Installation and Commissioning Engineer

Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group; Ireland; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group in Ireland is seeking an Installation and Commissioning Engineer to design, commission and validate machine vision solutions for FDA-regulated environments.

You will work on customer sites or at the machine builder facility, travel up to 60% (primarily UK and Europe), liaise with customers and internal teams, and produce GMP-compliant documentation such as URS, FDS, FAT, IQ/OQ.

Qualifications

• Requires a relevant engineering degree (Electrical/Electronic, Automation or Computing).
• At least five years in automation with vision systems.
• Proficient PLC programming, preferably Allen Bradley; some Siemens knowledge.
• Good communication and documentation skills; attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with customers to understand requirements.
• Design, install, commission and validate vision/electrical/software elements at site or client facility.
• Generate GMP-related documentation (URS, FDS, FAT, IQ/OQ) as needed.
• Provide engineering input during URS & quotes.
• Travel up to 60% mainly UK/Europe; travel nationally/internationally as required.

Skills

PLC programming

C#

SQL

Problem solving

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

BEng in Electrical / Electronic Engineering

BSc in Computing / Software Engineering

BEng in Automation Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Allen-Bradley PLC (AB)

Siemens PLC

Machine vision systems

Job description

Reporting to the Project Delivery Manager, the Installation and Commissioning Engineer will be involved in the design, commission & validation of machine vision related solutions, primarily for FDA regulated companies. (60% travel, mainly UK and Europe and as required)

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with customers to ensure proper understanding of the customer requirements.
• Design, development, installation, commissioning & validation of the vision, electrical, software and automation based elements of the solution at the customer’s site or machine builder facility.
• Working entirely within the client standard operating procedures for such projects.
• Generate documentation to GMP requirements (URS, FDS, FAT, IQ/OQ etc) when required.
• Liaise with internal Quality team to ensure full compliance with solution requirements.
• Provide engineering expertise to internal Sales Department at URS and project quotation phase.
• Provision of feedback to the engineering team in relation to deployment experience of integrated vision and software solutions.
• Working with colleagues in the engineering team to continually improve the deployment capability of solutions as well as focusing on increasing their maintainability.
• Review of new vision and related third party engineering solutions as they are available in the market place and where appropriate, make recommendations on such solutions.

Requirements:

• Must have a relevant third level qualification in an engineering discipline, preferably a BEng in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or a BSc in Computing / Software Engineering or a BEng in Automation Engineering.
• Must have at minimum five years relevant industrial experience in an automation role preferably with vision systems.
• Must demonstrate a working knowledge of PLC programming experience, preferably with Allen Bradley based systems and some knowledge of Siemens based systems.
• Must demonstrate excellent written and spoken communication skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Must demonstrate a working knowledge of a CAD design package, preferably AutoCAD or Solidworks.
• Must demonstrate excellent problem solving skills with a can do attitude.
• Possess a full clean driver’s license and a willingness to travel to customers sites nationally and internationally.
• The ideal candidate should demonstrate an interest in programming and software systems preferably using C#.
• The ideal candidate should have a knowledge of SQL and working with relational databases.
• Must be prepared to travel