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For 50 years Edinburgh Instruments has been providing customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities with the best fluorescence spectroscopy products in the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness and high performance and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand in this growing worldwide marketplace.
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Role: Digital Marketing Content Officer Edinburgh Instruments is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe. We are immensely proud of our heritage; for over 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide. We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Digital Marketing Content Officer to join our Marketing Department at our Livingston base in the UK. What You’ll Be doing As part of the Marketing and Communications team the Digital Marketing Content Officer plays a key role in raising the profile and awareness of Edinburgh Instruments and the Techcomp Lab Products brands through the implementation and coordination of a range of digital content marketing, communications and activity, with particular responsibility for coordinating the digital online marketing activity. They will be responsible for digital content creation and management, and for developing and maintaining the digital content presence of the businesses on its websites, social media and at events. Furthermore, they will work as a bridge between the digital marketing and the design and graphics team and will work closely with colleagues from product, technical scientists and research and development. Our business is in a strong growth phase with a progressive and contemporary outlook. We aim to develop our digital strategy and engage clients and customers through compelling digital content that communicates our core proposition and product narrative. The Digital Marketing Content Officer will be required to join up website design, content, creative digital features and new technologies. In addition to creating and managing a DAM system, which will be implemented across the Techcomp Europe group. Key Responsibilities will include: What You’ll Need to Bring Other Things We’d Like to See Why Us? This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 hr flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, pension scheme, paid holidays, employee discount scheme, cycle to work, subsidised gym membership and group life, permanent health & private medical insurance. As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
Digital Marketing Content Officer
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. Hybrid working.
Salary: £DOE, includes benefits, bonus and pension
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Role: Instrumentation Development Scientist Location: Livingston Type: Permanent Reports To: Project Manager Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe. We are immensely proud of our heritage; for 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide. Edinburgh Instruments are looking to recruit an Instrumentation Development Scientist to join our Livingston Headquarters. What You’ll Be Doing The Instrumentation Development Scientist supports the Project Manager and conducts instrumentational development tasks for new products, bespoke customer requests and sustainability and product improvements. The Instrumentation Development Scientist works in a team with mechanical, optical, electrical and software engineers and will communicate to other teams such as marketing, applications, sales, operations, and production, as required. Key responsibilities will include: What You’ll Need to Bring Other desirable skills include: Why Us? This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays and subsidised gym membership. As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
Instrumentation Development Scientist
Optical Product Engineer (Operations)
Role: Optical Product Engineer (Operations)
Location: Livingston
Type: Permanent
Reports To: Product Manager – Operations
Have you recently graduated with a degree in physics or electrical engineering and have a good understanding of optics? Do you have previous research experience using optical spectroscopy techniques? Or perhaps experience at a component level, for example building an optical system in a lab? Are you confident, enthusiastic and enjoy customer interaction and international travel?
If you have answered ‘yes’ to these questions, then this could be the role for you.
What You’ll Be Doing
Reporting into the Product Manager – Operations, this role covers the most important facets of our customer-facing agenda. Coupled with rigorous in-house final-testing of our custom spectrometer products to ensure they meet the demanding specifications.
As a member of the Service & Operations Team, the successful candidate will be enthused to act as an ambassador for our company, and conduct installation, training and service support visits to our customer-base. They will also provide technical support, customer feedback and give views on development strategy relating to our growing product range.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Conduct final test, product installation, training and servicing work for fluorescence spectrometer products at our customer location.
- Undertake the repair and servicing of our fluorescence spectrometer products.
- Responsible for final-stage testing of spectrometer products within production area.
- Involved in the continuing development/improvement of luminescence spectrometers and custom designed analytical instrumentation.
What You’ll Need to Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in a physics or Electrical Engineering with a good knowledge of optics. A higher degree such as an MSc/PhD in Chemistry, Material Science, Physics would be a distinct advantage.
- Previous research experience using optical spectroscopy techniques such as photoluminescence or Raman spectroscopy/microscopy is a benefit.
- Experience of these spectroscopy techniques at a component level, such as building an optical system in a lab, would be a particular advantage.
- A willingness to travel. This role requires a level of extended international travel which may be up to 14 nights at any one time. The travel expectations are around 7 nights per month (after the initial training period of 6 months).
- Takes ownership of customer problems and issues and work to resolve them.
- Capability to provide simple solutions to technical problems and based on customer requirements.
- Enthusiasm, confidence and professionalism with excellent communication and interpersonal skills is an important part of this role.
- Responsiveness and focus, combined with attention to detail are essential.
- Self-motivated, able to work under pressure, with the ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines with proven analytical and numerical skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision as well as part of a larger team.
- Excellent technical writing and presentation skills.
Why Us?
Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe.
We are immensely proud of our heritage; for 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide.
This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays and subsidised gym membership.
As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
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