Alfa Laval
Commissioning Engineer
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Alfa Laval UK&I are currently looking for an Field Service Commissioning Engineer to join our team.
Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers, and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water, and shipping. As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build careers too.
About the Job
Alfa Laval UK and Ireland are currently recruiting for a Field Service Commissioning Engineer with a good level of both, electrical and mechanical skills, with a bias towards electrical. The focus will be on Decanters as well as other core equipment in the Alfa Laval product range.
Working on high-speed rotating equipment providing field service support, troubleshooting, and training at customer locations on the mechanical, electrical, and electronic components of Decanters ensuring reliable operation, optimum performance, and efficiency. This includes performing preventive maintenance, emergency and warranty repairs, installation supervision and commissioning of new equipment, system audits, process troubleshooting, and technical support.
What You Can Expect
- A working environment that is dynamic, collaborative, innovative, and offers incredible scope.
- Opportunities for growth in terms of skills and knowledge, career path, or location.
- High-engineered products that enable customers to maximize their productivity and competitiveness.
- A complex global environment where productivity and ambition are supported to thrive.
- A secure culture that offers ever-evolving opportunities.
- Curiosity and ambition to innovate, welcoming new ideas and challenging traditional thinking.
- A spirit of equality and trust, where everyone has a contribution to make.
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Your Duties Will Include:
- Commissioning, servicing, and fault finding of new and existing equipment.
- Performing I/O tests on control equipment.
- Performing electrical and mechanical fault finding on equipment.
- Performing trial test runs when work is completed to ensure performance rates and quality meet established specifications.
- Documenting the equipment serviced, parts used, and travel/site hours to support customer invoicing.
- Performing preventive mechanical maintenance service calls on customer equipment.
- Assisting and training customer maintenance and supervisory personnel on how to operate equipment and perform maintenance tasks.
- Providing process and technical support to the department and customers.
- Working with the sales team on equipment audits on customer sites to generate new business.
- Meeting KPIs for the service team in areas such as submission of job reports and timesheets.
About You
Candidates for this role should have completed a recognized apprenticeship or have reached a minimum level of technical training i.e., City and Guilds/NVQ/BTEC/Degree.
You must be able to demonstrate a strong working background in mechanical and electrical maintenance, ideally with separation equipment, which would be beneficial but not essential.
You should have a high level of competence with respect to electronic equipment testing, fault finding, exposure to SCADA, PLC’s, and an ability to read schematic diagrams is essential.
Desirable skills include:
- Worked on automated production lines, generators, compressors, pumps.
- Exposure to Alfa Laval core equipment would be advantageous.
- Previous industry backgrounds could include waste water, food and brewery, food processing plants, power stations, factory automation, marine, or military.
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You will be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and numerate.
You must be able to demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills, good organization and planning, and enjoy working alone.
Candidates must be able to spend several nights away from home as required.
Due to the nature of the work, including the environment in which the work is often carried out, the candidate should have a good level of physical fitness.
A full driving license is also essential.
The role requires daily use of a laptop (provided by the company) and it is essential that you are PC literate and comfortable using these technologies.
The base area for the role is UK mainland with a willingness to travel across the UK as required. The successful candidate will be based in the central belt of England.
Benefits
Alfa Laval UK&I currently provides a wide range of benefits, schemes, and initiatives to our employees including:
- Annual bonus
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days + Bank holidays
- Simply Health – Health cash plan available to enter worth over £2500 annually
- Life Assurance – 4X annual salary when you remain in the pension
- Training and Career Development potential
- Cycle to work scheme
- Tech scheme benefit
We care about diversity, inclusion, and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this, we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application, you will be invited to play the assessment games.
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