About this role
Salary: £45,000 - 45,000 per year
Requirements: Production-first mindset and calm, structured troubleshooting under pressureStrong analytical and problem-solving skillsStrong communication skills to work across Operations, Engineering, Finance, and third-party vendorsExperience supporting systems in a manufacturing or industrial environment, or in a role with high uptime requirementsStrong understanding of networking fundamentals, including IP, VLANs, routing concepts, and their impact on shop-floor systemsPractical experience supporting Windows endpoints and basic server or service dependencies in an operational environmentWorking knowledge of SQL fundamentalsAbility to coordinate vendors and maintain disciplined documentationDesirable: experience supporting production data systems and integrationsDesirable: experience with IT segmentation concepts and vendor access governanceDesirable: Power BI or reporting awarenessDesirable: experience with ticketing systems and basic ITIL-style incident and change processes Responsibilities: Support and maintain plant-floor PCs, terminals, and industrial endpoints used in production operationsTroubleshoot Operational Technology connectivity in collaboration with Engineering and vendorsSupport OT network structure and segmentation, including VLANs and access pathsOwn the reliability, monitoring, and issue resolution of production systems and data flowsWork with the DBA and Systems Development Engineer to troubleshoot SQL and ETL job failures affecting production reporting or operational decision-makingPerform daily health checks on production data flowsReview production-impacting alerts and incidents daily and follow the required escalation pathMaintain an up-to-date Operational Technology asset inventorySupport and develop manufacturing systems, production data systems, and business reporting Technologies: ETLSupportITILNetworkPower BISQLSecurityWindowsFlow More:
We are recruiting for an Operational Technology & IT Systems Engineer to improve the reliability of factory-floor systems and production data flows, bridging IT, OT, and business reporting needs. In this manufacturing environment, technology issues can affect production uptime, safety, and customer delivery. The role supports plant-floor technology and production data, working closely with the Infrastructure & Security Engineer on secure OT network segmentation and with the DBA & Systems Development Engineer on resilient SQL and reporting pipelines. Vibe Recruit is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.
last updated 40 week of 2026