Astute People Ltd

Solar PV Field Service Engineer Leeds £40k - £50k + Benefits Astute are partnered with a UK leader in the design, supply, and installation of bespoke renewable technologies. Due to expansion, together we are looking for a Solar PV Field Technical Engineer to join the fast-growing Operations Team. You will need to be an experienced Electrician/ Field Engineer with experience in Solar PV commissioning, maintenance, and fault-finding, with the flexibility to travel to different sites and stay away during the week when required. Roles & Responsibilities As the Solar PV Field Service Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Repairs and minor works as and when required for installation callouts, servicing, or planned works.
• Full site and job management covering the ordering of materials, and site reports, to ensure fast resolution to our client’s servicing and remedial requirements.
• To liaise with the project manager and assist with keeping the standards of the QMS, Operations and Maintenance manuals and professional working procedures.

Skills & Qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Level 3 electrical certification or working towards
• City & Guilds 18th Edition

Salary & Package What’s on offer for this exciting role:

• £40k - £50k basic DOE
• Company Vehicle + company credit card
• 25 days Holiday + BH
• Pension
• Bupa Healthcare

How to Apply If you are interested in this position, please send a CV and Cover Letter to [email protected] or ring 023 93 911 007 and ask to speak to Simon Cheung who can tell you more.  

Astute’s team is partnering with an industry leader in specialist water treatment equipment in the UK to recruit a Service Engineer for its operations in Inverness and the surrounding areas. The Service Engineer position is vital for the continued operation and service provided to clients & customers, and comes with a competitive salary of up to £32,000 DOE, opportunity to grow your salary through commissioned sales, full equipment (inc PPE), van + fuel card, and 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + your birthday off! If you’re an Engineer with experience working in the water sector and are looking to work for an organisation that delivers excellence for all customers, then submit your CV to apply today. This role will involve a 1 in 6 callout rota.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Service Manager you will be responsible for:  

• The maintenance, service and repair of various specialist water treatment equipment including standard base exchange, filtration, deionisation, reverse osmosis and laboratory water treatment products.
• Installation, removal and commissioning of the equipment on-site.
• Understand the water treatment process, product and technical issues with an ability to fault find using first line investigation techniques.
• Contribute to financial sales targets by recommending and quoting the necessary added value spares, refurbishments and consumable items to maintain the customer's equipment in optimum operating condition.
• Performing out of hours and breakdown cover when required.
• Assisting clients with technical faults.
• Completing risk assessments, activity reports and other documentation as required.
• Offering after sales technical support.

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Minimum Level 2 Engineering qualification
• Full UK Driving license
• Industrial maintenance experience
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Willingness to learn

    Salary and benefits of the Service Engineer role

• Competitive salary up to £30,000 + Overtime
• Company vehicle + Fuel card
• Laptop, mobile and PPE
• Overtime available
• 5% commission on all successful parts quotes

Title of Position:

Project Engineer (Mechanical/Electrical/Civil)

Title Position Reports to:

Project Manager

Employing Company:

SPIE Limited

 

Job Purpose

• To be responsible to your assigned PM for delivering multi-disciplined projects and packages associated with building engineering services and construction, estimating, construction engineering design, procurement, cost control, site management, installation, testing, commissioning, handover and any warranty.

 

 

Aims and Objectives

 

• To develop effective working relationships with fellow team members and clients, in order to maximise the opportunities to secure and win new work.
• To provide technical engineering advice to fellow members of the team and clients, as and when necessary to support the successful execution of the work. 
• To ensure Project Engineering services are delivered safely to programme, within budget and to the agreed quality standards.
• To work with Clients to develop a relationship that results in repeat business
• To ensure Project Engineering and technical standards are maintained throughout the project, meeting specification requirements and in accordance with Quality Management Systems and Control.
• Ensure project Risk is managed and communicated.
• Report to SPIE management on project progress, issues, risks and opportunities.

