Job Description

Overview
To provide engineering support to the Hitchin site across multiple departments to ensure business continuity. This role as Facilities and Maintenance Engineer will be working closely with management and with the laboratory technical staff to ensure that plant, machinery and test rigs are operational allowing internal departments to achieve operational and financial targets.
Responsibilities

• Perform routine inspections, servicing, repairs, and replacements of equipment and facilities on the site
• Install new equipment across the site where required
• Participate in the development of current and future equipment
• To work through daily tasks and instructions from line management
• Fault find and repair equipment
• Attend department meetings and feedback information on outstanding repairs/maintenance
• Ability to understand and implement standard procedures
• Restore or replace equipment and facilities back to normal operating conditions
• Ability to troubleshoot issues with equipment or facilities
• Create and provide technical input to risk assessments
• Provide technical input during SHE and Quality investigations
• Operate within SHE and Quality management system
• Provide technical input to SHE and Quality procedures
• Ability to design, detail and build test rigs, fixtures and instrumentation for test laboratories
• Provide training and support documentation for newly designed equipment.
• Integrating new equipment with existing assets. This may be mechanical and / or electrical and require some level of programming.
• Able to decide on and implement appropriate design methods and protocols.
• Leads and assigns the work of others when needed
• Provide input to staff training plans and competence reviews.
• Prepare material or conduct staff training when required

Skills / Qualifications

• Working knowledge of laboratory safety.
• IOSH / NEBOSH desirable.
• Educated in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Significant experience of working with hydraulic and mechanical machines.
• Understanding of various instrumentation types for measuring: pressure, flow, temperature.
• Low voltage AC and DC circuits and basic electronics.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a related field.
• Experience using CAD software.
• Ability to apply an array of engineering techniques in a rational and practical style to help examine issues and build solutions for testing staff.
• Any related skills in programming and control applications would be an advantage.
• Experience working in a mechanical workshop environment.

Company Overview
Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'.
When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.
While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.
Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.
Diversity Statement
At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming "the world's most trusted testing partner".
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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