One of our core clients, an expert in Hydraulic Systems and Solutions, is looking for a Hydraulic engineer to join their team in Gateshead
The Hydraulic Engineers duties are to lead a job or a project from the enquiry stage to its successful completion and supervise technicians to ensure quality, lead time and financial objectives are met or exceeded. Engineering projects will require a high level of attention to detail, responsiveness, technical check, and management of documentation. The scope of the engineering builds may include hydraulic power units, control consoles, bespoke hydraulic systems, and manifolds.
The Hydraulic Engineer will be responsible for providing the technical information to the customer, suppliers, subcontractors, and on-site/workshop hydraulic technicians. They must ensure a clear system functional understanding from all the different persons involved in the project, approve sub-contractors design, and get the customer design approval via the produced documents and following our design procedure.
The Hydraulic Engineer will be responsible for maintaining communication and documentation control between the customer, suppliers, sub-contractors, on-site/workshop hydraulic technicians, preparing all the technical documents, work instructions and RAMS, technical specifications, tracking material shortages, compiling document packs (paper and electronic), and assisting with material and equipment preparation.
As part of this role, the Hydraulic Engineer will work in the workshop and on-site. They will be involved in activities such as commissioning, fault finding, mechanical assembly, hoses manufacture, rigid piping, flushing and pressure testing.
Main Responsibilities
1. Project Management
2. Project planning
3. Keep the job on track to meet financial objectives and deadlines
4. Review and clarify customer requirements
5. Make quotations
6. Ensure feasibility
7. Provide technical guidance to the customer
8. Prepare hydraulic schematics & bill of material
9. Prepare engineering drawings or give clear design instructions to the draughtsman
10. Work out calculations
11. Select and size components
12. Optimize system performance and cost
13. Resolve problems and improve manufacturability and serviceability of products
14. Procurements following projects technical, financial and time requirements
15. Prepare technical specification for sub-contractors
16. Approve subcontractors design
17. Check delivered goods on projects
18. Preparation of the work file prior to start the job:
19. Prepare detailed work instructions & risk assessments
20. Prepare drawings, hydraulic schematics and BOMs
21. Plan workshop/onsite work and prepare required tooling
22. Plan resources on the workload
23. Brief operational team prior to starting a job
24. Support operational team for technical operations
25. Filling/Verifying paperwork during the job
26. Ensure compliance with customer requirements
27. Control work after completion and issue the as build final documents
28. Prepare the OMM Operation and Maintenance Manual
29. Compilation of the Documentation Pack
30. Review the project KPIs for debriefing