 

 

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

 

• Assist your Project Manager to:
• Sequence and programme works, establishing work scope, specifications, programmes and cost control of professional designs, SPIE resources, agency resources and sub-contracted works.
• Co-ordinate all aspects of assigned contracts, ensuring completion within estimated costs, safely and to the required standards of workmanship.
• Prepare work programmes, ensuring activities are planned in line with available resources, understand the interfaces and coordination with other disciplines and contractors.
• Procure, co-ordinate and monitor project activities. 
• Establish the procurement schedules and specifications for engaging suppliers and subcontractors.
• Compare suppliers and subcontractors’ quality and costs against procurement schedules and assists in identifying their suitability for the work and provision of services, including supplier feedback.
• In conjunction with other relevant staff review the performance levels of subcontractors in terms of quality, service and their Health and Safety management.
• Prepare site documentation, including Construction Phase Plans, Risk Assessments and Method Statements to comply with Health and Safety requirements & legislation.
• To understand construction and design engineering specifications and standards ensuring that all considerations are accounted for in the execution of work.
• Identify Construction Engineering Design requirements in order to engage SPIE and/or others to carry out the work.
• Check construction design engineering drawings for accuracy and buildability, and address/ resolve any shortfalls in order to ensure successful execution.
• Attend engineering/project/Client progress meetings to provide the necessary input to support the successful execution of the work
• Ensure understanding of the impact of the Construction Design Management Regulations, Construction Regulations and Codes of Practice and comply with current legal requirements.
• Ensure understanding of the contract conditions that applies to each assigned project/area of work.
• To work closely with the commercial team to manage variations and changes to the scope of work/ timescales/cost/risk, with emphasis on receiving payment for additional activities.
• Understanding of the financial plans/set budgets and the methods for monitoring cost, spend, value. 
• Understand the controls for managing risk throughout all stages of the work, including risk controls. Monitoring and reporting.
• Assist in the preparation of Invitations to Tender and evaluation of returned tenders
• Assist with the take-off and requisition materials
• Control and monitor the management of site labour
• Report on all aspects of the work scope under own control
• Undertake site and works visits as required by the execution of own duties and undertake site HSE Audits.
• Work with members of the Central Engineering Design Department, to ensure that professional advice and support is provided to Clients and that new standards are implemented at the right time.

 

 

Health & Safety

• All employees are required to fulfil their legal duty to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others who may be affected by their acts and omissions, and to follow all guidance and instructions given in this respect.  Further details regarding Health & Safety responsibilities are set out in the Health & Safety Policy.

 

 

Working Relationships

Internal

• Interface with Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, Surveyors, Designers, Buyers, Estimators, Safety Health & Environmental (HSE) Department, Central Engineering Design Department (CEDD), Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Department and the Commercial department.

External

• Interface with Clients, Consultants, Suppliers, Sub-contractors, Utility Companies and Local Authorities

 

Person Specification

 

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills

The knowledge, skills, qualifications and experience relevant to the position are:

Essential

• Be qualified to at least City and Guilds Level 3 in a building services discipline.
• Experience of working on contracts with an M&E or Civil value in range from £100k to £1M
• Experience in planning and executing programmes for building services and/or construction projects
• Strong H&S management awareness
• Strong financial awareness and good organisational skills
• Experience in project financial control and forecasting
• Labour management experience 
•  Ability to produce project reports and meet deadlines
• Ability to sequence and programme the works, utilising different planning and programming methods/ techniques to meet client and project requirements.  
• Experience in the production of O&M Manuals, drawings documents.
• Ability to survey and report on existing engineering installations. 
• Ability to survey, track and monitor work and report on progress
• Ability and willingness to travel and work within the office or based on sites as required
• Basic skills and knowledge of AutoCAD and the ability to read and interpret drawings
• Good communications skills with the ability to produce and deliver presentations
• Good interpersonal skills to develop client relationships to further develop the business

 

Competencies

The core support team competency framework for the position are:

