Automation Engineer - PSC

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is currently recruiting for an Automation Engineer(AE) tosupportone of our high-profile clients based on site in Ware, Hertfordshire on a contract basis.

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Systems Integration Team.

The Role

We are seeking to hear from individuals who haveengineeringexperience within Automation and Controlsprojects,whoare driven by solving complex technical challenges for our clients.

As an experienced Automation Engineer, support for the project to conduct automation decommissioning activities that are laid out in a thorough Automation checklist document to guide activities and in line with oversight from Automation team and relevant engineering technical authorities:

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Our Systems Integration (SI) team,work with a variety of high-profile clients across the energy sector. Delivering bespoke essential automation and control solutions that enable a safer and more efficient operation.

Within SI, we are architecting our clients' digital ecosystems to be inherently safe, cybersecure and operable. Within our teams we integrate client source systems across their IT, Operational Technology (OT) environments, securely pushing OT data into IT systems as a foundation for transformation.

We design and integrate operational technology to achieve business,production,and operational goals.

• Meaningful and interesting projects
  delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
• Flexible working arrangements
  that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
  ;we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Commitment to continued professional development
  ;development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections
  ; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
• Energy Transition Academy
  ;join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field

The key objectives for this role are:

• Identify systems and subsystems with automation or control elements such as PLCs, HMIs, SCADA nodes, and networked instruments that require decommissioning
• Define boundaries and interfaces with systems that remain operational, including shared cabinets, networks, or interlocks
• Determine system dependencies and plan modifications needed to maintain the integrity of adjacent systems
• Participate in the site’s change management process, ensuring automation tasks are risk-assessed and tracked
• Own and execute assigned automation tasks marking changes within records, maintaining full traceability from start to finish
• Verify all prerequisites are met and assess potential impacts on other systems before initiating any modifications
• Confirm device software and configurations against approved backups, take final backups, and archive them in compliance with data integrity policies
• Perform controlled software or configuration changes to decouple equipment, documenting all updates under approved change control
• Execute automation and control system decommissioning pre‑requisites for GxP and non‑GxP equipment, ensuring data integrity and regulatory compliance
• Manage decommissioning of pharmaceutical production equipment, ancillary support systems, and facility plants (excluding HVAC/BMS), along with automated material handling systems
• Coordinate with site engineering teams to verify dependencies, complete backups/configuration checks, and document all activities in line with site procedures

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Expected:

• Degree in an appropriate discipline of Engineering or IT or HNC/D in an appropriate discipline
• Previous site experience, working in an operational environment
• Previous experience and competency in Automation and Control Engineering
• Previousexperiencein writing or modifying software
• Experience of implementing system modifications or modpacks
• A soundunderstandingof engineering practices, methodologies and economic principles, calculation methods, design details, international codes and standards, procedures, and specifications

• Job Identification 26304
• Posting Date 05/14/2026, 12:41 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Ware, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom