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Role: Sales & Service Administrator – Lab Products

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

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 a Sales & Service Administrator to join our Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. t/a Precisa UK provides UKAS & ISO Calibration Services for non-automated weighing equipment up to 400Kg in the UK.  Most of the work involves calibration and service of all makes and models of balances in a wide range of industries.

The role of Sales & Service Administrator requires all functions necessary to support a profitable and effective customer service role for our clients and Precisa engineers.

Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer – Lab Products, the role involves preparation of service quotations, scheduling of engineers, UKAS & ISO certificate issuing, invoicing of service work, processing sales orders, logistics for Precisa UK & Dynamica sales orders and other admin functions which support the business.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Prepare service quotations for customers within 1 month of the proposed visits.
• Order processing for all service orders for Precisa UK & all sales purchase orders for Precisa UK & Dynamica.
• Plan and organise fieldwork schedule with a minimum of 1 month in advance.
• Follow-up with clients when Purchase Orders are not forthcoming and log service work associated with lost and won contracts.
• Check the accuracy of service reports, and other necessary documents which are sent back into the office.
• Issuing ISO & UKAS Calibration certificates to customers.
• Arrange shipment of all Precisa UK & Dynamica sales orders.
• Invoicing Service work and Sales orders upon dispatch.
• Perform general office duties such as answering telephone calls, taking messages, filing and other duties as they arise.
• Report regularly to Chief Commercial Officer – Lab Products with regards to work scheduling, progress of work and necessary actions/follow-ups required.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• General Standard Grade / National 4 level or equivalent qualification in English and Maths.
• Relevant work experience in a similar administrative position.
• Experience and knowledge of accounting systems.
• Well versed in standard office packages such as MS Word and Excel.
• Good organisational and planning skills
• Professional telephone manner
• Self-reliant & self-motivated individual
• Excellent communication skills.

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.

Role: Graduate – Procurement

Location: Livingston

Type: Permanent

Reports To:  Purchasing 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 a Graduate Procurement to join our Livingston Headquarters.

This role is ideally suited to a newly qualified Graduate or equivalent looking to gain experience within Supply Chain with a passion for building a career and be supported to study to gain CIPS.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting into the Purchasing Manager, the Graduate Procurement will be given an overview into the procurement department and be expected to develop strong relationships with the supplier base, the internal customer base, and the internal supply chain with a willingness to continue education through CIPS or similar with a view to further enhance career development. You will support the Purchasing Manager in the day-to-day administrational duties ensuring tasks outlined below are completed to deadlines efficiently and accurately along with working closely with our buyers to ensure we are fulfilling our demand planning including forecasting, MRP, ordering & inventory management.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Assist in the sourcing, procurement, negotiation, and administration of material purchasing.
• Maintain and manage the procurement system for indirect purchasing through buying requisitions.
• Support with the preparation of orders, maintenance of supplier database, products, components, and supplier costs.
• Help progress orders to ensure on-time delivery.
• Assist production department in the maintenance and control of stock material and kiting material for the production department.
• Update and act on purchasing reports from MRP system.
• Ensure purchasing system complies with Company operating procedures and to assist in supplier rating surveys.
• Assist in sourcing new suppliers and facilities.
• Obtain a good understanding of the use of our MRP Winman System & key procurement tools across the Procurement life cycle, including planning, sourcing, cost analysis, negotiation, and the creation of all types of purchase orders.
• Assist with implementation of Process Improvements.
• Monitoring and Managing Key Performance Indicators.
• Undertake any other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• A relevant University degree and an interest in studying for CIPS.
• Initiative and problem-solving mentality.
• Analytical skills.
• Working knowledge and understanding of Microsoft office packages.
• Confidence to collaborate with suppliers.
• Good administrative skills.
• A desire to progress.

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.

Role: Electronics Design Engineer

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

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 Electronics Design Engineer to join our Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The Electronics Design Engineer supports the Project Manager / Program Manager and conducts electronic engineering tasks for new product development, bespoke customer developments and sustainability and product improvement developments.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Undertake the design and development of specified projects / products or sub-systems.
• Produce, maintain, record and ensure safe keeping of computerised design documentation.
• Ensuring the performance and safety of products meet the specified requirements and standards.
• Ensure that projects / developments undertaken comply with international standards, to undertake tests as required and complete the necessary records to meet European requirements for self-certification of Company products (CE mark).
• Provide technical support to other divisions, production or sales teams as required.
• Advise in the specification of electronic aspects of custom designed systems.
• Remain abreast of state-of-the-art electronics technology and products.
• Provide technical support to Production when required (Test/Inspection.)
• Undertake off-site visits for design, consultancy, installation, warranty or maintenance of electronic products, as required.
• Undertake any other duties as required.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Electrical Engineering degree with experience in a design and manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of manufacturing techniques, with design for manufacture, and design for assembly skills.
• Experience of designing component parts and assemblies.
• Engineering configuration management.
• Good team player
• Written and verbal communication skills

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.

