Design Engineer

Abingdon-on-Thames, England, United Kingdom

Eningeered Fixed Systems Project Engineer

Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd. is looking to recruit to the Sales department an EFS Project Engineer to contribute to delivering company growth goals. This is a local role reporting to the Senior EFS Project Engineer.

Company: Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd, 172 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SD.

About Us

We have been designing and manufacturing life-saving products for 50 years, protecting people from toxic. flammable and oxygen gas hazards.

Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Halma plc. Halma’s (www.halma.com) purpose is growing a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day. Halma is a market leader in specialist safety, health, and environmental technologies, a global group of businesses developing solutions that push the boundaries of science and technology. Headquartered in the UK, Halma is one of the top performing businesses in the FTSE 100 index with many years of record revenues and profits. The group has nearly 50 businesses operating through three sectors (Medical, Environmental & Analysis and Safety) in more than 20 countries and major operations in Europe, North and South America and Asia, supplying customers in 160 countries and employing more than 8,500 people worldwide.

Crowcon’s purpose is:

Protecting lives with gas sensing solutions.

Crowcon’s values are:

Do the right thing

Collaborate and support each other

Always do your best

Try new things

Be yourself

What will you be doing?

The EFS team consults with Crowcon sales teams, channel partners and customers to define and quote complex fixed & sample systems tailored to provide application solutions. When an order is received, the EFS team design the system, source and arrange procurement of specialist bought-in components and create manufacturing drawing packs for production. The EFS Project Engineer designs and manages bespoke systems from quotation, sales order entry, through production and testing to despatch.

Our Sales Team is made up as follows:

- Global Sales Director

EFS Team

European Sales Team

UK Sales Team

US Sales Team

Middle East Sales Team

Main Responsibilities:

Create electrical and mechanical design of bespoke systems using multiples of Crowcon control systems and non-standard enclosures.

Compile quotations for EFS systems according to agreed requirements and process while communicating with all stakeholders and meeting deadlines.

Support sales team in pre-sale customer consultations to define system requirements for EFS projects.

Assist with the development of information solutions such as remote ‘HMI’ displays or PLC/DCS communication packages.

Create system configurations to match customer Cause & Effect requirements.

Produce detailed Bills of Materials for systems and enter onto the Crowcon ERP system.

Coordinate with the Production team to ensure systems are assembled according to the EFS schedule and fully tested prior to despatch. Assist with system testing in production where appropriate.

Create and deliver bespoke system Operation and Maintenance Manuals and customer documentation packages.

Respond to stakeholder and customer emails and telephone calls in a timely manager.

Participate in team meetings and support stakeholders and other departments as required.

Customer site attendance for system support where required by the business.

Carry-out any reasonable requests made by your manager.

Participate in training and accreditation courses required for working on customer sites (confined space entry, working at heights etc) and other e-learning required by the company.

Your skills & experience

Degree qualification (or minimum of HNC) in engineering, electronics or equivalent.

Knowledge of electro-mechanical systems and/or instrumentation.

Proficient in using AutoCad and MS Office applications.

Work experience in either a technical sales environment or technical project management.

You are an engineer with strong commercial acumen and good cost estimation skills.

You can interface with customers and internal stakeholders confidently and directly.

You can accurately define and confirm with the customer their needs and ultimately agree the specification.

You can apply sound, methodical project management skills and prioritise your own workload well.

You can manage any customer change requests and track status / progress of the system and build delivery.

You can bring different departments together to efficiently execute agreed customer needs.

Desirable(s):

Desirable: PLC programming experience.

Desirable: knowledge of gas detection systems including on-site experience.

About You

You operate on own initiative and are proactive in your work.

You have exceptional attention to detail.

You inspire with your passion and values.

You are culturally sensitive.

You are a collaborative team player.

You are straightforward and have no interest in politics.

You are curious and challenge the status quo.

Company Benefits

Generous company pension (up to 10.5% matched on a sliding scale)

Company shares

Health cashplan (Medicash)

Eyecare scheme (with Specsavers)

Corporate life insurance

25 days holiday

Your birthday off (after 1 year of service)

3 days holiday purchase

14 weeks paid maternity, paternity, adoption leave

Cycle to work scheme

Subsidised annual bus pass

Annual train ticket payment scheme

Employee assistance programme

Learning and development opportunities

Free parking and subsidised EV charging points