Industry X - Digital Manufacturing & Operations: Automation Manager / Solution Architects

WeAreTechWomen; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company seeks an Automation Manager/Solution Architect to drive digital transformation in manufacturing operations. The successful candidate will design and implement technology solutions enhancing operational efficiency, leading projects from scoping to implementation. Ideal for motivated professionals with a background in manufacturing technology and a strong ability to analyze and address client needs. This role offers competitive salary and benefits, including vacation and medical insurance.

Benefits

Up to 30 days of vacation per year

Private medical insurance

Charity leave

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in designing and implementing manufacturing solutions.
• Knowledge of digital technologies applied to operational processes.
• Ability to analyze factory operational challenges and provide solutions.

Responsibilities

• Help clients deliver value through digital transformation.
• Design application technology solutions to improve operations.
• Develop trust-based relationships with clients.

Skills

Digital transformation strategy

Process improvement

Strong communication skills

Education

Relevant industry experience

Tools

Robotics and Automation

Manufacturing Execution Systems

Industrial IoT

Job description

Job Description

Digital Manufacturing & Operations: Automation Manager / Solution Architect

Details

Job Role: Industry X – Digital Manufacturing & Operations Automation Manager / Solution Architect

Location: UK (with expected travel)

Career Level: Level 7 (Manager)

Salary: Competitive, plus benefits.

Company Overview

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

"Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us." – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Team Overview

In Industry X we craft the future of making things, and the things we make. Our Industry X team drives innovation by delivering the best‑in‑class management consultancy based on industrial experience demonstrated by the latest technologies. Evolution of industry practices have been witnessed with evolution of technology. We’ve been helping businesses embrace and implement the new for years; it is crucial we apply this to manufacturers and product companies, service organizations and software companies, to fuel their next level of growth.

Within Industry X, Automation Managers / Solution Architects within our Digital Manufacturing and Operations domain help design and implement solutions that integrate and automate strategy, technology, data and people to enable process improvements that build value for clients.

Opportunity

Accenture is looking to recruit a Digital Manufacturing & Operations Automation Manager and/or Solution Architect within our Industry X consulting practice in the UK or Ireland with a focus on designing and implementing automated manufacturing operations‑oriented applications and technologies that enable operational efficiency and effectiveness. We focus on areas such as manufacturing execution, factory automation and robotics, asset and equipment maintenance, connected worker, virtual and augmented reality, sophisticated analytics for operational and strategic decision making, and industrial IoT – all operating within a robust and secure infrastructure – both on‑premise and in the Cloud.

This role is focused on helping our clients achieve their ambitions for digital transformation whilst delivering greenfield and brownfield factory / plant modernization programmes. You will be working closely with technology and consulting colleagues across our Manufacturing and Operations domain throughout the lifecycle of a project, right from initial scoping to design and subsequent implementation, testing and support.

Responsibilities

• Help clients target and deliver value through the digital transformation of their factory / plant / infrastructure operations
• Help shape, sell and deliver projects that create tangible value – including current state assessments, seeing opportunities to increase efficiency, and developing application & technology enabled solutions and providing input into business cases and journey plans, to achieve the right value‑led outcomes for the client.
• Design the application technology solutions to enable future ways of working – new operating models, business functions and processes, whilst working closely with business strategists, process owners and domain experts.
• Use digital technologies to enable clients’ future‑state business capabilities and drive targeted business outcomes.
• Develop enduring, trust‑based relationships with people at all career levels, both professionally and personally, internally and externally. This includes receiving and providing (based on experience) coaching and career development across the IX practice.
• Provide points of view on key industry challenges and technology trends and present an impetus for change in industry context.
• Help drive the development and refinement of offerings and generate collateral to support sales and origination activities (overviews, case studies, account planning, marketing information).
• Support the sales process from origination to successful closing (including offering fine tuning, solution shaping, proposal preparation, client presentations).
• Facilitate client innovation and requirements workshops and use a human‑centred approach to solve problems, frame opportunities and achieve innovation through collaboration and co‑creation.

The Person

The successful candidate will be a hands‑on process / technology practitioner with good knowledge and experience in designing and implementing solutions (processes and supporting technical infrastructure) in either discrete or process manufacturing environments.

We are seeking motivated professionals who are driven by the ability to address client problems with insights and innovation, and who thrive in a highly collaborative environment where team success takes priority over individual metrics.

Experience Requirements

• Analysing clients’ strategy, operating vision, business imperatives and capabilities.
• Selecting the appropriate application, technology and infrastructure components.
• In‑depth experience of factory / plant operational challenges and opportunities.
• Knowledge of existing, new and emerging digital technologies and being able to practically apply them for shop floor operational processes.
• Awareness of all aspects of designing and constructing end‑to‑end solutions, including application integration and shop floor security, within local (edge), enterprise (on premise) and cloud architectures.
• Assisting client business case development by estimating technology and implementation costs and effort estimation using own experience and Accenture guided estimating tools.

Set Yourself Apart

• Robotics and Automation
• MES/MOM systems
• Enterprise asset management / computerised maintenance management
• Plant / factory automation and control systems (PLC, DCS, SCADA)
• IIoT platforms and connected machines and sensors

Industries

• Energy, Utilities (water, power), Chemicals
• Road & Rail, Telecoms, Utilities (T&D), Construction Services
• Consumer goods
• Aerospace & Defence

Benefits

In addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days of vacation per year, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice.

Flexibility & Mobility

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first‑class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialised skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services – all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. Our 650,000+ people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

Closing Date

31/01/2026

Locations

• London
• Birmingham
• Glasgow
• Manchester

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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