• Teamwork - actively contributes to the team and strives to improve teams’ effectiveness through personal commitment.
• Planning, Organising & Executing – able to understand the priorities, plan and organise the work and manage own time to deliver within the expected timescales.
• Communication – communicates clearly and concisely, impressing others and ensuring understanding of all relevant information in all circumstances.
• Commercial Awareness – understands the importance for managing costs and expense, applying the necessary controls.
• Risk Management – is aware on the impact on risk to the business / project and applies the necessary controls.
• Adaptability – is responsive and open to changing circumstance.
• Drive for Excellence – aims to deliver a high standard of work.
• Self-Motivation and Development– is confident in own ability and is motivated to deliver, using opportunities to further develop.  
• Customer Awareness – responsive to the needs of the customer and aims to deliver customer satisfaction.
• HSE – Be competent in the CDM Regulations and hold an SMSTS or SSSTS qualification.

 

 

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. Job descriptions should be regularly reviewed to ensure they are an accurate representation of the post.

 

Role – Commissioning Engineer Location: Midlands Competitive Salary     Introduction We are currently recruiting for a Commissioning Engineer to join one of the leading Water and Wastewater treatment business in the UK. They have a solid track record of providing innovative solutions to water purification, industrial effluent and sustainable water saving needs and are one of the market leaders in process water treatment services. They are currently looking for a Commissioning Engineer to work in a field-based role around the whole of the UK. Working as a Commissioning Engineer, you will be expected to travel widely and at short notice as required to support in the installation and commissioning of a variety of process water equipment.                   Roles & Responsibilities Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring all customer sites are prepped to accept water process equipment, including paperwork and risk assessment completion in advance. Once on site you will also be responsible for the management of projects including auditing of all on-site activities.
• Both Mechanical and Electrical installation and commissioning of the equipment, following electrical diagrams and working with on-site teams to ensure the plant is running correctly.
• Carrying out any breakdown maintenance as required and ensuring all equipment is serviced regularly and ready to operate in line with customer expectations.
• Maintaining maintenance schedules, adequate supplies of spare parts and ensuring all units are safe and roadworthy and ready to always use.
• Assisting clients with technical faults.
• Installing new equipment when needed.

    Skills & Qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• HNC/ Degree in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering /C&G 17/18th Edition.
• Candidates should also have a background in performing mechanical or electrical maintenance/service work.
• Experience working in a similar role within the water industry is desirable.
• A full, valid driving licence

    Salary & Package What’s on offer for this exciting role:

• Competitive Salary of up to £45,000
• Pension package
• Company phone and tablet
• Holiday package  
• Company Car/Van

    How to apply? To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to [email protected] or call  02392 222 964 to speak to Gemma Nixon who can tell you more.     INDREC  

Role:

Mill & Warehouse Operator

Location:

Masham, North Yorkshire

Package Details:

£22,672.00+ Benefits

Introduction…

My client supplies animal feed to farmers in the North of England offering customers efficient solutions to feeding on their farms. They are looking for a Mill & Warehouse Operator to join their team.

Roles & Responsibilities

As the Mill & Warehouse Operator, you will be responsible for:

PURPOSE

To produce compound feeds and blended and rolled products, control the weighing in and intake of feed materials, packing operations, loading vehicles, quality control on site, warehouse operations and stock control.

NATURE & SCOPE

The job holder reports to the Operations Director (or Merchant Product Manager in the case of warehouse staff) and may be expected to cover a number of roles within the mill or warehouse including:

Weighbridge and Intake

Ensuring that vehicles discharge according to approved codes of practice

• Sampling & inspection and testing when required of loads prior to tipping
• Routing to correct storage bins
• Reporting all raw materials delivery problems and maintaining adequate intake records
• Inspecting, loading and sampling finished product collection or delivery vehicles.
• Ensuring that a high level of housekeeping is maintained at weighbridge, intake and outloading areas.

Compound Feed

Producing feed to meet transport requirements, suit bin availability, and limit cross contamination.

