Engineering Support (Assistant)

Salary: £26,000 per year

The role:

BSRIA has over 60 years of specialist HVAC consultancy and product test experience. BSRIA is the ideal partner for HVAC Product Testing and Technical research, offering solutions tailored for customers’ applications, from standalone test or consultancy to a completely integrated solution. Offering a unique combination of one of the UK’s leading UKAS accredited test facilities with specialist global leading test engineers and industry leading consultants BSRIA is ideally placed to offer a solution that provides the independent and authoritative technical input and support that allows our customers to achieve their objectives working with one partner.

The role of Engineering Support will be to carry out testing and commissioning for a range of clients in the built environment. This includes assisting with building of test rigs, using test instrumentation and assisting with the production of reports for clients. In this position you will be working in a friendly environment as part of the Test House.

As Engineering Support your main duties will be to:

· Be responsible for housekeeping activities in the laboratory including preparation of instrumentation, test rigs and test samples

· Assist with the construction, maintenance and operation of test rigs

· Assist with testing of heating, ventilation air-conditioning and refrigeration products and systems

· Assist with carrying out standard laboratory, bespoke site-based investigations and physical mock-ups

· Assist with reviewing test data and preparing reports

· Ensure that the work of the section is properly documented and filed, complying with formal procedures

· Ensure the tasks undertaken within the Section are performed efficiently and to high technical and quality levels in accordance with the required standards

· Ensure compliance with all Health and Safety requirements

· Seek and promote opportunities for new work

· Perform other job-related duties as assigned

The successful candidate:

To be successful in this role you will possess the following Skills and Knowledge:

· Ability to fulfil routine tasks and seek help when and where necessary

· Ability to approach tasks positively with confidence and enthusiasm

· Good Time-Management skills i.e. ability to manage workload and prioritise tasks

· Co-operative attitude to work colleagues

· Pragmatic with a flexible approach

· Must be articulate and be able to express yourself clearly

· PC literate and numerate

· Report writing skills

· Current driving licence

· Academic and professional qualifications including working in accordance with ISO 17025 and ISO 9001 Quality Management systems advantageous

Employment Specifics:

This role’s working pattern is 37 hours per week, Mon – Thursday 8.30am-5pm and on Friday 8.30am-4.30pm

This is an office-based role

Type: Full Time. Permanent

Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance – 4 times annual gross reference salary (after confirmation), 26 Annual Holidays (pro-rata) and additional 8 Bank Holidays etc.

Location: Bracknell

Application Closure Date: NA

Special Note:

Due to Covid we are currently using mixed approach for interviews.

will be held online or face to face, where suitable.

We operate as a Covid secured workplace and adhere to government guidelines.

please apply.

About BSRIA

Who we are:

BSRIA (owned by The Building Services Research and Information Association) was founded in 1955 and is an ISO 9001 Registered test, instruments, research and consultancy organisation, providing specialist services in construction and building services. As a non-profit distributing, member-based association, clients can be assured of our independent approach and authoritative reputation. Any profits made are invested in our on-going research programme, producing industry recognised best practice guidance.

We employ talented professionals at our head office in Bracknell (UK), at BSRIA North in Preston, at regionally based construction compliance offices throughout the UK; at offices in France, China, USA; and Associates in Northern Ireland, Japan, Brazil and Australia.

we are a unique business. We not only deal with basic engineering issues, we also build on those because of the research we do. We work on climate change and energy efficiency in its utmost sophisticated form as well as its basic form, doing such things as air tightness testing, which makes us very sophisticated and diverse in what we do.

BSRIA has accreditation, membership and affiliations of many bodies, showing commitment to best practice and a qualified provider for many services.

Whilst we are rightly proud of our heritage and want to celebrate the wonderful achievements of the past, we continue to look forward to where the industry is heading and the challenges that lie there. With that in mind we endeavour to recruit the industry best talent to become part of our journey of professional excellence.

Reference ID: 1015

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £26,000per year.00 per year

Benefits:

* Bike to work scheme

* Life insurance

* On-site parking

* Referral programme

* Sick pay

Schedule:

* Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
We follow Covid-Secure guidelines.

Experience:

* testing: 1 year (preferred)

Work remotely:

* No