Lead Automation Engineer

🚀 What we offer 🚀

You will be a crucial part of the new and rapidly expanding Automation Team. We use a range of tools and platforms to maintain and continually improve our services and will lead a fast growing team, embarking on a programme of new projects as operational teams are made aware of the possibilities of Robotic Process Automation and other technologies we can provide.

Over to you...

As a Lead Automation Engineer you will take ownership over products, features and services your team look after. Some of the things you will be responsible for are:

• leading the day to day activities of engineers in your team, ensuring everyone is working effectively and efficiently; reporting any impediments.
• supporting capability build in your team and in the organisation
• taking a hands-on role with engineering delivery when necessary, blending your leadership and technical tasks to achieve team objectives

Your passion for automation and software development will be a vital part of your role where you relish being involved throughout product lifecycle, from idea generation, design and prototyping to execution and shipping, whilst having experience in:

• both software engineering and low-code engineering.
• cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
• working with senior stakeholders to unblock issues and ensure delivery stays on track.
• ensuring that work delivered by teams is of high quality and that teams have a focus on continuous improvement.

💜 Some of the benefits our engineers enjoy 💜

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, plus 8 days public holidays and 1 day for the King’s Birthday, rising further with service
• Flexible working options to enable you to achieve the work life balance that right for you including part-time, flexi time and job sharing
• Training and development opportunities tailored to your role
• An in-year bonus scheme
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

This link is to a short guide on YouTube to employee benefits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHT1g1Ph0f0