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We’re looking for a driven, tech-savvy problem solver to join our Software Support team. In this role, you’ll be the go-to Technical Support person for diagnosing and resolving software and application issues across a wide range of platforms. Whether it's logging a client issue, investigating a tricky database error, or coordinating with Development and QA, you’ll own each ticket from first contact to resolution, ensuring a smooth, professional experience every time.

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary: up to £30k base + bonus 

Benefits: 5% pension, 25 days holiday, 2 wellbeing days, Christmas shutdown, private healthcare, life assurance, cinema tickets & more

Role: Software Support Engineer, Application Support Analyst, Application Support, Software Support, Technical Support Engineer, IT Support, Customer Support Engineer, technical Support

This is more than a helpdesk job — it’s a chance to build real relationships, shape how we support our clients, and grow with a company that values initiative, learning, and customer-first thinking.

If you're proactive, collaborative, and ready to take ownership in a fast-paced tech environment, we'd love to hear from you. CLICK APPLY and send through your CV.

Salary: £57,600 + Overtime (£,000–£2 00 on top) + Pension
Shifts: 2 nights on / 2 off / 3 days on / 3 off (40 hours per week)

About the Role
We’re looking for a hands-on Automation Engineer to join one of the UK’s most advanced automated distribution centres. This is a multi-skilled role with a strong focus on PLC, PC, and controls fault management . You’ll act as the go-to technical specialist for the shift team, ensuring operationally critical equipment is maintained, optimised, and continuously improved. THIS ROLE IS A MULTI SKILLED MAINTENANCE ENGINEER AS WELL AS BEING THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR AALL PLC ISSUES. 

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the technical lead on shift, supporting engineers with PLC/controls issues.

• Take ownership of technical fault management , liaising with wider support networks, contractors, and the customer.

• Carry out root cause analysis and drive continuous improvement to minimise downtime.

• Optimise equipment availability through targeted maintenance activities.

• Manage PLC backup, version control, and change management in line with company standards.

• Deliver on-the-job training and refresher sessions to shift technicians, raising the team’s technical capability.

• Support data analysis, hardware mapping, and technical tooling requirements.

• Ensure safe working practices and contractor management on automation systems.

What We’re Looking For

• A multi-skilled engineer with strong electrical and mechanical knowledge.

• PLC fault-finding and modification skills as a minimum (Siemens, Allen Bradley, or similar).

• Background in a fast-paced factory, distribution, or forces engineering environment .

• Strong problem-solving ability and the confidence to take the lead on technical issues.

• Hands-on, motivated, and keen to drive both personal and team development.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary of £57,600 + ove ime opportunities ( ,000–£2 00 extra per year).

• A varied and technically challenging role in a flagship automated site .

• Standard pension scheme.

• Ongoing technical and professional development with access to a structured training academy .

Your new company
This multi-academy trust has grown significantly over the last couple of years through established schools joining the trust, as well as the opening of new schools and, with further growth plans, it is an exciting time to join the organisation. With over 40 academies as part of the trust and a well-established and experienced IT team, the Technical Specialist will become an integral part of this team, being fully supported upon joining. This vacancy is due to an internal promotion which came due to the growth and introduction of new roles into the trust. As a trust, they have an excellent reputation across the UK, with academies in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Yorkshire and the Midlands, and it is key that the right individuals are appointed to further facilitate this growth and success. The head office for this role is Manchester, where you will be required to travel to occasionally, as well as travel to the relevant academies when required, but the role offers an attractive hybrid working policy.
Your new role
Reporting to the IT Operations Manager, the Technical Specialist will be an integral part of the centralised IT team and will be responsible for supporting the trust in implementing their transformation agenda, with a cloud-first approach and strategy. This will involve the designing of IT solutions using the appropriate cloud and on-premise services and infrastructure, regularly reviewing and assessing the relevant technology options, proposing implementation approaches, developing and testing changes and also supporting the wider service operations by providing third line support. Working with the wider IT team, you will work closely around the planning and delivery of IT projects and upgrades, providing technical advice around solutions and also liaising with vendors to ensure the necessary solutions are provided, whilst presenting technical information to senior stakeholders regarding upcoming changes. With the pace of change in technology in education, this role will also encompass leading on migrations to Google for new academies joining the trusts, ensuring the accurate deployment and implementation of educational technologies and providing post-implementation support. From a third line support perspective, this will involve supporting the relevant IT staff at the individual academies and could also require liaison with external parties regarding more complex queries to ensure successful resolution.
What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful in securing this position, you must possess significant experience of providing technical support, advice and expertise in the education sector, having worked in a school, college or multi-academy trust. You will have a passion for improving technology by working as part of a wider team who are passionate about technology in education, and you will have excellent communication skills. A strong working knowledge of Google Cloud would also be preferential for this role, as well as an excellent knowledge of technologies and systems in the education sector.
What you'll get in return
In return, you will be paid a competitive salary of between 46,000 and 51,000 dependent on experience and will be joining this well-established, supportive and growing trust where you will gain further experience and knowledge, with the opportunity to further develop your own career. You will be joining an incredibly supportive team who will work closely with you to ensure the successful outcomes of the technical specialist role. In addition, you will receive an attractive benefits package which will include 31 days holiday, plus bank, access to a cycle to work and car scheme, as well as access to an employee assistance programme and significant lifestyle benefits.
What you need to do now


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Salary: £57,600 + Overtime (£,000–£2 00 on top) + Pension
Shifts: 2 nights on / 2 off / 3 days on / 3 off (40 hours per week)

About the Role
We’re looking for a hands-on Automation Engineer to join one of the UK’s most advanced automated distribution centres. This is a multi-skilled role with a strong focus on PLC, PC, and controls fault management . You’ll act as the go-to technical specialist for the shift team, ensuring operationally critical equipment is maintained, optimised, and continuously improved. THIS ROLE IS A MULTI SKILLED MAINTENANCE ENGINEER AS WELL AS BEING THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR AALL PLC ISSUES. 

