Logistics Automation Engineer (Material Flow) in Bridgwater

As a Logistics Automation Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of automated material flow solutions for our new greenfield battery manufacturing facility. This role is pivotal in defining and implementing our logistics operation, leveraging Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS) to optimise efficiency, reliability, and scalability. You will play a central role in shaping our global logistics strategy, ensuring seamless integration of automation technologies that support production, warehousing, and plant-wide material movement.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of AGV solution delivery across the UK plant.
• Manage logistics automation suppliers to ensure technical compliance, change control, and on-time, in-budget project delivery.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure site and building readiness, utilities integration, and safe system deployment.
• Develop and maintain detailed material flow strategies.
• Support the creation and continuous improvement of our global logistics and automation strategy.

This is a hybrid position based in Somerset, with occasional travel within the UK and overseas.

Who We Are

Agratas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. We will design, develop and manufacture high-quality, high-performance, sustainable batteries for the mobility and energy sectors. We are a scale-up business with a start-up mentality and the backing of a well-established parent company. The UK business headquarters is in the Midlands and we are currently building a battery manufacturing facility in Bridgwater, Somerset.

The team you’ll join

The Process Engineering team is a dynamic group working across a range of areas such as electrode, cell assembly, FA&T (formation, ageing and testing), control and automation, manufacturing systems, digital manufacturing and logistics engineering. Being a relatively new team, you’ll play a critical part in creating processes and help in building large-scale logistics facilities from the ground up.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the design to commissioning of AGV systems, ideally within advanced manufacturing sectors.
• Strong understanding of AGV Fleet Management Systems and their integration with higher-level systems such as Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) or Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Expertise in material flow design from conceptual strategy through to operational deployment and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated success in delivering logistics automation projects using structured project management methodologies.

What You’ll Get

As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, car allowance, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work-life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support. You’ll work in a rapidly scaling-up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK’s biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation.

Agratas is a place to be authentically you. At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.