Industrial Mechanical & Electrical fitter

SHORT TERM CONTRACT 3-month 

Reporting to  Head of Engineering

Department  Engineering

Job Type 3-month Contract Starting Aug 19th, 2024, through to Oct 30th 2024 this could increase based on Customer requirements 

Overview

Our solutions deliver value to customers through greater process efficiency, reduction of waste and increased margins. This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing company, based in Oxford that want bring environmental savings to our customers. Reporting into the Head of Engineering, the role of industrial Pipe Fitter is to both help build our new systems in North Oxford at our system development unit as part of a small engineering team and support the installation and commissioning at our customers sites. 

You need to be ideally a time served pipe fitter or mechanical practical engineer with excellent practical skills in terms of being involved in the building and installation of our industrial systems which involve mechanical content such as plastic tank installation, pump skid installation and PVCu pipe fitting /solvent welding along with electro fusion polyethene fittings experience, PE flexible pipe installations within a production environment. You will be part of an engineering team experienced in building and installing our systems. 

Key Requirements for the role include:

• Experience working at working on and installing industrial equipment, pipes, valves, tanks, mechanical structures, indoors and outside.
• Able to work unsupervised and interpret engineering drawings and engineering instruction for a physical build of a new system.
• Use of workshop equipment to build our systems
• Hold a mechanical or process engineering qualification.
• Experience of working on a customers site, preparation of RAMS and other site-specific requirements.
• Hold a valid First Aid certificate would be advantageous
• Provide excellent customer interface as a company representative when at a customers site working within the Engineering Team
• Apply an appropriate level of urgency to escalations and requests for information 

Candidate profile

• Effective hands-on Skilled fitter with good practical skill levels with experience of pipe fitting in an industrial environment (Food industry would be ideal).
• Positive mentality - demonstrating drive and endurance to achieve results.
• Proactive and innovative -The role can involve creative ways to overcome an engineering issue on site.
• Good communicator and relationship builder with colleagues and customers.
• Working at heights will be required at times (10-12 metres via scissor lift or cherry picket). 

Personal attributes

• Technically trained, practical engineer able to read engineering drawings and follow engineering instruction
• Good team player, able to collaborate with colleagues, customers and sub-contractors
• Organised, able to manage time and prioritise tasks
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Flexible about working hours, installations can be over weekends or in unsocial hours
• Valid UK Driving Licence
• Previous equipment installation and commissioning experience ideally in the food manufacturing industry would be advantageous but not critical 

Desirable

• Apprentice /Indentured trained
• Skilled engineering knowledge
• Forklift certified
• Able to interpret CAD /read drawings
• Electric / Electronic Engineering Degree
• Working at Height certification

 What We Offer

• £20 per hour (before Tax)
• Daily allowance for customer site work for expenses
• Bonus for early completion of system installation

Please note: Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted regarding this position. If you do not hear back from us within 5 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application for this position, however we may contact you in the future to discuss other opportunities.

Please note:  That no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.