Process Automation Engineer

Smartsearch Recruitment

📍 Broad Green, Greater London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Full-time architecture-and-engineering Posted June 17, 2026

Job Description

Process Automation Engineer (12 Month FTC) | £55,000 - £65,000 + Benefits | Location: Croydon
We are recruiting a Process Automation Engineer on behalf of a highly successful manufacturing business experiencing significant growth and investment across its operations.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a market-leading manufacturer and play a key role in delivering automation and process improvement projects across a modern production environment. The position will focus on identifying, developing and implementing automation and process improvement solutions that enhance safety, quality, productivity and operational efficiency across the manufacturing operation.
The role would suit candidates from manufacturing, FMCG, food, pharmaceutical, chemicals, plastics, packaging, medical device, automotive or other industrial production environments.
The role:
• Lead automation projects from concept through to commissioning and handover
• Design and implement automation so...