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COMMISSIONING ENGINEER – ELECTRICAL / INSTRUMENTATION
Location: The ideal candidate should live within reasonable commuting distance of a major airport, as frequent travel to customer sites throughout the UK and Europe is required.
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Commissioning Engineer to join a growing specialist engineering organisation supporting customers across the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sectors.
This is a hands-on, customer-facing position involving the installation, commissioning, qualification, calibration, and technical support of specialist process and pharmaceutical equipment.
The successful candidate will have a strong Electrical, Instrumentation, Mechanical, or Electro-Mechanical engineering background, combined with practical experience working with process equipment and ideally within regulated pharmaceutical or life sciences environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Install, reassemble, start up, and commission specialist process and pharmaceutical equipment.
- Execute equipment qualification and validation activities, including SAT, IQ, and OQ.
- Support equipment and process cycle development.
- Carry out equipment calibration, preventative maintenance, and technical troubleshooting.
- Provide technical and breakdown support to customers.
- Prepare and manage commissioning, servicing, calibration, and validation documentation.
- Produce clear, accurate, and concise technical reports.
- Read and interpret P&IDs, GA drawings, wiring diagrams, technical specifications, and engineering documentation.
- Work closely with customer engineering, automation, and process teams, as well as equipment suppliers.
- Provide technical support and customer training where required.
- Support FAT activities and new equipment design/qualification discussions.
- Contribute to the training and development of other engineering colleagues.
- Maintain effective communication with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
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Key Skills and Experience
- Hands-on Electrical, Instrumentation, Mechanical, or Electro-Mechanical engineering experience.
- Practical experience commissioning and starting up process or industrial equipment.
- Experience with equipment and instrument calibration.
- Experience executing validation protocols such as SAT, IQ, and OQ.
- Ability to understand and interpret P&IDs, GA drawings, and electrical/wiring diagrams.
- Experience working with process equipment, utilities, or specialist industrial equipment.
- Strong technical reporting and documentation skills.
- Good understanding of equipment validation within regulated environments.
- Knowledge of PLCs and process equipment network configuration would be advantageous.
- Experience within pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, life sciences, or other regulated environments is highly desirable.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple deliverables.
- Ability to work independently and use initiative.
- Strong customer-facing and communication skills.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
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Additional Requirements
- Full clean driving license.
- Willingness and ability to travel extensively.
- The role will involve regular travel throughout the UK and Ireland, with travel across Europe and occasionally further afield.
- Candidates must be comfortable with extended periods away from home and working at customer sites.
- A flexible and adaptable approach to working is essential.
Desirable Experience
- Experience with validation data logging systems such as E-Val Pro, or an equivalent system, would be beneficial. Full training will be provided where required.
Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer looking to work on technically challenging equipment and projects within the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sectors.
The role offers significant customer interaction, international travel, and the opportunity to develop further expertise across commissioning, qualification, validation, and specialist process equipment.
If you have a strong practical engineering background and enjoy working directly with equipment, customers, and technical teams, we would be interested in hearing from you.
To apply, please submit your CV highlighting your relevant commissioning, calibration, validation, and process equipment experience.
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