Job Description
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 who is part of the HILLENBRAND Group and operates 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 and 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. Baker Perkins’ market leading position throughout the world is maintained by constant development of equipment and processes to provide customers with profitable new opportunities.
A range of services has also been developed to exploit the latest technology to maximize efficiency and minimize cost of ownership of new and existing plant and processes.
Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.
We are now searching, for our site in Peterborough:
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 behaviours
- 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…
Candidate Profile
- Experience of installing and commissioning value-added capital equipment: Food & Beverage, O&G, Pharmaceuticals…
- Knowledge of fault-finding and program changing on PLC (Rockwell – Siemens and others…) – HMI (Rockwell – Win CC)
- Good mechanical and electrical skills: hands-on profile
- Customer focus with excellent communication skills and a successful track record of developing customer relationships
- Ability to prioritize tasks and work under pressure
- Ability to work alone but still be part of a team
- Cultural openness
- Ability to 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”!