Therser UK the UK'S number one specialist manufacturer of industrial kilns & furnaces nears completion of another 28 metre continuous furnace.

• • Service & Commissioning Engineer

    Therser UK Ltd are the UK’s leading manufacturer of Kilns, Furnaces and associated Automation Systems and are recruiting a service / PLC commissioning engineer to join our well established business. Where you will feel a fantastic sense of job security and stability whilst being given support for you to do your job thoroughly. Therser UK are well known within the sector and looking to continue growing our engineering team whist maintaining our great reputation. 

     

  • Role Summary:

     

  • Service / PLC Commissioning Engineer role (field base)

  • Working on Kilns & Furnaces 

  • Fault finding and diagnostics on Kiln & Furnaces

     

    Essential Skills:
• • Previous experience & commissioning background  in the industry preferred

  • Accurate, thorough, consistent, pro-active, assertive

  • Good communication and interpersonal skills

  • Team player

  • Be able to manage a varied workload in an efficient manner

  • Understand engineering & electrical drawings and principles

  • UK Driving License

•      We offer:

  • A challenging and interesting position in a highly innovative and expanding organisation
  • Opportunity to lead and develop cutting edge technology that can have real impact to people‘s lives
  •  Modern working environment
  • Opportunities for personal development
  • Attractive salary and benefits package

• • Process / Manufacturing Engineering Project Manager

    Therser UK Ltd are the UK’s leading manufacturer of Kilns, Furnaces and associated Automation Systems and are recruiting for the following roll to oversee major projects recently awarded.

    Role Summary:

    Working with a multi-disciplined team, this role is focused on managing projects and activities within the manufacturing engineering department to deliver new projects and support existing products for Heat Treatment Equipment. The project manager will co-ordinate and prioritise activities utilising the available resources which may include future direct reports, team members from other departments and sub-contractors. The project manager will be expected to contribute to the development of the engineering team by leading the way in good engineering practises, while adhering to company standards, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.

    Objectives and Responsibilities:

    • Project management including new Heat Treatment Equipment development, product continuous improvement and support of existing products.
    • Maintaining robust project management principles, highlighting risks and identifying mitigating actions to ensure projects and activities are delivered on time and in budget.
    • Responsible for monitoring and reporting on project performance to both internal and external customers.
    • Liaise and co-ordinate with the sales, operations to ensure a successful end-to-end delivery of the project.
    • Resolve design related manufacturing issues with the in-house manufacturing team and sub-contractors.
    • Undertake mechanical design calculations
    • Design of systems based on design-function relationships.
    • To undertake mechanical design calculations that validate the chosen design concepts
    • Take an active role in the development of the engineering department, including novel engineering solutions and new supplier development.
    • Projects are conducted on a global basis, often with interaction with end users and suppliers, so some travel out of the UK is expected.
    • Experience in the development of P&ID (process & instrumentation diagrams) and contributing to HAZOP meetings would be an advantage.

    Primary Task List:

    • Project management
    • Project engineering
    • Process Engineering
    • Continuous development of engineering team / project management

    Qualifications and Experience:

    • Demonstrated hands on project management experience by delivering successful projects.
    • Engineering degree in a mechanical discipline or equivalent qualification.
    • 3D design CAD experience.
    • Demonstrated team management.
    • Experience in working with ISO9001 processes.
    • Demonstrated experience of working with a new product introduction process.
    • Microsoft Office capable (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, projects). Experience in SAP would be beneficial.

    Essential Skills:

    • Accurate, thorough, consistent, pro-active, assertive
    • Good communication and interpersonal skills
    • Team player
    • Be able to manage a varied workload in an efficient manner
    • Understand engineering drawings and principles

    We offer:

    • A challenging and interesting position in a highly innovative and expanding organisation
    • Opportunity to lead and develop cutting edge technology that can have real impact to people‘s lives
    • Modern working environment
    • Opportunities for personal development
    • Attractive salary and benefits package

The UK’s number one Kiln and Furnace manufacturer, Therser UK, have made great strides manufacturing and installing the new 48-metre fast-fire Tunnel Kiln at Churchill, Stoke-on-Trent.

• • Process / Manufacturing Engineering Project Manager

    Therser UK Ltd are the UK’s leading manufacturer of Kilns, Furnaces and associated Automation Systems and are recruiting for the following roll to oversee major projects recently awarded.

