Industrial IT Architect

Role Overview

As an Industrial IT Architect at ATS, you will play a vital role in leading the technical direction and delivery of complex IT engineering projects within the Aerospace and Defence manufacturing industry. You will oversee the technical aspects of multiple projects, ensuring they meet customer standards and best practices, while mentoring and developing a team of Industrial IT engineers. This position is key to delivering high-quality technical solutions and encouraging team collaboration.

Why work for us

We're proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work® in 2023 and 2024, reflecting our commitment to creating a positive, inclusive and supportive workplace. We continually invest in improving our employee experience so our people feel valued, engaged and excited to build their careers with us - and in turn, deliver great outcomes for our customers.

How you'll make an impact

Technical Leadership

• Lead the technical execution of IT projects, ensuring solutions are aligned with business objectives and industry standards.
• Manage the project's technical scope, supporting effective planning and execution in collaboration with the project management team.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and issues, ensuring project success.
• Facilitate technical discussions and workshops to promote collaboration within the team.

Documentation and Design

• Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation, ensuring design integrity and compliance with customer governance.
• Review technical designs to ensure they align with architectural principles and project goals.
• Collaborate with Operational Technology OEMs to integrate manufacturing equipment with IT infrastructure, bridging industrial technologies with enterprise IT applications.

Collaboration

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including pre-delivery and proposals teams, to create robust technical solutions for customer projects.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, understanding both their technical and business needs, to deliver tailored solutions.

Mentorship and Development

• Inspire, mentor, and guide a team of IT engineers, providing technical leadership and fostering professional growth.
• Create opportunities for team members to improve their skills through training and hands-on experience.

Problem Solving

• Act as a key resource for troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues related to infrastructure, systems architecture, or application integration.
• Provide technical insights and lessons learned to improve future project delivery and refine methodologies.

Team Coordination

• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the team's technical tasks are aligned with project timelines and objectives.
• Ensure smooth communication and workflow within the team, addressing bottlenecks and technical roadblocks promptly.

What success looks like

• Building strong relationships with customers by understanding their challenges and delivering solutions that meet their expectations.
• Completing projects with a "right-first-time" approach and sharing technical insights to improve future work.
• Driving technical innovation and excellence, while balancing business needs and commercial awareness.

What you will bring to the team

• Proven experience in leading the technical delivery of IT projects, particularly within complex engineering or manufacturing environments.
• Expertise in networking, security, infrastructure, virtualisation, and cloud technologies.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT systems, with experience in frameworks such as ITIL, PRINCE2 and TOGAF.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical ideas at both technical and business levels.
• Ability to mentor and guide IT engineers, creating a collaborative and productive team environment.
• The ability to obtain Security Clearance to work at a UK MOD accredited manufacturing facility.
• A willingness to work on-site at customers' manufacturing facilities across the UK and occasionally overseas.
• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent industry experience.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Operational Technology (OT), such as PLCs, SCADA and associated protocols (e.g., OPC UA, MTConnect and Profinet).
• Understanding of industrial frameworks such as ISA-95 and the Purdue Model.

How we'll reward you

The benefits of working for ATS UK include:
• 23 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year to a maximum of 28 days at year 5, plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare
• Paid family support days
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Salary sacrifice pension
• Home office provision for hybrid or fully remote roles
• Discretionary performance related bonus
• Access to a fee-free mortgage service and other financial advice through our wellbeing partner
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Life assurance
• Employee 'away days'

Important note for applicants
Due to export control legislation and the nature of our work within the defence industry, we are only able to consider applications from candidates who are nationals of a NATO member state, the European Union, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, or Switzerland.