Global Installation & Commissioning Engineer – Vision Systems

Collins McNicholas Recruitment; Ireland; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins McNicholas Recruitment is seeking an Installation and Commissioning Engineer for a Cork-based global engineering and automation technology company. You will design, commission and validate machine vision solutions and travel up to 60% (UK/Europe) to customer sites or machine builders.

Responsibilities include liaising with customers, delivering PLC/electrical/software deployments, and ensuring GMP-compliant documentation while collaborating with Sales and Quality teams.

Qualifications

• A third-level engineering degree in electrical/electronic, computing or automation.
• Minimum five years of relevant industrial automation experience, preferably with vision systems.
• Working knowledge of PLC programming (Allen Bradley preferred; Siemens knowledge helpful).
• Excellent written/spoken communication with strong attention to detail.
• Experience with CAD tools such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites nationally and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with customers to understand requirements and translate into technical specs.
• Design, install, commission and validate vision, electrical, software and automation elements at customer sites or machine builders.
• Operate within client SOPs and generate GMP-aligned documentation when required.
• Liaise with Quality to ensure compliance with solution requirements.
• Provide engineering input to Sales during URS and quotation phases.
• Feedback deployment experiences to improve solutions and maintainability.
• Collaborate with engineering to review new vision and third-party solutions and make recommendations.

Skills

PLC programming

C# programming

SQL

Communication

Problem solving

Travel

Education

BEng Electrical/Electronic Engineering

BSc Computing/Software Engineering

BEng Automation Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Allen Bradley

Siemens

Job description

Collins McNicholas Recruitment is seeking an Installation and Commissioning Engineer for a Cork-based global engineering and automation technology company. You will design, commission and validate machine vision solutions and travel up to 60% (UK/Europe) to customer sites or machine builders.

Responsibilities include liaising with customers, delivering PLC/electrical/software deployments, and ensuring GMP-compliant documentation while collaborating with Sales and Quality teams.