• Hand weighing of premixes and feed additives and keeping all necessary records.
• Ensuring that high levels of housekeeping are maintained in the hand weighing and all other areas of the mill – including the control room.
• Maintaining stocks of feed materials and ground products.
• Keeping a record of batch numbers on production logs.
• Topping up microweigher bins with the correct premixes
• Stock rotation, ensuring that premixes and medicinal additives are within the stated expiry dates.
• Ensuring that presses & conditioners are operating effectively.
• Ensuring that the correct press and the correct die are being used, to meet the feed specification.
• Monitoring the correct running of the presses, coolers, conveyors and elevators
• Ensuring that finished feed bins are completely empty, before new feeds are introduced
• Ensuring that the appropriate slides are closed/open
• Maintaining appropriate production records.

Blending

Maintaining adequate bay stocks & controlling the sampling, inspection and intake of feed materials and premixes into the blending shed.

• Weighing and mixing blends and transfer to the correct storage bays.
• Hand weighing of premixes or feed additives according to the production formulation, and keeping all necessary records.
• Inspecting, loading and sampling finished product collection or delivery vehicles.
• Ensuring that high levels of housekeeping are maintained in the blending shed.
• Maintaining appropriate production records.

Rolling

Sampling, inspection and testing of loads prior to tipping

• Moisture adjustment by either drying or liquid addition
• Processing and storage prior to rolling
• Rolling and transfer to correct storage areas.
• Ensuring that high levels of housekeeping are maintained in the rolling plant.
• Maintaining appropriate production records.

Packing

Ensuring that all bags are packed, stitched, labelled and stacked correctly.

• Ensuring that bag weights are correct including regular check weighing.
• Ensuring that high levels of housekeeping are maintained on the packing plant.
• Maintaining appropriate packing records and taking samples.

Warehouse

Inspection of delivery paperwork and loads prior to unloading.

• Correct storage and stock rotation.
• Monitoring stock levels and best before dates
• Grass seed storage, blending, packing and distribution.
• Loading vehicles and completing collection / delivery paperwork
• Ensuring that high levels of housekeeping are maintained in the warehouse and yard area.
• Maintaining appropriate batch records.

The job holder is responsible for cleaning according to a planned cleaning schedule maintaining adequate records for audit purposes.

The job holder may be required to assist the maintenance staff with maintenance & calibration jobs and the Quality Controller in taking samples for quality or salmonella testing – for which training will be given.

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• The job holder requires an understanding of all aspects of compound feed, blended and rolled product production as well as intake and warehouse operation.
• Full training is provided by the Company.

MEETING / REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The job holder may be expected to attend HACCP and / or H&S meetings as required.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

Weighbridge, intake and vehicle loading

• Compound feed production
• Blending, rolling and packing operations
• Warehouse control and grass seed operations
• Hygiene and housekeeping
• Record keeping and sampling.

Salary & Package

What’s on offer for this exciting role:

• £21,000 - £22,672.00 basic
• Pension
• Holiday
• Overtime

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, please send a CV and Cover Letter to [email protected] or ring 07441391775 and ask to speak to Sue Greeff who can tell you more.

Engineering Manager

Battersea – Covering Various Sites

Waste Management

Up to £52,000 + Package

 

Introduction

Our client is a leading nationwide integrated waste management business providing collection, treatment, recycling and technologically driven energy generation services across London. As such, they are currently looking for an Engineering Manager to work across 3 of their Transfer Stations throughout London. Working in this role, you will be responsible for overseeing all maintenance programmes across the sites, ensuring they are operating effectively and efficiently.

