IT Architect

At ATS, our Industrial IT Architects play a crucial role in delivering complex IT projects for customers within the Aerospace and Defence manufacturing industry. You will take ownership of the technical scope across multiple projects and manage it throughout the entire project lifecycle. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality technical documentation aligned with customers technical governance and assurance criteria, ensuring seamless integration for project success.

We are proud to be a certified Great Place to Work. Employees at ATS UK feel empowered to have their voices heard, their opinions are valued, and they see that our actions match our words. At ATS UK, everyone can bring their whole selves to work, and everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their full potential.

Technical Leadership:

• Lead the technical aspects of manufacturing IT projects, aligning with business objectives and customer technical standards.
• Oversee the projects technical scope, guiding project management teams for effective planning and execution.
• Identify, capture, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Host workshops and meetings to facilitate collaboration among technical delivery teams.

Documentation and Design:

• Produce high-quality technical documentation and review constituent design documentation, ensuring overall solution design integrity.
• Engage with Operational Technology OEMs for integrating manufacturing equipment with enterprise IT applications and networks.
• Collaborate with pre-delivery and proposals teams to develop robust, commercially viable responses to customer requests for quotations..

Mentorship and Development:

• Inspire and mentor our team of Industrial IT Engineers, providing guidance and opportunities for professional growth to ensure they stay motivated and continuously enhance their skills.

• Understanding our customers challenges and perspectives, building credibility and strong relationships, and tailoring your delivery approach to fit.
• Taking responsibility for the delivery of projects right first time and providing technical lessons learned to our commercial team.
• Being commercially aware and spotting opportunities that will enhance the ATS UK proposition for our customers.
• Striving for professional development and career progression by combining your existing IT knowledge with experience gained in the manufacturing industry and applying this to your role and other areas within ATS UK.

The benefits of working for ATS UK include:

• 23 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year to a maximum of 28 days, plus bank holidays
• Paid family support days
• Private healthcare
• Home office provision
• Discretionary performance related bonus
• Access to a fee-free mortgage service and other financial advice through our wellbeing partner
• Access to mental health first aiders (MHFA trained)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Monthly wellbeing events including yoga, meditations, mental health awareness sessions, fitness challenges, and more
• Life assurance
• Employee away days

• Proven experience in technically delivering IT projects.
• Proven knowledge and ability to work with various IT disciplines, including networking, security, servers, infrastructure, virtualisation, application development, and cloud offerings.
• Ability to support Industrial IT Engineers with the delivery of complex industrial IT solutions in manufacturing environments.
• Working knowledge of Enterprise IT systems and associated service and project delivery frameworks (e.g., ITIL, PRINCEII, TOGAF).
• Strong interpersonal skills with effective communication at all levels.
• Articulate in written and spoken language at technical, logical, and business levels.
• Experience in understanding business requirements to produce quotes for large-scale projects.
• 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 bachelors degree in a relevant field or equivalent industry experience.

• Understanding of OT (Operational Technologies) such as PLCs, SCADA, HMIs, and associated data transport protocols like OPC UA, OPC DA, MTConnect, Profinet, and Profibus.
• Understanding of ISA-95 and its application to the Purdue Model.

Please note that due to the nature of our customer operations and the requirement to obtain Security Clearance, we are only able to accept applications from British Nationals.