AI Engineer / AI Solutions Specialist
Elevation Recruitment Group · Sheffield · posted 35 days ago
Going rate £54,700UK median £56,914
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Going rate for this occupation: £54,700 · UK median pay £56,914
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- UK pay for this occupation
- This role£35,597 to £63,800estimated
- Going rate£54,700
- UK median£56,914
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| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £32,835 |
| 25th | £42,289 |
| 50th | £56,914 |
| 75th | £75,794 |
| 90th | £102,860 |
| Going rate | £54,700 |
| UK median | £56,914 |
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AI Engineer / AI Solutions Specialist
North Sheffield | Hybrid (3 days onsite) | Permanent
Artificial Intelligence is changing the way businesses operate. This is your opportunity to be the person who helps shape that journey.
Elevation Tech & Transformation are recruiting an AI Engineer to join a growing manufacturing business that has already begun experimenting with AI and is now ready to take the next step.
Rather than inheriting an established AI function, you'll have the opportunity to help define it.
Working closely with IT, Data Operations and stakeholders across the business, you'll build the AI roadmap, identify high-value use cases and deliver practical AI solutions that improve business processes, support decision making and create genuine operational value.
This is a rare opportunity to influence strategy while remaining hands-on with the latest AI technologies.
What you'll be doing
Developing the organisation's AI roadmap and helping shape its long-term AI strategy Designing and building AI applications, assistants and workflow automation tools Creating Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions using internal business data Working with stakeholders to identify opportunities where AI can reduce complexity and improve efficiency Designing scalable AI architecture and governance frameworks Integrating AI solutions with existing business systems including PostgreSQL, ERP, CRM and Microsoft technologies Helping introduce AI best practice across the wider technology team through knowledge sharing and collaboration
Current AI projects include
Replacing an existing rules-based engineering chatbot with an AI-powered assistant Building AI-powered reporting and analytics capabilities Creating workflow automation tools Developing customer-facing AI solutions Exploring new AI use cases across operations, warranty and aftersales
Current technologies include:
Python SQL OpenAI & Anthropic APIs N8N Copilot Studio PostgreSQL AWS Docker & Kubernetes
Experience with AI agents, LLMs, RAG or agentic AI frameworks would be highly beneficial.
About you
We're open to different backgrounds.
You might already be working as an AI Engineer with commercial delivery experience, or you could be an early-career engineer or recent Master's graduate who has built impressive AI projects and is looking for an opportunity to make a real impact.
Most importantly you'll be someone who is genuinely passionate about AI, enjoys staying on top of emerging technologies and wants to help shape how a business adopts AI over the coming years.
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