Aqua Cooling - Lead Test Engineer
About this role
Testing Engineer Job Role: Testing Engineer Salary: Up to £35,913 (dependant on experience) Reports to: Warehouse Manager Location: Chandlers Ford/Romsey Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week plus overtime as required The Company Established in 2001, Aqua design, supply and install innovative temperature control solutions, across the UK. Our Sales, Hire and Service teams support customers from every industry sector, whether they are looking to purchase, hire or maintain equipment. Products include process chillers, adiabatic, dry air & free coolers, cooling towers, temperature control units, boilers, air conditioning units and portable heaters. As a business, we have a strong focus on energy efficiency and the ability to design completely bespoke solutions. Aqua are proud recipients of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation. The Company has a clearly defined growth plan over the coming years which will offer employees training and development opportunities. Due to our continued growth, we are seeking a highly motivated person to join our teams at Aqua. Main Duties: Verify correct operation of refrigeration circuits and identify abnormal operating condition Carry out full functional testing of hire chillers Complete electrical safety checks and visual inspections Help maintain a clean and safe environment Record test results, faults, repairs and outstanding issues accurately Prioritise workload efficiently to increase the productivity within the test bay Escalate major faults immediately to the Warehouse Manager Provide technical guidance to warehouse staff and other engineers where required Ensure all chillers released for hire meets the company’s quality and safety standards Essential Skills & Person Specification: F gas certification Able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable adjustment. Heavy lifting and standing / walking for long periods of time. Forklift license and experience beneficial but not essential. Basic knowledge of Outlook Willingness to work overtime when necessary Good time keeping and time management skills Good communication skills and ability to work well as a team and on your own. Able to work under pressure with tight deadlines Eager to learn and develop skills Attention to detail and takes pride in their work Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays, with annual leave entitlement increasing with length of service Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 1 year’s service Company sick pay, with enhanced entitlement based on length of service Long service awards Private medical cover after 2 years’ service Enhanced pension contributions after 2 years’ service (Aqua contributes 8%, employee contributes 1%) Gym membership contribution of up to £100 per year Access to Perkbox, our employee benefits and discounts portal Employee Referral Bonus Scheme Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme Discounted legal advice covering matters such as moving house, divorce, bereavement, and personal injury Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Employment Type Full-time: 37.5 hours per week, plus overtime as required Send Your CV Aqua's core values include Transparency We have such strong and enduring customer partnerships because we are always honest. Honest about what solution our customers need, not what we want to sell them, and honest about what it will take to deliver that solution to always manage and deliver against expectations. Responsibility At Aqua we have the opportunity to create real, tangible positive impact for our customers and their business, for their customers and for the environment. We take our role in that seriously and are committed to doing good. Collaboration We know everything about temperature control but our customers know their business better than us. When we work together internally and in partnership with customers to design solutions, success is guaranteed. It is true that power lies in partnerships.
What this role is, and what else it is called
Employers in the UK advertise this kind of work as QA Engineer, Quality Assurance Manager, Test Engineer and QA Tester too, so it is worth searching more than one wording. It is a lead or principal QA & Software Testing role in the UK, advertised without a stated working pattern, which is worth asking about.
How this role compares to the market
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