Commissioning Engineer in Ben Rhydding, Bradford

Commissioning Engineer – Worldwide Travel – West Yorkshire Base - £40-48k +

40% working away uplift + company car/£570 per month allowance – Total Earnings Estimate - £60-65k

Samuel Frank is recruiting for a Commissioning Engineer to join an established engineering manufacturer based in West Yorkshire. This is an opportunity for an electrically qualified engineer who wants to develop their technical skills, gain international experience and build a long-term career commissioning industrial capital equipment.

Extensive worldwide travel is central to this Commissioning Engineer role. You could spend around half the year working overseas, with assignments commonly lasting four weeks. Destinations include Europe, USA, South America, South Africa, Asia and Australia. These are industrial sites, often far from major cities or tourist destinations.

The successful Commissioning Engineer will have a sound electrical foundation, some exposure to industrial machinery and a genuine appetite to learn. You do not need to be the finished article: the business is prepared to invest in developing the right person.

Commissioning Engineer key skills and experience:

• Electrical engineering qualification, ideally HNC/HND, apprenticeship or equivalent
• Experience with industrial machinery, capital equipment, electrical installation or control panels
• Ability to read electrical schematics and fault-find in industrial control panels
• Some familiarity with PLC systems, ideally Siemens or Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, including software interrogation
• Knowledge of variable speed drives, motors and industrial electrical equipment
• Practical mechanical knowledge beneficial; previous commissioning experience advantageous rather than essential
• Self-motivated, adaptable and keen to learn, with a full UK driving licence

The Commissioning Engineer role:

• Travel worldwide to customer sites to test and commission industrial capital equipment
• Carry out electrical testing, troubleshooting and commissioning of control systems
• Work with PLCs, drives, instrumentation and electrical control panels
• Diagnose electrical, mechanical and process-related faults
• Develop towards managing commissioning activities independently with support from experienced colleagues
• Liaise with customers and installation teams, complete reports and handover documentation
• Support pre-commissioning and project preparation at the Ilkley facility between assignments

Worldwide travel:

• Potentially around half the year away from home, depending on project schedules
• Assignments commonly around four weeks, with some shorter or longer projects
• Site days may last 7.5–10 hours, with Saturday working common during commissioning
• Long-haul travel, industrial locations and extended hotel stays are part of the job
• The company aims to provide time back in the UK between projects
• This is not a home-based role: you must be able to commute to Ilkley when in the UK

Package and development:

• Competitive basic salary dependent on experience and qualifications
• 40% working away allowance based on the usual daily rate for qualifying days
• Company car or £570 per month car allowance (£6,840 per year)
• £50/day subsistence (tax free) when working away
• Time off in lieu for qualifying weekend work and travel
• Long-term technical development in a stable business with a strong international project pipeline

There is no conventional overtime payment: the working away allowance provides the additional earnings for qualifying days.

The Commissioning Engineer position would suit an Electrical Engineer, Junior Commissioning Engineer, Electrical Service Engineer or Controls Engineer ready to take the next step into international project work.

If you are electrically qualified, keen to develop and genuinely enthusiastic about extensive worldwide travel, we would be interested in hearing from you.