Service and Support Engineer in Runcorn

Yokogawa UK Ltd has an exciting new opportunity for a highly driven Service & Support Engineer with a strong track record within the Industrial Automation Sector. Yokogawa provides advanced technologies and services in the areas of measurement, control, and information to customers across a broad range of industries, including energy, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, food, and water. Yokogawa addresses customer issues regarding increasingly complex production, operations management, and the optimization of assets, energy, and the supply chain with digitally-enabled smart manufacturing, enabling the transition to autonomous operations.

Reporting to a Customer Centric Team Leader, your role as a Service & Support Engineer will be to provide first class support whilst being the technical focal point from hand over by sales to project closing. Your remit will include:

• Project initiation system design; SIL classification, project planning; detailed design; safety lifecycle, configuration;
• Provide technical specification to procurement and supervision of suppliers;
• Internal testing; executing or leading the Factory Acceptance Test, transition to site, site installation, commissioning and Site Acceptance Test, resulting in a customer accepted and handed over system, with documents authorised by the customer;
• Monitoring and controlling the quality of work; and formalising project closures.

What you will bring to us:

• Experience in a similar role within the oil & gas / petrochemical / Industrial Automation environment
• Minimum HNC qualification in an engineering or process related subject
• Understanding of ISO 9001 and Health and Safety at Work Act
• Hold a full UK driving licence
• You are a highly motivated and flexible person who is willing to work at Yokogawa offices and customer sites across the UK and offshore
• Respect, collaboration, and integrity are important values to you
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, whilst an effective team player as part of a structured team
• Confident communicator with a professional manner, and the ability to absorb and impart factual information to others and work within standard operating procedures

Applicants with Offshore certificates are highly desired, however full training can be provided.

What we promise to offer:

• Salary: Competitive salary and incentive package depending on experience. Overtime and TOIL where relevant
• Attractive benefits: Company pension contribution up to 12.5% dependent upon criteria, private medical insurance and healthcare scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with increments based on length of service, car allowance
• Contract type: Permanent
• Working hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 5:00pm, Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm. Flexibility will be required to meet customer and business needs.
• Location: Whilst this position is based from our offices in Runcorn Cheshire, there will be a requirement to travel to customer sites in UK, Europe, offshore and overseas as required for each project.

At Yokogawa we believe that our employees are crucial to our success. To help you maximize your potential, we offer an environment that actively encourages personal development and continuous learning through internal and external trainings.

Due to the nature of our business, please be advised at the offer of employment stage we will carry out Basic DBS, Education and Employment checks on all candidates.

An assessment may be part of the interview process. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process or employment, please let us know.

Not just a job, but a career

Yokogawa is a leading provider of industrial automation, test and measurement, information systems and industrial services in several industries. Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition, (bio)technology, artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.

Diverse, Equitable & Inclusive culture

Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. We will actively recruit, develop, and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience, knowledge, thinking styles, perspective, cultural background, and socioeconomic status. We will not discriminate based on race, skin color, age, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, belief, political opinion, nationality, ethnicity, place of origin, disability, family relations or any other circumstances. Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong, contribute, succeed, and demonstrate their full potential.