Install & Workshop Engineer
Install & Workshop Engineer at OAL
📍 Location: Peterborough, PE2 6YN | Up to £36k (Subject to Experience) | Full-Time, Permanent
About the role
OAL is looking for a hands-on and motivated individual to join our engineering team as an Installation & Workshop Engineer. This is an ideal opportunity for someone fresh out of college with a Level 2 Electrical Installation qualification, who is keen to build a career in automation, control systems and food manufacturing technology.
You’ll work alongside experienced engineers, building, wiring, and testing machinery in our workshop, and supporting on-site installations at food factories across the UK.
We’ll provide full support through mentoring, training, and real project experience.
🛠️ What You’ll Be Doing
Build, wiring and testing of electrical panels and machinery
Supporting on-site installations of automation and control systems
Working from engineering drawings, wiring diagrams and checklists
Learning how to troubleshoot and fault-find basic issues on electrical and mechanical systems
Following safe working practices (LOTO, permits, PPE, etc.)
👀 What the job actually looks like
Here’s what you can expect when you join:
Panel Building Wiring and assembling control panels in our dedicated workshop
Site Installations Travelling to food factories to install scanners, sensors, and automation systems
Mechanical Assembly Mounting brackets, trays, or cabling as part of project builds
Real Environments Working on live production sites – safety, teamwork, and hygiene are key
📚 What We’re Looking For
A completed Level 2 Diploma in Electrical Installation (or equivalent)
Practical, hands-on mindset – enjoys building, wiring, fixing, or assembling things
Willing to travel to customer sites and stay away when required (with team)
Reliable, well-organised and a team player
Keen to learn new skills in automation, PLCs and electrical systems
🛑 What this role is not
This isn’t an office-based design or purely theoretical role
It’s not for someone looking to jump straight into software/PLC programming
It’s not right if you prefer paperwork or computers to tools
🚀 What You’ll Gain
Mentoring from experienced engineers and technical leads
Real-world experience working on cutting-edge automation systems
Opportunity to grow into roles in controls, project engineering, or site installations
A structured development path via sponsored apprenticeship to NVQ Level 3 or ECS Gold Card (if applicable)
About OAL:
OAL helps food manufacturers automate. An innovative family business, based in Peterborough, the company provides automation and system integration services to food manufacturers. It’s a market leader for digital transformation, label and date code verification and robotic powder weighing.
We're a growing SME offering fantastic opportunities in a fast-paced organisation. If you're ready to contribute to groundbreaking work in a supportive environment, we'd love to meet you.
Please fill in the form below to apply
People Partner
People Partner at OAL
📍 Location: Peterborough, PE2 6YN | £50,000 to £60,000 | Full-Time, Permanent
Help us build the people function from the ground up
We’re looking for a People & Culture Partner to join us on our mission to transform food and drink manufacturing through automation and robotics.
This is a new role at OAL, reporting directly to the Managing Director. You’ll lead recruitment, performance, and engagement across the business and design simple, scalable people systems to support our next stage of growth.
You’ll be joining a team that believes in direct communication, high standards, and solving hard problems together. If you’re looking for a hands-on opportunity to shape how a fast-growing business hires, develops, and retains great people, this is it.
Your Role Will Involve
Leading recruitment for 20+ hires in 2025 across engineering, software, and operations
Designing and running end-to-end hiring processes, from sourcing to onboarding
Creating simple, impactful performance and development frameworks
Supporting managers with feedback, coaching, and employee relations
Embedding our values and helping build a high-performance culture
Working with the Finance Director to ensure legal and HR compliance
Coordinating payroll, contracts, and people systems with finance
Acting as a trusted point of contact for employees and line managers
Benefits You’ll Enjoy
Flexible Working: Find the balance with our flexible work arrangements.
Generous Holiday Package: Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus public holidays, with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days.
Pension Scheme: Plan for the future with our company pension scheme.
Peace of Mind: Feel secure with our death in service benefit.
Continuous Learning: We’ll cover your professional fees, supporting your career development.
Smart Health: Access a 24/7 online GP, mental health support, and wellbeing services anytime.
