£40K/yr to £55K/yr
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Permanent, Variable

Mechatronic Engineer

Posted by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited.

Your new company
The successful candidate will be a part of the implementation team, who are responsible for the manufacturing and installing mushroom harvesting equipment throughout the world while also being responsible for any on-site troubleshooting and maintenance requirements. Your new company is a family run business and an exciting company to work for with R&D at its forefront. Due to an ever-growing order book, we are looking to create this new role.The successful candidate will be responsible for any on-site (or remote) troubleshooting and maintenance while also assisting with the manufacture and installation of Technology mushroom harvesting systems in our offices in County Armagh and on customer sites. The role also included working with the design team on R&D projects to improve our current product range and bring new products to market.
This is an exciting post where the candidate will be required to travel internationally depending on the project.

Your new role

  • On-site mechanical and electrical / electronic troubleshooting and problem-solving
  • On-site assistance during the commissioning of systems on customer sites
  • Post implementation customer support and troubleshooting.
  • Assist with manufacturing of our harvesting systems at our company premises
  • Assist with building of control panels and wiring of machines when required
  • Utilising Schneider control systems and PLCs
  • Ensure effective communication is maintained with clients, suppliers and the team
  • Read detailed electrical and engineering drawings
  • Demonstrate engineering expertise, and ability to improve products or services by applying professional knowledge
  • Participate in research and development projects, may it be in the office or hands-on.
  • Liaise with the Design team in R&D to refine and improve our product range

What you'll need to succeed

  • Read detailed electrical and engineering drawings
  • Ability to complete mechanical and electronic / electrical troubleshooting and problem-solving
  • Ability to build, commission and advance development of our current product range
  • Strong attention to detail, good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise changing situations
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to drive tasks to completion
  • Complete on-site installation and commissioning of systems
  • Maintain technical specifications
  • Demonstrate engineering expertise, and ability to improve products or services by applying professional knowledge
  • Work on my own initiative and as part of a team
  • Precision engineering experience
  • Willingness to travel
  • Overtime as required to meet project deadlines
  • An awareness of general Health and Safety rules

Desirable skills and requirements

  • Previous experience programming Schneider PLCs
  • A proven history of electrical and electronic troubleshooting
  • Welding and Fabrication experience (stainless, TIG, MIG, Manual Arc etc)
  • Use of 3D and 2D software including Solidworks and Autocad

What you'll get in return
Benefits will be discussed at an interview. Holiday package - 30 days, Monday to Thursday - 8am/5pm & Friday 8am/5pm. Chance to travel internationally and countrywide.

What you need to do now
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