 

The Role:

Working as the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for covering 3 main transfer stations throughout London, managing their entire engineering strategy and all maintenance teams. This will include:

• Overseeing all maintenance and engineering programmes across the sites, managing all planned maintenance, breakdowns and improvement projects for both mobile and static plant.
• Liaising with Senior Management and Site Managers to support with risk assessments, method statements and site compliance, ensuring its running in line with current legislation and company policies.
• Develop an effective planned maintenance strategy, minimising site down-time and utilising the engineer skill-sets within the team.
• Driving a continuous improvement culture, looking into new technologies and opportunities for development.
• Promoting, monitoring, and improving the safety culture, compliance and setting achievable targets for improvements.
• Report to senior teams and stakeholders on the performance of the engineering team.
• All other duties as required, both hands-on and administrative.

 

The Candidate

To be considered for this position, candidates should have experience working in an Engineering/ Maintenance Manager role previously, working with dynamic teams within an industrial process environment.

Candidates should be qualified in either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and should have demonstrable success delivering a strong maintenance strategy.

Knowledge of current waste legislation is desirable and a strong health and safety understanding is a must. Candidates should hold their IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH certificate.

Due to the nature of the role, candidates must hold a full UK driving licence and be flexible to travelling throughout London to various sites.

 

To Apply

To apply for this position or to find out more information, please send your CV to Gemma Nixon at

[email protected] or call directly on 02392 222 964.

 

Senior Design Engineer Indaver leads the field in sustainable waste management in Europe, with facilities and operations in Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. We take a long view, which is why sustainability is at the core of our business and also our company culture. Our trademark is delivering high quality, cost effective services in the municipal, industrial and specialist hazardous waste market across Ireland. Our waste-to-energy facility in Meath is the first of its kind on the island of Ireland. We process up to 235,000t of residual waste each year and produce electricity to power 35,000 homes annually.    This role will involve the Management, Review and Co-Ordination of design packages from Consulting Engineers and project Contractors in order to deliver a thoroughly robust and safe design for execution of the works. This role will involve a combination of office and site based engineering activities, where you will be expected to carry out the level of Co-Ordination referenced above at design stage and continue the inspection, review and Co Ordination during the construction phase to ensure the works are being executed in accordance with the design and works planning. Function description:

• Implementing design review, making and recording changes to designs and disseminating those changes to the relevant parties.
• Physical presence required at work fronts to review the implementation of designs and seek efficiencies and improvements of the design delivery.
• Support the Project Manager to achieve the contract program
• Ensure RAMS & ITPs are completed in conjunction with progression of works
• Ensure NCRs and defects are actioned and closed out to the satisfaction of Indaver
• Regular liaison with Project Manager to ensure that subcontractor works are delivered to the satisfaction of Indaver.
• Consult where appropriate Indaver Health & Safety to ensure that all safety standards are followed.
• Monitor sub-contractors’ safety standards and ensure that they comply with Indaver standards. 

Required skills:

• Third level qualification in Civil Engineering or Construction, plus significant and relevant experience.
• 10 years’ experience of Engineering Design Co-Ordination of large scale technical investment projects of a Civil Engineering or heavy Construction nature or similar works on a Pharmaceutical site.
• In-depth knowledge of Construction regulations.
• Experience of Temporary works Design process is an advantage
• Thorough knowledge and relevant experience in the civil/construction industry and project engineering.
• Proficient at preparing reports
• Specialist knowledge in their expert domain
• Thorough knowledge (legal, technical, functional) of Construction management.
• English speaking

Offer At Indaver we provide an excellent range of benefits to provide our colleagues with the additional support and flexibility to enable a truly enjoyable work life balance. Overall benefits: • Our broad range of attractive benefits enable our colleagues to enjoy life at any stage while growing a career path, with benefits such as: • Competitive Salaries • Very attractive pension scheme • Paid Private Healthcare • Paid family leave • Increasing Annual leave with service • Paid Educational, study and exam leave to support further learnings • Long service rewards • Employee saver scheme • Tax saver and Cycle to work scheme • Death in Service Insurance provided • Employee Assistance Programme • Supporting your work life balance • Flexibility of working hours • Physical and mental wellness e.g. Fresh fruit, running and sports clubs, social events