Test Engineer - Fire Suppression

BSI Group ,
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Overview

Job Description

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Testing Laboratories in Hemel Hempstead, working as a Test Engineer within the Fire Suppression testing team. This role offers real diversity and variety, where one minute you'll be in the lab undertaking some precision measurements and the next you'll be discussing testing requirements with a client. Strong communication and project management skills are at the heart of this role. You'll have constant interaction and engagement with clients at a variety of levels, from technicians to directors. This role is perfect for an engineer with a mechanical engineering or fire suppression background who is able to apply their technical ability in a client focused role. Do you believe the world deserves excellence? BSI (British Standards Institution) is the business standards company that equips businesses with the necessary solutions to turn standards of best practice into habits of excellence. Renowned for its marks of excellence including the consumer recognised BSI Kitemark, BSI's influence spans multiple sectors including Aerospace, Automotive, Built Environment, Food, Healthcare and ICT. With over 80,000 clients in 172 countries, BSI is an organisation whose standards inspire excellence across the globe. To be successful in this role you'll need the skills to build relationships with our clients, understand their requirements and then deliver this work autonomously. You will have experience ideally in Fire Suppression or similar or a background in mechanical engineering. You'll be managing multiple projects and audit work so strong project management skills are a must. With this you'll need to use your strong interpersonal skills to confidently present findings to our clients about their products. In addition you'll ideally be: + Resourceful and solution orientated + Customer focussed + Proactive and flexible + Great attention to detail + Qualified to at least HND level in a mechanical engineering discipline What we offer: We offer a highly competitive starting salary. We are offering 27 days annual leave with the opportunity to increase this to 30 days, company-paid private medical insurance, an excellent company-contributed pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your life-style. Take a look at our excellent UK Benefits External Closing Date: 29/5/2019 Externally Advertised Salary: Up to 28,000 External Company Name: British Standards Institution, The Street: Kitemark House