# Automation Engineer

Job reference 1282849 Location Manchester, United Kingdom Sector Process Function Engineering & Design Employment type Contract Date published November 3, 2026 C&I AUTOMATION ENGINEER Location: Manchester, UK (Hybrid with regular site visits to Humber Refinery) Contract Duration: November 2026 - October 2027 Contract Status: Outside IR35 Start Date: November 2026 Account Manager: Anthony Hughes Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Automation Engineer to support a major control system migration and upgrade study for an operational tank farm facility. Working closely with operations, control systems specialists, and project stakeholders, you will assess ageing automation and tank gauging systems, develop migration strategies, and provide technical recommendations to support future FEED and execution phases. This role requires strong automation, brownfield, and owner/operator experience, with regular engagement across site personnel and operational teams. Responsibilities Interface with Operations teams and Control Systems specialists to capture stakeholder requirements Review existing and future I/O requirements across the facility Conduct loop-by-loop assessments with Opera

- **Id**: 3711962
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/airswift-automation-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Manchester, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T23:39:45Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T01:13:27Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3692
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- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 2751907
- **Name**: Airswift
- **Domain**: airswift.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/airswift-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: staffing
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 42
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.333
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 90
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T23:39:45Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 90
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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