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For Companies Job Role: Industry X – Digital Manufacturing & Operations: Automation Manager / Solution Architects
Location: UK (with expected travel)
Career Level: Level 7 (Manager)
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits.
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
As a team:
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 products 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.
Accenture is a company that will allow you to learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that flourishes with shared success, innovative ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can shape your career in new and exciting ways.
The Opportunity
Accenture is looking to recruit a Digital Manufacturing & Operations Automation Manager and/or Solution Architects 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 modernisation 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.
We digitise, optimise and transform our clients’ traditional ways of planning, producing and shipping to be more agile and dynamic.
In this role you will:
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.
We are looking for experience in the following areas:
Set Yourself Apart:
Knowledge and experience of one or more of the following:
Asset- and Energy-intensive industries including:
Infrastructure and Networks including:
Manufacturing facilities including:
What’s In It For You
At Accenture 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 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 specialized 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 centers. 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. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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 for Applications: 31/01/2026
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
We are looking for experience in the following areas:
Set Yourself Apart:
Knowledge and experience of one or more of the following:
Asset- and Energy-intensive industries including:
Infrastructure and Networks including:
Manufacturing facilities including:
Contact Detail:
Accenture UK & Ireland Recruiting Team
