Senior Test Engineer

Wolverhampton

6 months ago

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"This is a very exciting and challenging opportunity... and an essential appointment for us as we continue to lead the industry in producing forward thinking, technology driven engineering systems. We need someone who has a background in data analysis and testing... someone who can use data for troubleshooting and aid decision making... it really is the perfect job for an engineer who enjoys using data to improve engineering systems..."

Location:
This role is based in the West Midlands with easy commutable locations including Wolverhampton, Stafford, Telford, Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Birmingham, Walsall, Cannock and other local areas - West Midlands.

The Role:
Joining the Technical Engineering Projects division at an award winning and industry leading engineering manufacturer, you will play a vital role working closely with customers to remedy engineering problems, ensure efficient engineering performance and problem solve technical issues using advanced data analysis, testing and experimentation.

This role is unique and offers a challenging but highly rewarding career to the successful engineer.

Using your skills either as a mechanical, electrical, electronic or multiskilled degree qualified engineer, your core function will be to support the integration of engineering systems into customer's plants and manufacturing facilities; and use data analysis, data reports and similar documentation to drive your decision making and recommendations.

The environment you'd work within is not too dissimilar to that of a scientific, research, laboratory, engineering testing, chemical dosing, liquid transfer, high precision machining, medical, electronic or similar clean engineering set up.

This role pays an industry leading salary alongside one the best remuneration packages available in UK industry. Apply now for immediate interview consideration.

Candidate Requirements:
You will be a degree qualified engineer who can demonstrate experience in a role that has used data analysis, testing and troubleshooting to guide and lead decision making.

You will have strong communication skills and be someone who can build relationships with customers in order to help understand their specific engineering requirements; and subsequently offer them the best possible solution based on your test findings.

This role occupies a globally recognised and thriving industry but in quite a niche engineering sector; engineers who are currently thriving in this team have come from scientific, engineering testing, laboratory, medical, chemical dosing, materials science, electronic, mechanical, automation / PLC and data driven testing environments.

We offer industry leading product training and a 3-6 month development plan that will make you an expert in this field. For this reason, this role would ideally suit a recent graduate with a few years experience OR a well experienced degree level engineer who has used data analysis to form their engineering decision making.

This is without doubt a "career defining" job for the right candidate. If the above sounds like "you" and you're wanting a job that pays industry leading earnings and offers career paths that surpass all others, don't miss out on this "once in a career permanent job opportunity".

How to apply:
Please forward your up to date CV making sure to clearly highlight your most relevant experience for this job. For further details, please contact Joe at Birchley Consultancy Limited

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