What We’re Looking For
Experience building or running a people function in a growing business
Strong generalist background: recruitment, performance, ER, engagement
Experience supporting technical or engineering teams
Comfortable working independently and building from scratch
Solid knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices
CIPD qualified (Level 5 or above)
Confident implementing people tools (ATS, onboarding, reviews)
Data-savvy, with a focus on insights over intuition
Commercial mindset with a focus on people outcomes, not paperwork
Tactful, trustworthy and comfortable operating at all levels of the business
About OAL
OAL helps food manufacturers automate. An innovative family business, based in Peterborough, the company provides automation and system integration services to food manufacturers. It’s a market leader for digital transformation, label and date code verification and robotic powder weighing. We're a growing SME offering fantastic opportunities in a fast-paced organisation. If you're ready to contribute to groundbreaking work in a supportive environment, we'd love to meet you.
Please fill in the form below to apply.
Applications Engineer – Vision Systems
Application Engineer at OAL
📍 Location: Peterborough, PE2 6YN (Primary location - customers sites) | Up to £Competive (Subject to Experience) | Full-Time, Permanent
About the role
We’re looking for a practical, technically strong Application Engineer to help deploy the next generation of AI vision systems into UK food factories. You’ll work on high-speed production lines, implementing real-time image analysis solutions that detect, count, and verify products, replacing manual quality checks with powerful machine learning.
This is a hands-on role focused on applying AI to solve real production problems. You’ll help OAL deploy cutting-edge vision, contributing to some of the most innovative projects in the UK food industry.
Why You’ll Love Working With Us
Vision-Driven Innovation: Help deploy leading-edge vision solutions that improve food safety, quality, and traceability.
Autonomy with Support: Take ownership of your projects while collaborating with expert engineering teams.
Real Impact: This is not a lab job. Your systems will directly improve efficiency, reduce waste and solve complex food manufacturing challenges.
Your Role Will Involve
Designing and implementing machine vision inspection systems.
Running trials and developing proof-of-concepts to validate AI models for real-world conditions.
Programming and configuring PLCs and SCADA systems.
Installing, commissioning, and supporting automated solutions on customer sites across the UK.
Creating and maintaining clear documentation, including functional design specs and support manuals.
Acting as the technical liaison with customers during deployment and troubleshooting.
Supporting the wider automation team in delivering complete project solutions.
Conducting trials and feasibility studies for customer-specific vision requirements.
Benefits You’ll Enjoy
UK-wide travel.
Flexible Working: Find the balance with our flexible work arrangements.
Generous Holiday Package: Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus public holidays, with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days.
Company vehicle.
Pension Scheme: Plan for the future with our company pension scheme.
Peace of Mind: Feel secure with our death in service benefit.
Continuous Learning: We’ll cover your professional fees, supporting your career development.
Smart Health: Access a 24/7 online GP, mental health support, and wellbeing services anytime.
What We’re Looking For
Experience deploying machine vision or image analysis systems in an industrial or research setting.
Comfortable working with AI/ML platforms or deep learning vision tools
Hands-on engineering experience with automation or robotics systems.
Able to work on site, troubleshoot systems hands-on, and communicate clearly with operators and engineers.
Has over 5 years of experience in a similar role.
Full UK driving licence and happy to travel UK-wide (50%+ field-based).
About OAL
OAL helps food manufacturers automate. An innovative family business, based in Peterborough, the company provides automation and system integration services to food manufacturers. It’s a market leader for digital transformation, label and date code verification and robotic powder weighing. We're a growing SME offering fantastic opportunities in a fast-paced organisation. If you're ready to contribute to groundbreaking work in a supportive environment, we'd love to meet you.
Please fill in the form below to apply.
I Want to Work at OAL
📍 Peterborough | Full-time or Part-time | £Competitive
About the role
We’re always looking for brilliant people to join our team, even if the right role isn’t listed right now.
If you’re excited about the future of food manufacturing and think you can bring something special to OAL, we want to hear from you.
Whether your background is in automation, robotics, systems engineering, software development, operations, or something else entirely, we’re open to conversations with people who share our values and ambition.