Role: Project Engineer

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

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 a Project Engineer to join our Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The Project Engineer supports the Project Manager and conducts optical design, opto-mechanical design and testing of instrument systems and light sources for new product development, bespoke customer developments and sustainability and product improvement developments. Responsibilities also include supporting the Project Manager in the generation and maintenance of technical documentation. The Project Engineer 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:

• Conduct new product developments in the relevant field of spectroscopy or light sources.
• Support bespoke development projects in accordance with directions set by the Project Manager.
• Support sustainability and product improvement developments in accordance with directions set by the Project Manager.
• Conduct development tasks, alignment, optimisation, and validation of instruments. This will include using standard instrumentation, adapting systems to enable customer applications, and providing input and direction for proposed product improvements.
• Work closely with the Project Manager to share knowledge and ensure projects remain on track.
• Support other teams, such as Production, Operations, Applications, Sales and Marketing, if required.
• Create and maintain technical documentation such as manuals and specification data sheets
• Assist with technical papers, data sheets, application notes, devising experimental lab work to produce technical documentation.
• Assist with the approval and communication of new products and product changes, to take account of the impacts on stakeholders (internal and external).
• Undertake any other duties as required.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Master’s degree or higher in relevant scientific discipline and experience of spectroscopy instrumentation development and/or light source development.
• The ability to present ideas and information accurately in a clear and concise manner is important.
• Knowledge and experience of Product Design methodologies would be beneficial.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, software and optical engineers would also be advantageous.

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.

Role: Software Development Engineer

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

Reports To: Software Team Leader

Do you have a degree in software engineering or a related engineering/science discipline? Are you experienced in Microsoft Windows programming with demonstrable UI design skills? Are you passionate about scientific instruments? Do you have experience or are you interested to gain experience in the field of optical spectroscopy instrumentation? Are you looking for a new challenge and opportunity for growth?

If you have answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this could be the role for you!

What You’ll Be Doing?

Reporting into the Software Team Leader, the Software Development Engineer’s will be responsible for the design, development, testing, documentation, and maintenance of system software for our newly developed products.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Contribute to the software development of our new products, including graphical user interface, hardware control, data analysis, data base management and software testing.
• Ensuring that all activities comply with Company quality procedures.
• To propose, implement and demonstrate solutions to problems which may not, given the research & development environment, have clearly defined requirements.
• Keep up to date with current technology and advise the Company on issues that may affect performance and success.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Have a degree in software engineering or a related engineering/science discipline with relevant software development experience.
• Microsoft windows programming experience – specifically in C# (WPF), database management (SQL and SQLite) and entity framework (EF)
• A thorough understanding of object-oriented design methods and patterns
• Demonstrable UI design skills
• Experience of using Source Code Management and Bug tracking tools in a team environment

Other desirable skills include:

• Knowledge of other programming languages such as C++ and Java
• Familiar to agile software development principles and patterns
• Instrumentation – scientific/medical, imaging, hardware interfacing, data acquisition, USB devices, sensors and optical detectors, motor control, etc.
• Graphics – Data visualisation, charting, 3D

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.

Role: Electrical Engineer at Froilabo

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

Part of the Techcomp Europe family, Froilabo develops and manufactures temperature-controlled equipment for sample preparation and preservation in laboratory and industrial applications, including ultra-low-temperature freezers, ovens, and incubators.

With sites in France and Romania and a shared R&D hub at Edinburgh Instruments in Scotland, Froilabo are looking to create a strong engineering team to build the next generation of environmentally-friendly freezers.

To this end, Froilabo are looking to recruit an Electrical Engineer to join our Livingston R&D centre.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The Electrical Engineer designs, tests, and develops electrical systems for refrigeration products, encompassing component selection, distribution of AC/DC power, signal and control wiring, creation of system cable harnesses and wiring diagrams, ensuring product electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility, and supporting overall product reliability.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Primary engineer for electrical system design: Select components, design system electrical layout and wiring, share in developing unit control systems, ensure the safety and reliability of the electrical subsystem supports the overall system’s safety and reliability.
• Ensure electrical design fulfills relevant regulatory requirements and standards and exceeds them where appropriate.
• Document system wiring and cable harnesses for transfer to production. Ensure product manufacturing and service needs are considered and incorporated during design. Develop test methods for production where appropriate in conjunction with the Production Engineers.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Relevant experience in electrical engineering design and development, with demonstrated competence in system wiring design and accompanying documentation. Any suitable combination of practical experience and education will be considered, with an emphasis on experience.
• Knowledge of control systems, including relay logic and fail-safe design principles. Demonstrated competence in designing systems to be safe, robust, and reliable, as well as putting in place appropriate testing to prove the same.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and standards, including electrical safety and EMC, and their implications for design and test; able to identify and apply relevant requirements for markets outside the UK and European Union.

We’d Also Love to See

• Industrial equipment design experience preferred; otherwise, experience with design of systems containing mains-powered rotating equipment, heating elements, etc., preference for products in series production rather than bespoke installations.
• PLC programming experience a plus. Opportunity for growth in this area based on Engineer’s career development interests.
• ATEX or Medical Device design experience a plus.

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.

Applications for vacancies advertised or speculative CVs are welcomed to jobs@edinst.com.