Service & Commissioning Engineer (Instrumentation)
Location: Chester
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum
Start Date: 2026-04-29
Posted: 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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