

Pneumatics

Control Systems

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Posted:

31.05.2025

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15.07.2025

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Job Description:

Industrial Automation Application Engineer – South East UK, you must live within this area.

Please note: You must be a full UK citizen living and working in the UK to be considered for this opportunity. You must also have relevant industrial automation application support experience covering electric drives, pneumatics, control systems, and PLC programming.

This is a great opportunity to join one of the leading industrial automation equipment suppliers as an Application Engineer covering South East UK. The successful candidate will be required to live in the South East area of the UK; this is a work-from-home role.

The Application Engineer is an expert providing the best technical consulting and solutions for key industrial automation applications to the sales teams during the pre-sales phase across different industry segments of the company, while fully considering commercial aspects. They will also support assigned projects. As each Application Engineer has their own specific field of expertise, commissioning, software, and controls functionalities are the required fields of expertise for this role.

Key Aspects of the Role:

• Independently translate multi-technological solutions into detailed designs in pneumatic, mechanical, electrical, and software solutions using the latest technologies.
• Assess the technical feasibility of proposals based on knowledge of the relevant industry/technology segment.
• Prepare specification lists and write the technical elements for customer proposals.
• Create requirement specifications together with the customer.
• Ensure deadlines are met and projects are realized successfully.
• Report all relevant activities and developments related to projects and ensure proper management of project data in company information systems.
• Handle complaints by setting up an action plan for the complaint desk if necessary.
• Discuss machine concepts to optimize machines, define specifications, and concepts.
• Support the drafting of account plans.
• During pre-sales, act as an interface between the customer and relevant departments within the company (always in coordination with the sales engineer) for specific applications.
• Provide technical training and knowledge transfer to the team for specific products and applications within the relevant industry segment and BD for solutions multiplication.
• Support questions regarding norms and regulations.
• Identify and support winning projects.
• Manage commissioning at the customer site, coordinating technical activities of support engineers and/or application software engineers.
• Support marketing campaigns and promotional activities within the company.