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Are you a talented Commissioning Engineer, Installation Engineer or Field Service Engineer interested in working for a Leicestershire based global machinery manufacturer in the pharmaceutical industry? You'll enjoy 1st class product training and the variety of travelling across the UK to customer sites. You will be an integral part of an elite team in the UK supporting our customers in the UK and Ireland.
BASIC SALARY: Up to £60,000Â
BENEFITS:
· Company Car (Skoda Octavia or similar)
· 5% pension (employer / employee contributions)
· Paid overtime
· 20 days holiday (rising 1 day per year for the first 5 years’ service up to 25 days)
· Christmas shut down holidays are on top (3 -5 extra days holidays)
· Private medical - post probation
· Death in service - post probation
· Discretionary yearly bonus at Christmas after 1 full years’ service
LOCATION: Lutterworth
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Leicester, Rugby, Coventry, Nottingham, Derby, Tamworth, Birmingham, Corby, Peterborough, Banbury, Milton Keynes
WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY?
· You can earn an excellent salary and a great all-round benefits package working for a very well-respected manufacturer of high-specification pharmaceutical equipment.
· Huge variety for you - no two projects will be the same and a very interesting diverse role can be created here by the right individual - and your problem-solving skills across mechanical, electrical and controls, instrumentation (PLC's) will be needed to integrate, install and commission our equipment.
· Superb training (initially on you joining us) and then yearly refresher training at our head office. You'll become an expert in our sector (primarily oral solid dosage equipment) learning about our machines, their components, safety valves and control systems etc.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Commissioning Engineer, Service Engineering - Instrumentation, Controls, Automation, Pharmaceutical, Machinery
As our Commissioning Engineer, you will be project based, start-up, commissioning, validating and calibrating high-specification capital equipment as well as many other interesting tasks in the pharmaceutical sector. You must be a problem solver and a team player with an open mind and attitude who will relish the challenges related to integrating machinery into a customer’s production line. We primarily use Siemens S7 & WAGO.
This role requires you to travel to customer sites and you may be away circa 60% of the year. Your work will be predominately on pharmaceutical sites or similar in the UK and ROI, but occasionally you may be asked to support in Central Europe or further afield too.
When you are not on customer sites you will be a combination of office / home based providing customer technical support and attend to other interesting engineering tasks.Â
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Commissioning Engineer, Service Engineering - Instrumentation, Controls, Automation, Pharmaceutical, Machinery
· Commissioning, calibration, instrumentation/controls, fault-finding, mechanical tasks, completing RAMS (Risk Assessment Method Statements) and many other interesting facets while working on top of the range pharmaceutical processing machinery to high profile clients across the UK and Ireland. Occasionally in Central Europe too
· After sales and technical support tasks.
· You may or could be working or staying away circa 60% of the time - coming home on weekends
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Commissioning Engineer, Service Engineering - Instrumentation, Controls, Automation, Pharmaceutical, Machinery
· You're an experienced, Multi skilled Electrical / Mechanical Engineer with exposure to controls, PLC's, instrumentation and mechatronics. You don't need to programme from scratch, but you may need to fault find and modify code at times.
· You've got a proven track record as a Commissioning Engineer or similar - working on capital equipment across (most probably) pharmaceutical, food, distillation, chemical industries etc
· You might be a Service Engineer, a static Maintenance Engineer or an Electrician who's ready to step up and wants the travel, variety of work and a role with potential to grow in the pharmaceutical industry.
· Staying away on a job and away from home if needed won't be a problem for you – it’s just part of your job.
Ideally you be qualified in Electrical engineering ONC / HNC / HND / B.Eng or equivalent.
THE COMPANY:
We are a global manufacturer of special purpose, process machinery for the pharmaceutical, chemical and food sectors employing over 2500 people. We install, commission, validate, train and provide after sales support from over 15 Global sites.
PROSPECTS:
Further progression and development within our wider group if you wish. Your Line Manager joined our group as an Engineer before they progressed and the Managing Director started his career in the company in a similar role to this.
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Installation Engineer, Commissioning Engineer, Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Multi skilled Engineer, Controls Engineer, Systems Engineer, Qualification Engineer, Validation Engineer, CQV Engineer - Air Handling Units, Electrician, Mechatronics, Pharmaceutical, Food Manufacturing, Ex-Military, Oil & Gas, Industrial Capital Equipment, PPMA, Process Machinery, Packaging Machinery
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
REF: JAC17410, Wallace Hind Selection
