AI Automation Specialist

AI & AUTOMATION SPECIALIST

• £55,000 – £65,000 + benefits
• North Derbyshire – hybrid (2–3 days per week on-site)
• Python, APIs, Power Automate, LLMs, SQL Server
• daniel.massey@searchability.com THE ROLE A hands-on AI & Automation Specialist is needed to identify and deliver practical automation across a well-established business. This is a delivery role, not an advisory one. You'll work with teams across the organisation to understand how they work, find where time is being lost, and build automation and AI tools that make a real difference day to day. ABOUT THE CLIENT My client is a well-established, successful business whose operations run on a bespoke in-house system built on SQL Server with a Microsoft Access front end. They're investing in their technology function, growing the development team and taking a pragmatic approach to modernisation, bringing in automation and AI where they add real value rather than for their own sake. THE BENEFITS
• £55,000 – £65,000 depending on experience
• Hybrid working – 2–3 days per week on-site
• A greenfield role with the freedom to shape how automation and AI are used across the business
• Direct visibility of the impact of your work
• Stability and investment from an established, growing business THE AI & AUTOMATION SPECIALIST ROLE
• Work with teams across the business to identify processes that can be automated or improved
• Design, build and deploy practical automation solutions, from workflow automation to AI-powered tools
• Integrate automation with the core SQL Server-based system and third-party services via APIs
• Apply AI and large language models (LLMs) to real business problems, such as document processing, data extraction, customer communications and reporting
• Measure and communicate the impact of automations delivered
• Work closely with the development team to make sure solutions are robust, secure and maintainable
• Help the business build a realistic understanding of what AI can and can't do ESSENTIAL SKILLS
• A proven track record of delivering automation or AI solutions into production in a commercial setting
• Strong experience with Python or a similar language
• Experience with APIs and integrating systems
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Power Automate, n8n, Zapier or similar
• Practical experience building with LLMs, such as the OpenAI, Anthropic or Azure OpenAI APIs
• Good SQL skills, ideally with SQL Server
• Confident working with non-technical colleagues to understand and improve how they work