Commissioning Engineer

CDE Group

Cookstown

Remote

GBP 42,000 - 62,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Join CDE as a Commissioning Engineer. The role is remote with extensive UK and worldwide travel to commission wet processing plants, ensuring installation, testing, operation and maintenance meet customer requirements.

You’ll work across MEICA, troubleshoot on-site issues, and collaborate with specialists, construction managers and clients to deliver projects safely and on time while promoting sustainability and a circular economy.

Qualifications

  • Electrical qualification or equivalent required.
  • 3 years' commissioning experience in a relevant engineering industry.
  • Experience with control panels and fault finding.
  • Experience with 3-phase systems.
  • Proficient in MS Word & Excel.
  • Strong planning, organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Commission designated projects and ensure systems are installed, tested, operated and maintained to meet customer requirements.
  • Travel extensively across the UK and worldwide to commission wet processing plants.
  • Collaborate with construction managers, engineers and clients to deliver projects on time and to high standards.
  • Troubleshoot on-site issues and provide engineering solutions.
  • Train client personnel and act as a technical ambassador for CDE.

Skills

Electrical qualification
Commissioning experience
MS Office proficiency
3-phase systems
Planning & organisational skills
Effective communication
Travel readiness
Health & safety awareness

Education

Electrical Qualification or Certificate of Education or Equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Location: Remote

Join CDE, a global leader in pioneering industry-leading, world-changing engineering solutions for the natural processing and waste recycling sectors. For over 30 years, we have been at the forefront of innovation, completing over 2,000 projects worldwide from our headquarters in Northern Ireland and offices across the globe. Our mission is to create our best world, a ton at a time, by empowering our customers to transform materials into valuable resources.

We are seeking a dedicated Commissioning Engineer to play a crucial part in this mission. In this role, you will be responsible for commissioning designated projects, ensuring that all plant systems and components are installed, tested, operated, and maintained to meet the customer's operational requirements. You will be a key figure in delivering our projects safely and efficiently, contributing directly to our efforts in minimising environmental impact and building the foundations for a circular economy. If you are passionate about engineering and sustainability, this is your chance to make a tangible difference.

About The Role

As a Commissioning Engineer at CDE, your day-to-day will be dynamic and hands-on. You'll be site-based, travelling extensively across the UK and worldwide to bring our innovative wet processing plants to life. Your responsibilities will span the full MEICA spectrum, from providing commissioning services to delivering complex engineering solutions and troubleshooting on-site issues. You'll work closely with a diverse team of specialists, construction managers, and clients, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to the highest standard.

This role offers fantastic growth opportunities, allowing you to deepen your expertise in 3-phase systems, instrumentation, and automation. You'll not only solve technical challenges but also train client personnel, making you a key ambassador for CDE's quality and service. It's an exciting opportunity to see the world, take ownership of projects, and contribute to a more sustainable future.

Skills Needed

Compliance, Servicing, Improvement, Technology, Managerial / Operational, People, Labour / Construction, Manufacturing / Production

About The Company

WE ARE CDE. ENGINEERED FOR YOU We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy. We help our customers maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible – with greater efficiency and less waste than ever before. Our unparalleled speed and scale are down to our proximity to our customers and our deep understanding of their challenges. Our track record of proven solutions consistently meets our customers’ needs precisely, operating in challenging environments from the Arctic to the Equator. Wet processing is our sole focus –our experience and expertise is unmatched in this field. Every day, in everything we do, we strive to do it right. We want to be the best at what we do and deliver the maximum benefit for our customers. We pull together, as a team, in pursuit of this common cause. Our “Customer for Life” mentality fortifies each of our projects, with CDE engineers delivering continuous, limitless support.

Company Culture

We recognise that it is our people that have established CDE as market leader in developing solutions for the wet processing industry both within natural materials processing and waste recycling sectors. OUR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME. To do that, we must continue to build our global team by adding the most ambitious, driven and talented people. We will challenge you, elevate you and broaden your horizons. We will help you to be the best you can be both personally and professionally. We are renowned for our energy and can do attitude…. and at times seemingly delivering the impossible. We also know that all the will in the world won’t take us anywhere unless we work together. And we like to have fun together - life’s too short and we spend most of it at work. If we lose the power to laugh, we lose the power to think. We will continue to add the most dynamic, ambitious and talented individuals to the CDE team.

Required Criteria
  • Electrical Qualification or Certificate of Education or Equivalent.
  • 3 years' service/commissioning experience in a relevant engineering industry.
  • Experience in MS Office Word & Excel.
  • Experience with control panel fault finding.
  • Experience with 3-phase systems.
  • Good planning & Organisational Skills.
  • Effective communicator – both verbal and written.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships quickly.
  • Must be a self-starter and methodical.
  • Physically fit and capable of lifting items, climbing ladders and working at height.
  • Willing to undertake extensive travel, both in the UK and Worldwide for extended periods.
  • Clearance to work in Europe.
Desired Criteria
  • Experience with heavy machinery
  • Experience in dealing with customers
  • Fully conversant with all Health & safety regulations
  • Manual Handling training
  • MEWPS training
  • Experience with MS PowerPoint
  • PLC experience
  • Ability to carry out training (preferably holding a Training qualification)
  • Clean current driving license
Closing Date

Friday 6th November, 2026

Contract Type

fulltime

Salary

Based on Experience

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