Service & Commissioning Engineer (Instrumentation)

Service & Commissioning Engineer (Instrumentation)

Location: ChesterContract: PermanentSalary: £40,000 – £45,000 per annumStart Date: 2026-04-29Posted: 1 day ago

Benefits

• £43,000 salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Life Insurance
• Pension: 4% Employee and 5% Employer
• Private Health Care (employee only)
• Long Service Annual Leave Accrual
• Overtime where applicable

What you will be doing

• Provide technical support to clients and service engineers via phone and email
• Calibrate, repair and service GC instrumentation
• Prepare test equipment and support FATs with clients present
• Assist with pre-commissioning and commissioning activities on site and in-house
• Deliver remote support for reactive maintenance
• Strip down and overhaul gas analysers, regulators and control valves
• Carry out PLC/flow computer programming, configuration and fault finding
• Compile reports and documentation for all customer activities
• Support technically complex customer orders and internal teams
• Join a 24/7 helpline rota once trained

Where you’ll be doing it

You will be working for a specialist engineering business supporting customers across the gas and instrumentation sector. The role combines laboratory work with occasional site visits, offering a varied and hands‑on environment.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a technical role within the gas industry
• Experience or knowledge of PLCs
• Strong fault‑finding and diagnostic skills
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• HNC/HND in Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Engineering, or similar experience
• GCSEs including Maths, English and Science
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office

Desirable

• Experience with odourisation systems or chromatography
• 18th Edition / Inspection & Test / Compex
• Project or order management experience

Vacancy Contact: Ben Evans (ben.evans@russell-taylor.co.uk)

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