About OAL
OAL helps food manufacturers automate.
We’re an innovative, family-run business based in Peterborough, delivering automation and system integration projects to the UK’s leading food and beverage manufacturers. As a market leader in digital transformation, packaging verification, vision and robotics, we’re helping the industry tackle critical problems with smart, practical solutions.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and be part of a fast-paced, supportive environment, we’d love to meet you.
What We Value
We're proud of our culture and look for people who live our values:
Positive – You bring energy and optimism to every interaction
Honest, Open & Respectful – You build trust by being transparent, respectful and supportive
Committed to Customers – You take ownership and go the extra mile to help our customers succeed
Team Player – You collaborate closely and lift others around you
Communication – You communicate clearly, directly and early to avoid surprises
Professional – You hold yourself to high standards and take pride in your work
If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.
What You Can Expect
We offer:
A welcoming and flexible work environment
Competitive salary and benefits
Opportunities for personal growth and career progression
A chance to work on cutting-edge automation and digital projects with real-world impact
Generous Holiday Package: Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus public holidays, with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days.
Pension Scheme: Plan for the future with our company pension scheme.
Peace of Mind: Feel secure with our death in service benefit.
Continuous Learning: We’ll cover your professional fees, supporting your career development.
Smart Health: Access a 24/7 online GP, mental health support, and wellbeing services anytime.
Upload your CV with a short note about why you’d like to work at OAL and where you think you’d add value. We’ll review every application and be in touch if there’s a potential fit – now or in the future.
Project Engineer
Project Engineer at OAL
📍 Location: Peterborough, PE2 6YN (Primary location - customers sites) | Up to £60k (Subject to Experience) | Full-Time, Permanent
About the role
We are looking for a proactive and hands-on Project Engineer to join our team at OAL. In this role, you will play a critical part in delivering cutting-edge automation and robotic systems to our customers. You’ll be responsible for the successful installation, commissioning, and testing of deployed systems, while ensuring customer satisfaction and adherence to high safety and quality standards.
Why You’ll Love Working With Us
Innovative Projects: Work on groundbreaking projects like our Carbon Trust net-zero initiative using robots to make food.
Collaborative Culture: Thrive in a workplace that’s all about teamwork, fun, and making an impact.
Professional Growth: Stay ahead of technology trends with on-the-job training and professional development opportunities.
Your Role Will Involve
Carry out engineering works to install, commission, and test deployed automation and robotic systems.
Manage your own activities in a safe and efficient manner, ensuring colleagues adhere to safe working practices and company standards.
Act as the primary on-site liaison with the customer during installation, commissioning, and testing phases, ensuring the system meets expectations.
Providing training to customers on applications and systems.
Production and maintenance of documentation, for use by the customer and OAL.
Responsible for fault reporting and implementation and testing of design modifications.
Providing support to the customer, the team, and other teams within OAL.
To work within agreed budgets/costs.
Benefits You’ll Enjoy
UK-wide travel.
Flexible Working: Find the balance with our flexible work arrangements.
Generous Holiday Package: Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus public holidays, with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days.
Company vehicle.
Pension Scheme: Plan for the future with our company pension scheme.
Peace of Mind: Feel secure with our death in service benefit.
Continuous Learning: We’ll cover your professional fees, supporting your career development.
Smart Health: Access a 24/7 online GP, mental health support, and wellbeing services anytime.
What We’re Looking For
Hands-on engineering experience with automation or robotics systems.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective on-site customer interaction.
Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
A commitment to safe working practices and continuous improvement.
Has over 5 years in a similar role.
A full UK driving licence.
Happy to travel and spend time at food manufacturing sites across the UK, more than 50%.
About OAL
OAL helps food manufacturers automate. An innovative family business, based in Peterborough, the company provides automation and system integration services to food manufacturers. It’s a market leader for digital transformation, label and date code verification and robotic powder weighing. We're a growing SME offering fantastic opportunities in a fast-paced organisation. If you're ready to contribute to groundbreaking work in a supportive environment, we'd love to meet you.