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the technical lead on shift, supporting engineers with PLC/controls issues.

• Take ownership of technical fault management , liaising with wider support networks, contractors, and the customer.

• Carry out root cause analysis and drive continuous improvement to minimise downtime.

• Optimise equipment availability through targeted maintenance activities.

• Manage PLC backup, version control, and change management in line with company standards.

• Deliver on-the-job training and refresher sessions to shift technicians, raising the team’s technical capability.

• Support data analysis, hardware mapping, and technical tooling requirements.

• Ensure safe working practices and contractor management on automation systems.

What We’re Looking For

• A multi-skilled engineer with strong electrical and mechanical knowledge.

• PLC fault-finding and modification skills as a minimum (Siemens, Allen Bradley, or similar).

• Background in a fast-paced factory, distribution, or forces engineering environment .

• Strong problem-solving ability and the confidence to take the lead on technical issues.

• Hands-on, motivated, and keen to drive both personal and team development.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary of £57,600 + ove ime opportunities ( ,000–£2 00 extra per year).

• A varied and technically challenging role in a flagship automated site .

• Standard pension scheme.

• Ongoing technical and professional development with access to a structured training academy .

Your new company
This multi-academy trust has grown significantly over the last couple of years through established schools joining the trust, as well as the opening of new schools and, with further growth plans, it is an exciting time to join the organisation. With over 40 academies as part of the trust and a well-established and experienced IT team, the Technical Specialist will become an integral part of this team, being fully supported upon joining. This vacancy is due to an internal promotion which came due to the growth and introduction of new roles into the trust. As a trust, they have an excellent reputation across the UK, with academies in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Yorkshire and the Midlands, and it is key that the right individuals are appointed to further facilitate this growth and success. The head office for this role is Manchester, where you will be required to travel to occasionally, as well as travel to the relevant academies when required, but the role offers an attractive hybrid working policy.
Your new role
Reporting to the IT Operations Manager, the Technical Specialist will be an integral part of the centralised IT team and will be responsible for supporting the trust in implementing their transformation agenda, with a cloud-first approach and strategy. This will involve the designing of IT solutions using the appropriate cloud and on-premise services and infrastructure, regularly reviewing and assessing the relevant technology options, proposing implementation approaches, developing and testing changes and also supporting the wider service operations by providing third line support. Working with the wider IT team, you will work closely around the planning and delivery of IT projects and upgrades, providing technical advice around solutions and also liaising with vendors to ensure the necessary solutions are provided, whilst presenting technical information to senior stakeholders regarding upcoming changes. With the pace of change in technology in education, this role will also encompass leading on migrations to Google for new academies joining the trusts, ensuring the accurate deployment and implementation of educational technologies and providing post-implementation support. From a third line support perspective, this will involve supporting the relevant IT staff at the individual academies and could also require liaison with external parties regarding more complex queries to ensure successful resolution.
What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful in securing this position, you must possess significant experience of providing technical support, advice and expertise in the education sector, having worked in a school, college or multi-academy trust. You will have a passion for improving technology by working as part of a wider team who are passionate about technology in education, and you will have excellent communication skills. A strong working knowledge of Google Cloud would also be preferential for this role, as well as an excellent knowledge of technologies and systems in the education sector.
What you'll get in return
In return, you will be paid a competitive salary of between 46,000 and 51,000 dependent on experience and will be joining this well-established, supportive and growing trust where you will gain further experience and knowledge, with the opportunity to further develop your own career. You will be joining an incredibly supportive team who will work closely with you to ensure the successful outcomes of the technical specialist role. In addition, you will receive an attractive benefits package which will include 31 days holiday, plus bank, access to a cycle to work and car scheme, as well as access to an employee assistance programme and significant lifestyle benefits.
What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

Technical Specialist (Replacement Mobilising System)

Location: Based at Ilkeston Community Fire Station with other locations on an as required basis

Hours: 37 hours however you may occasionally need to work beyond normal office hours. Agile working arrangements can be discussed with the successful candidate.

Salary: Grade G £41,771 £47,181 per annum

Vacancy Type: Fixed Term to October 2026

Department: .

Salary: £57,600 + Overtime (£,000–£2 00 on top) + Pension
Shifts: 2 nights on / 2 off / 3 days on / 3 off (40 hours per week)

About the Role
We're looking for a hands-on Automation Engineer to join one of the UK's most advanced automated distribution centres. This is a multi-skilled role with a strong focus on PLC, PC, and controls fault management . You'll act as the go-to tec.

Your new company
This multi-academy trust has grown significantly over the last couple of years through established schools joining the trust, as well as the opening of new schools and, with further growth plans, it is an exciting time to join the organisation. With over 40 academies as part of the trust and a well-established and experienced IT team, the Technical Specialist will become an integr.