Senior Automation / OT Consultant

Nnit A/S; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic workplace

Social activities

Team events

Work-life balance

Job summary

NNIT is seeking an experienced Senior Automation / OT Consultant to support leading Life Sciences clients across Ireland and Europe. This client-facing consultancy role takes ownership of technical solutions, leads delivery on complex automation projects, and acts as a trusted advisor in modern industrial systems.

You will shape high-value solutions across digitalisation initiatives, mentor engineers, and promote best practices while navigating GxP, validation, and data integrity requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong controls background across PLC, HMI/ SCADA and middleware systems.
• Proven experience developing and deploying OT solutions across platforms (Rockwell, Siemens, Ignition, Aveva).
• Deep understanding of industrial protocols (OPC DA/UA) and system integration.
• Experience with modern OT/IT technologies such as MQTT and Kafka (desirable).
• Experience integrating with MES systems and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of SCADA, Batch, OEE, and Historian systems.
• Define and implement architectures, ideally leveraging the Ignition platform.
• Act as a technical lead on client engagements, ensuring high-quality delivery and alignment with requirements.
• Drive integration of automation systems across Level 2 / MES / enterprise systems.
• Collaborate with clients to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Contribute to commercial aspects of projects, estimation, RFI/RFP development.
• Mentor and support junior engineers, promoting technical excellence and reusable standards.
• Ensure compliance with GxP, validation (CSV), and data integrity requirements.

Skills

Controls background

OT solutions

Industrial protocols

MQTT

Kafka

MES integration

Python scripting

C# / .NET / Java

Tools

Rockwell

Siemens

Ignition

Aveva

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Automation / OT Consultant to join our expanding team, supporting leading Life Sciences clients across Ireland and Europe.
This is a client-facing consultancy role where you will take ownership of technical solutions, lead delivery on complex automation projects, and act as a trusted advisor in the design and implementation of modern industrial systems.
You will play a key role in shaping high-value solutions across a variety of digitalisation initiatives, while mentoring engineers and driving best practices across projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of SCADA, Batch, OEE, and Historian systems
• Define and implement architectures, ideally leveraging the Ignition platform
• Act as a technical lead on client engagements, ensuring high-quality delivery and alignment with requirements
• Drive integration of automation systems across Level 2 / MES / enterprise systems
• Collaborate with clients to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Contribute to commercial aspects of projects, estimation, RFI/RFP development
• Mentor and support junior engineers, promoting technical excellence and reusable standards
• Ensure compliance with GxP, validation (CSV), and data integrity requirements

Technical Expertise:

• Strong controls background across PLC, HMI/ SCADA and middleware systems
• Proven experience developing and deploying OT solutions across a variety of platforms (Rockwell, Siemens, Ignition, Aveva)
• Deep understanding of industrial protocols (OPC DA/UA) and system integration
• Experience with modern OT/IT technologies, including MQTT, Kafka, or similar (desirable)
• Experience integrating with MES systems and manufacturing processes

Software Development Skills:

Proficiency in Python scripting for industrial applications
Experience with C#, .NET, or Java development environments
Strong understanding of software design, code quality, and maintainability

Industry Experience

• Proven experience within the Life Sciences / Pharma / Biotech sector
• Strong understanding of:
  GxP environments
  Validation processes (CSV / IQ / OQ / PQ)
  Regulatory and compliance requirements

Leadership & Consultancy Skills

• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams or project workstreams
• Strong communications management and client engagement skills to senior levels
• Ability to operate as a trusted advisor and influence technical decisions
• Experience in mentoring and promoting best practices

Ways of Working

• Experience working in Waterfall or Agile environments (Azure DevOps an advantage)
• Comfortable in onsite, client-facing roles with strong communication and documentation skills
• Flexibility to travel as required.

Location:

Dublin/ Limerick/ Galway/ Sligo - onsite travel will be required to meet client requirements

Why should you join NNIT & what we offer toyou?

• Adynamic workplace with excellent working conditions, social activities,teameventsand a positive work life balance
• Theopportunity to work in a multicultural company with a friendly and dynamicwork environment
• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Aninformal and friendly working culture between NNIT colleagues
• Theopportunity to work with high profile global life science manufacturing clients
• Diversityof projects, and the possibility of shaping your own career path
• A personaldevelopment model which defines your long-term career goals

About NNIT

NNIT is a publicly listed company that specializes in IT solutions to life sciences internationally, and to the public and enterprise sectors in Denmark. We focus on high complexity industries and thrive in environments where regulatory demands and complexity are high. We advise on and build sustainable digital solutions that work for the patients, citizens, employees, end users or customers.

NNIT consists of group company NNIT A/S and subsidiaries SCALES, Excellis Health Solutions and SL Controls. Together, these companies employ more than 1,600 people in Europe, Asia, and USA.

We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively work to eliminate bias and ensure an inclusive workplace where everyone has the right to be seen and heard as they are.

In the interest of fostering a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we kindly request candidates to refrain from including their pictures in their applications.