Installation Engineer

Permanent Futures Limited; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Permanent Futures Limited is seeking an experienced Installation Engineer to lead on-site commissioning and installation activities for a manufacturing client. The role combines hands-on work, controls engineering, and team leadership across UK sites.

You will coordinate installation, commissioning, warranty and upgrades, plan resource needs, and ensure handover documentation is delivered to the customer. Travel within the UK and overseas is required.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience commissioning complex industrial equipment.
• Strong knowledge of PLC/HMI systems, instrumentation, and fault‑finding.
• Experience planning engineering work and coordinating engineers or contractors.
• The ability to work independently on customer sites and communicate clearly with customers and colleagues.
• A strong commitment to safe working practices.
• An HNC, HND or degree in electrical, control systems or electromechanical engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly within the UK and overseas.

Responsibilities

• Planning and coordinating commissioning, warranty and upgrade work, including allocating engineers and contractors.
• Commissioning complex systems at customer sites, including I/O checks, instrument verification, safety interlock testing and sequence testing.
• Supporting Factory Acceptance Testing and leading Site Acceptance Testing.
• Diagnosing complex electrical, controls and integration faults, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Designing and documenting standard upgrades covering PLC/HMI software, instrumentation and safety systems, subject to technical review and approval.
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to commissioning engineers.
• Developing and delivering practical training for service engineers, including assessments and competency records.
• Producing clear test records, technical reports, installation procedures and handover documentation.
• Feeding site findings and recurring issues back into engineering improvements.

Skills

PLC/HMI systems

Instrumentation knowledge

Fault-finding

Planning engineering work

Independent on-site work

Customer communication

Safety compliance

Education

HNC/HND or degree in electrical/control/electromechanical engineering

Job description

We’re looking to appointan Installation Engineer for a well known manufacturing business. This is a varied role combining hands‑on commissioning, controls engineering and technical leadership. This opportunity would suit an experienced Installation Engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, taking ownership of site delivery and helping others develop.

You’ll coordinate installation, commissioning, warranty and upgrade activities, while contributing to equipment improvements and providing specialist support to service engineers. You’ll plan and deliver installation and commissioning work from initial resource planning through to testing, customer acceptance and final handover. Working closely with project managers and engineering teams, you’ll keep site activities on schedule and ensure work is completed safely and to specification.

Installation Engineer - Roles & Responsibilities - Machinery, PLC, Service Engineer, Automation

• Planning and coordinating commissioning, warranty and upgrade work, including allocating engineers and contractors.
• Commissioning complex systems at customer sites, including I/O checks, instrument verification, safety interlock testing and sequence testing.
• Supporting Factory Acceptance Testing and leading Site Acceptance Testing.
• Diagnosing complex electrical, controls and integration faults, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Designing and documenting standard upgrades covering PLC/HMI software, instrumentation and safety systems, subject to technical review and approval.
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to commissioning engineers.
• Developing and delivering practical training for service engineers, including assessments and competency records.
• Producing clear test records, technical reports, installation procedures and handover documentation.
• Feeding site findings and recurring issues back into engineering improvements.

Installation Engineer - The Ideal Candidate - Machinery, PLC, Service Engineer, Automation

• Substantial experience commissioning complex industrial or process equipment.
• Strong knowledge of PLC/HMI systems, instrumentation and fault‑finding.
• Experience planning engineering work and coordinating engineers or contractors.
• The ability to work independently on customer sites and communicate clearly with customers and colleagues.
• A strong commitment to safe working practices.
• An HNC, HND or degree in electrical, control systems or electromechanical engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly within the UK and overseas.