Commissioning and Service Manager

Up to 50,000 + company car

Nottingham (UK wide travel)

Responsibilities:

Installation and commissioning of bulk materials handling systems potentially consisting of mechanical, electrical and software components
Ability to set up a safe working environment with Health & Safety controls and act as principal contractor on large installations in accord with Construction, Design, Management (CDM) regulations.
Able to manage sub-contract / 3rd party labour in their installation of silos, machines and plant cabling
Prepare training documentation and present customer/end user training
Day-to-day management of assigned commissioning engineers
Must be capable of organising own work schedule to suit customer requirements and management objectives. This will involve;
- Liaising directly with customers to organise site visits
- Writing own and others Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS)
- Organising tools and equipment from hire companies
- Organising own and others travel, hotel/overnight accommodation if head office involvement is not possible
Emergency call-out work to attend site or via remote connection, telephone, e-mail. This may involve weekend work and, by agreement, may include work that is out of normal working hours
Writing professional, quality reports for site visits. This will include photographs, site data, equipment performance reports and calibration certificates
Seeing the opportunity to promote business between the customer and the business in terms of plant/process extensions, upgrades and any spares sales. Reporting this back to management
Present a pleasant and professional image - to the customer and be able to communicate at all levels
Support to sales staff in terms of providing time, resources and material estimates and installation and commissioning plans for proposals
Support to the Engineering Manager and/or Project Manager for reporting and accurate estimation of timescales and requirements

Required skills:

Apprenticeship / HND or degree preferred
10 years' experience of installation and commission of equipment in an industrial environment
Experience in industry holding a supervisory position.
Experience of working under CDM regulations, ideally as principal contractor
In-depth knowledge of weighing principles, Lean phase, dense phase and vacuum conveying systems
Capable of working for long hours under pressure.
PLC / SCADA / Database skills / knowledge would be an advantage
Ability to suggest mechanical / electrical / software changes to improve the design and function of the equipment to benefit both current and future installations
Ability to fault find / trouble shoot across all aspects of a customer's installation
Understanding of basic commercial issues.
Taking pride in doing a good job
Be proficient using Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel and Project
Accurate in estimation of timescales for own and others work within a project
Present a professional approach when interfacing with customers directly
Experience of working in foreign countries would be an advantage.