Plant IT Computer Integrated Manufacturing Engineer

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy operating across over 35 countries worldwide. We partner with industry leaders across sectors including Aeronautics, Aerospace, Defence, Naval, Automotive, Energy, Rail, IT and many more to deliver innovative engineering solutions that drive technological advancement and support sustainable transformation.

As a Plant IT CIM Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting, maintaining, and enhancing manufacturing and operational systems that are critical to business performance. You will act as a key technical specialist, working closely with operations, engineering, infrastructure teams, suppliers, and business stakeholders to ensure maximum system availability and operational efficiency.

The successful candidate will play a vital role in incident resolution, system administration, project implementation, and continuous improvement activities across the manufacturing environment.

Location: Dunton On Site: (5x onsite with occasional weekend work)

Clearance: Clearable

Experience Level: Mid Level

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support for manufacturing and business-critical applications, ensuring system availability and operational continuity.
• Act as a technical specialist for assigned applications and operational systems.
• Investigate, manage, and resolve application, system, and operational incidents.
• Support the deployment, configuration, maintenance, and enhancement of manufacturing systems and applications.
• Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to deliver effective technical solutions.
• Perform system administration activities, including upgrades, patching, maintenance, and performance monitoring.
• Support infrastructure and application projects from implementation through to operational handover.
• Maintain system documentation, support procedures, and technical records.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, security, audit, and operational standards.
• Monitor system performance and identify opportunities for optimisation and continuous improvement.
• Support root cause analysis and problem management activities.
• Participate in planned maintenance activities and provide support outside standard business hours when required.
• Build effective relationships with operational, engineering, and IT teams to ensure business needs are met.

Qualifications Required Skills:

• Minimum 5 years' experience supporting and maintaining production-critical or business-critical applications.
• Experience with application deployment, configuration, and production support.
• Strong systems administration experience, including upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities.
• Experience working within structured IT support and service environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and manage multiple activities simultaneously.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation and support procedures.
• Understanding of IT governance, security controls, and audit requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Self-motivated, organised, and capable of working independently.
• Willingness to provide occasional out-of-hours or weekend support where required.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience working within manufacturing, industrial, automotive, or production environments.
• Knowledge of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), or Operational Technology (OT) environments.
• Experience supporting applications that directly impact production operations.
• Familiarity with infrastructure, networking, and enterprise application environments.
• Understanding of ITIL or service management best practices.
• Experience working with third-party vendors and suppliers.
• Exposure to Agile delivery methodologies and continuous improvement initiatives.

Why join us?

We bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies. At ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals. Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.

In short you get:

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle & Tech Scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Life insurance & Pension Scheme
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes. ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.