Industry X – Digital Manufacturing & Operations: Automation Manager
Job Role: Industry X – Digital Manufacturing & Operations: Automation Manager
Location: UK (with expected travel)
Career Level: Level 6 (Senior Manager), Level 7 (Manager),
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits.
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 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 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:
Help clients target and deliver value through the digital transformation of their factory / plant / infrastructure operations
Help shape, sell and deliver projects that create tangible value – including current state assessments, seeing opportunities to increase efficiency, and developing application & technology enabled solutions and providing input into business cases and journey plans, to achieve the right value led outcomes for the client.
Design the application technology solutions to enable future ways of working – new operating models, business functions and processes, whilst working closely with business strategists, process owners and domain experts.
Use digital technologies to enable clients’ future-state business capabilities and drive targeted business outcomes.
Develop enduring, trust-based relationships with people at all career levels, both professionally and personally, internally, and externally. This includes receiving and providing (based on experience) coaching and career development across the IX practice.
Support the sales process from origination to successful closing (including offering fine tuning, solution shaping, proposal preparation, client presentations).
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:
Analysing clients’ strategy, operating vision, business imperatives and capabilities.
Selecting the appropriate application, technology and infrastructure components
In-depth experience of factory / plant operational challenges and opportunities.
Knowledge of existing, new and emerging digital technologies and being able to practically apply them for shop floor operational processes.
Assisting client business case development by estimating technology and implementation costs and effort estimation using own experience and Accenture guided estimating tools.
Set Yourself Apart:
Knowledge and experience of one or more of the following:
Robotics and Automation
MES/MOM systems,
Enterprise asset management / computerised maintenance management,
Plant / factory automation and control systems (PLC, DCS,SCADA),
IIoT platforms and connected machines and sensors
Asset- and Energy-intensive industries including:
Energy, Utilities (water, power), Chemicals
Infrastructure and Networks including:
Road & Rail, Telecoms, Utilities (T&D), Construction Services
Manufacturing facilities including:
Consumer goods
Aerospace & Defence
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 vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.
Closing Date for Applications: 31/07/2026
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
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We are looking for experience in the following areas:
Analysing clients’ strategy, operating vision, business imperatives and capabilities.
Selecting the appropriate application, technology and infrastructure components
In-depth experience of factory / plant operational challenges and opportunities.
Knowledge of existing, new and emerging digital technologies and being able to practically apply them for shop floor operational processes.
Awareness of all aspects of designing and constructing end-to-end solutions, including application integration and shop floor security, within local (edge), enterprise (on premise) and cloud architectures.
Assisting client business case development by estimating technology and implementation costs and effort estimation using own experience and Accenture guided estimating tools.
Set Yourself Apart:
Knowledge and experience of one or more of the following:
Robotics and Automation
MES/MOM systems,
Enterprise asset management / computerised maintenance management,
Plant / factory automation and control systems (PLC, DCS,SCADA),
IIoT platforms and connected machines and sensors
Asset- and Energy-intensive industries including:
Energy, Utilities (water, power), Chemicals
Infrastructure and Networks including:
Road & Rail, Telecoms, Utilities (T&D), Construction Services
Manufacturing facilities including:
Consumer goods
Aerospace & Defence
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