We are currently recruiting on behalf of a growing automation client that produces a range of bespoke machinery for industries including Aerospace, Renewable Energy, Construction, and Food & Beverage. Supporting projects from concept to completion, this role as a Commissioning Engineer offers an exciting opportunity Working Monday to Friday with flexible hours, this role provides the perfect blend of variety and flexibility.

We are seeking a Mechanical and Electrical Commissioning Engineer with experience in a machine build environment and a strong mechanical and electrical skillset. The ideal candidate will be flexible, proactive, and thrive on technical challenges. A friendly, outgoing personality is essential to ensure an excellent customer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation, configuration, installation and commissioning of bespoke projects on customer premises adhering to site specific requirements and processes
• Read and interpret engineering assembly drawings to assemble machines
• Provide on-site technical assistance and support to customers acting as a liaison between the internal project team and the customer on technical issues ensuring the timely management of issues.
• Deliver on-site customer support and basic training to new and existing customers, as required and assisting customers to solve technical issues with bespoke automation solutions ensuring technical scope is managed.
• Understand the range of products to effectively troubleshoot issues, replicate problematic behaviour and implement fixes.
• Communicate accurate project status to the project leads enabling pro-actively planning.
• Support the machine commissioning activities in collaboration with the commissioning team to a successful FAT & SAT.
• Always demonstrate respect, integrity, trust and excellence in interactions with all colleagues, customers and suppliers.
• Undertake additional responsibilities and tasks as required

Skills Required:

• Previous experience in a similar role delivering special purpose machinery from scratch.
• Possess a good understanding of mechanical, electrical and software design.
• Knowledge and experience of configuration & program modification of PLC & HMI automation equipment, eg. Allen Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens
• Excellent language & communication skills (English) in both verbal and written formats as you will be required to liaise with customers face to face, via the telephone/ conference calls and deliver basic operator training to customer personnelExcellent PC skills, familiar with most MS Office products; comfortable to use unfamiliar software packages with minimal/ no training
• Experience of working within a multi-skilled environment (i.e. knowledge of mechanical, electrical and pneumatic components including motors, servos, vision systems)
• Experienced in managing projects including working to tight timescales throughout the project life cycle
• Willingness to travel (within the UK and abroad)
• Experience in evaluating mechanical and technical requirements and providing viable and innovative solutions.
• Experience of conducting assessments and generating technical documents to support the compliance to the Machinery Directive and other international standards.

If you are looking for an amazing opportunity with an amazing Company, please give Sue Boardman a call on - (phone number removed) or send me an email over to: (url removed)