    Role Summary:

    Working with a multi-disciplined team, this role is focused on managing projects and activities within the manufacturing engineering department to deliver new projects and support existing products for Heat Treatment Equipment. The project manager will co-ordinate and prioritise activities utilising the available resources which may include future direct reports, team members from other departments and sub-contractors. The project manager will be expected to contribute to the development of the engineering team by leading the way in good engineering practises, while adhering to company standards, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.
    
    

    Objectives and Responsibilities:

    • Project management including new Heat Treatment Equipment development, product continuous improvement and support of existing products.
    • Maintaining robust project management principles, highlighting risks and identifying mitigating actions to ensure projects and activities are delivered on time and in budget.
    • Responsible for monitoring and reporting on project performance to both internal and external customers.
    • Liaise and co-ordinate with the sales, operations to ensure a successful end-to-end delivery of the project.
    • Resolve design related manufacturing issues with the in-house manufacturing team and sub-contractors.
    • Undertake mechanical design calculations
    • Design of systems based on design-function relationships.
    • To undertake mechanical design calculations that validate the chosen design concepts
    • Take an active role in the development of the engineering department, including novel engineering solutions and new supplier development.
    • Projects are conducted on a global basis, often with interaction with end users and suppliers, so some travel out of the UK is expected.
    • Experience in the development of P&ID (process & instrumentation diagrams) and contributing to HAZOP meetings would be an advantage.

    Primary Task List:

    • Project management
    • Project engineering
    • Process Engineering
    • Continuous development of engineering team / project management

    Qualifications and Experience:

    • Demonstrated hands on project management experience by delivering successful projects.
    • Engineering degree in a mechanical discipline or equivalent qualification.
    • 3D design CAD experience.
    • Demonstrated team management.
    • Experience in working with ISO9001 processes.
    • Demonstrated experience of working with a new product introduction process.
    • Microsoft Office capable (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, projects). Experience in SAP would be beneficial.

    Essential Skills:

    • Accurate, thorough, consistent, pro-active, assertive
    • Good communication and interpersonal skills
    • Team player
    • Be able to manage a varied workload in an efficient manner
    • Understand engineering drawings and principles

    We offer:

    • A challenging and interesting position in a highly innovative and expanding organisation
    • Opportunity to lead and develop cutting edge technology that can have real impact to people‘s lives
    • Modern working environment
    • Opportunities for personal development
    • Attractive salary and benefits package

• Therser UK Ltd are the UK’s leading manufacturer of Kilns, Furnaces and associated Automation Systems

  The Role:

  We are looking for a competent design engineer with hands on knowledge of Roller Conveyors, Automation Systems and Robotics Integration. Some of your day to day responsibilities will include; using AutoDesk Inventor to produce designs and subsequently drawings for manufacture, undertaking mechanical design calculations as well as material and equipment specification.

  Other responsibilities:

  - Resolve design related manufacturing issues with the in-house manufacturing team and sub-contractors.

  - Review customer provided tender documentation and asses the compliance of the company’s products.

  - Undertake mechanical design calculations

  - Design of systems based on design-function relationships.

  - To undertake mechanical design calculations that validate the chosen design concepts

  Mechanical Design Engineer Requirements:

  - Experience of working on the design of electro-mechanical machinery. Ideally with an appreciation of pneumatics systems, conveyors or precision mechanical assemblies.

  - A formal mechanical engineering qualification with at least 3 years industry experience.

  - A creative approach with exposure to New Product Development from concept through to production.

  - Hands on experience of a 3D CAD system.

  - Experience in the development of P&ID (process & instrumentation diagrams) and contributing to HAZOP meetings would be an advantage.

  Experience:

  Roller Conveyor and Cad : 3 years (Preferred)

  Education:

  Diploma of Higher Education (Preferred)

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Therser UK are the UK’s number one and largest specialist manufacturer of industrial Kilns and Furnaces. Due to continued growth and exciting times ahead Therser UK are looking for:

• Mechanical/Site Installers
• Fabricator/Welder
  

On behalf of our whole team, we would like to wish our customers and suppliers a joyous Christmas and a prosperous 2020.

We are very much looking forward to exhibiting at the Ceramics UK exhibition and conference both today and tomorrow! Ceramics UK 2019 is the UK’s premier trade show and conference for the ceramics industry and is actually the only free event of its kind in Europe.