Overview ...
JBT currently has a great opportunity for a Project Engineer to join the ACS Team in Sutton Weaver.
Your role based in the South of the UK will be to co-ordinate, manage and complete project installations AutoCoding software (ACS) solutions and integrated connections of packaging line devices such as printers, check weighers, barcode scanners and vision systems. The day to day duties will be varied in composition including management of customer communications and leadership of project activity, installation of hardware on customer sites, supporting end-users, working with integrators, and conducting site training. The role will also include deployment of software and configuration of systems both remotely via VPN and from clients’ sites throughout the UK and Ireland.
Deployment of our systems is also a key service provided. This involves the full use of AutoCoding’s tools to deploy our software applications to the customer’s server environment and the deployment of the required application stack and associated testing.
The Opportunity ...
Key Tasks and Accountabilities:
- Acting as onsite project lead, for co-ordination activities and relevant communication of project tasks.
- Utilizing your software, electrical and mechanical skills to install, troubleshoot and support the end to end solution to a high standard and in an efficient time scale.
- Configuring hardware devices such as HMIs, PCs, PLCs, Barcode scanners, Vision equipment and industrial coders.
- Fault find on Ethernet and RS232, using electrical and software skills.
- Undertake customer training from the basic line operation to full system training.
- Be able to communicate and lead discussions with a wide customer audience.
- Configure the end to end solution to enable integration from line side through to ERP/ MES type systems.
- Conduct project analysis such as packaging, hardware and system implementation surveys.
- Liaise with the development and solutions teams within the company to allow thorough testing of new devices before drivers are released to site engineers and integrators.
- Identify and escalate issues to relevant departments when necessary.
- To be part of the Out of Hours rota and take calls from customer sites and resolve issues.
Why work at JBT ...
Things we would like to see on your CV ...
- At least 5 years of experience working in an engineering role, preferably a project engineer.
- Have a minimum of NVQ Level 3 in relevant electrical discipline
- Have a minimum of HNC in relevant engineering discipline
- Be able to demonstrate mechanical skills that have been acquired
- Strong appetite to learn and use our own software and 3rd party software systems.
- You will take an innovative approach to problem solving and be able to utilise and share
knowledge with others in the team and across the company.
- A basic understanding of TCP/IP networks
- Ability to prioritise issues and escalate when necessary
- End user and project team training skills
- Excellent client facing skills
- You will be flexible and willing to undertake support across the UK, Europe and potentially other areas of the world.
- Full UK passport and UK driving license
Not required but beneficial…
- Knowledge of other Microsoft SQL tools including SSRS, SSAS, SSIS
- Experience of industrial devices and communication protocols
- Experience with project management philosophies such as Prince2, Agile
- Knowledge and experience with PLCs - Allen Bradley, Omron, Siemens
- Understanding of Vision devices such as Sick, Cognex, Omron
- Another language – German, Spanish, French
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