Job Description
About Us
Peterborough: In the bakery, biscuit, confectionery, snack, and breakfast cereal sectors, many of the world’s leading brands rely on technology supplied by Baker Perkins, part of the HILLENBRAND Group operating from two sites in the UK and the USA. The company’s strength lies in its process expertise, engineering excellence, and the ability to fully support customers worldwide. Baker Perkins provides the complete product lifecycle – from design through manufacture to assembly, installation, commissioning, and lifetime support. Baker Perkins Unit machines and process lines are based on over 100 years’ knowledge and experience supporting leading brands in our chosen industries. Our market-leading position is maintained by constant development of equipment and processes to provide customers with profitable new opportunities. A range of services has been developed to exploit the latest technology to maximize efficiency and minimize the cost of ownership of new and existing plant and processes.
Job Opening: Commissioning Engineer
Job Purpose: Working in cooperation with multiple project stakeholders, you will be responsible for the commissioning of our equipment and the supervision of electrical installation in customers’ sites around the world. You will be the ambassador of our brand, as you will be the last technician remaining on the site during acceptance tests and production launch at our customers’ sites.
Main Duties
- As an expert, commission machinery so that its mechanical, electrical, software, and process functions perform to the contract specification.
- Modify and fault-find software for a variety of PLC platforms.
- Ensure customer satisfaction by being resourceful on-site.
- When required, supervise other engineers on-site either employed or contracted by Baker Perkins or by the customer.
- Be aware of and demonstrate the company values and behaviors.
- Follow all company Health & Safety policies and procedures, including feeding back any H&S information to management.
- Support Technical and Customer Services in the office and on-site.
- Participate in continuous improvement, helping R&D, Manufacturing, Customer Services, Drawing Office, etc.
Candidate Profile
Experience: Experience of installing and commissioning value-added capital equipment in Food & Beverage, O&G, Pharmaceuticals, etc.
Skills: Knowledge of fault-finding and program changing on PLC (Rockwell – Siemens and others…) – HMI (Rockwell – Win CC). Good mechanical and electrical skills with a hands-on profile.
Qualities: Customer focus with excellent communication skills and a successful track record of developing customer relationships. Ability to prioritize tasks, work under pressure, work alone but still be part of a team, show cultural openness, work away from home base for extended periods of time, both in the UK and overseas - up to 75% travel around the world.
Welcome to join us in “Shaping What Matters For Tomorrow”!