Automation Engineer Graduate Programme 2025

Interested in smart manufacturing? Want to revolutionise how factories work through digital transformation, IIoT and Industry 4.0? Launch your career with us and open a world of opportunities!

Founded in 1998, NeoDyne is a leading UK and Irish system integrator specialising in digital manufacturing, MES, and OT cybersecurity. Headquartered in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, with over 300 B2B customers, the Company works on cutting-edge projects in high-end food and beverage manufacturing, pharma, and energy. Headquartered in Cork with offices in Dublin, Galway, Waterford, and Chesterfield (UK), we employ over 200+ talented electrical and automation engineers.

We are seeking final year students in Electrical, Automation, Instrument Engineering and allied disciplines for roles in our System Integration business specialisation.

System Integration

Within System Integration, we partner with global technology companies, including AVEVA, Siemens, Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric, to deliver complex system integration and operational changes across a wide range of industries. We provide high availability, fault-tolerant and functionally safe PLC and SCADA solutions and integrate leading-edge Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES/MOM), Batch and Data Historian solutions that transform our customer's business and manufacturing processes. Our long-standing and endorsed partner relationships allow us to tailor solutions to our customer's unique needs to deliver step improvements in productivity, reliability and cost reduction.

What will I be doing?

Our graduate programme will be all about learning new and developing your existing skills. Over a two-year period, you will be placed in projects where you get to do meaningful work and contribute to the business.

Projects will be spread across all areas of Industrial Automation and could include PLC and SCADA design, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), control logic programming, control panel hardware design, and site testing & commissioning.

Generating technical documentation and dealing with customers will also be key parts of our graduate programme to help develop your soft skills. You will also have the opportunity to travel to customer sites to get involved in installation, testing, and commissioning.

What about training?

Our induction programme revolves around a 70-20-10 model for learning and development.

70% On-the-job Learning:

You'll get stuck in from Day 1, working on real projects, delivering real business value to our customers both on- and off-site.

20% Learning from others:

You'll be part of a team, working with subject matter experts and interacting with our customers daily. You'll receive support and guidance, and an invaluable opportunity to learn from former graduates who've seen it and done it.

10% Formal Education:

We'll help you become an expert in your chosen field, backed up by formal e-learning and classroom training. This extends to attaining professional certifications where relevant to our business specialisations.

What we offer?

      Competitive starting salary with year-on-year bonuses and salary increases

      Paid Overtime

      Paid Graduate Day

      Health Insurance

      Income Protection

      Life Assurance

      Flexible Working

      Personalised Career Development Plan

      Professional Certifications

We operate from modern offices in Chesterfield (UK), Cork, Dublin, Galway and Waterford, offering a high standard of amenities, parking, motorway access with all the benefits of working at the heart of Ireland's process industry hubs.

Apply today!

With our diverse range of business specialisations, customers, and industries that we serve, we offer an unrivalled programme designed to accelerate your personal and professional development. So why wait? Apply today!

NeoDyne Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer, and all applications will be treated in strictest confidence.