Staff Engineer, Regional Engineering UK
Key Skills for This Role
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to customers, Sales, Aftermarket, and Service teams to help secure new business and support existing customer requirements.
- Develop complex technical proposals by applying process equipment and engineering knowledge, while supporting and mentoring less experienced engineers.
- Conduct field troubleshooting and investigation activities, identifying root causes and implementing effective technical solutions.
- Meet directly with customers at site locations to resolve technical challenges and ensure customer satisfaction.
- Carry out product inspections, root cause analysis (RCA), and site surveys in support of OEM projects and aftermarket opportunities.
- Analyse customer specifications and recommend tailored engineering solutions that meet operational and commercial requirements.
- Support customer orders throughout the project lifecycle by providing technical clarifications, engineering analysis, and problem resolution.
- Deliver technical justification for engineering decisions through calculations, analysis, and adherence to engineering best practices.
- Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to ensure successful project execution and delivery.
- Make sound technical decisions that support customer needs while aligning with business objectives.
- Ensure full compliance with company policies, quality standards, ethical practices, and health & safety requirements.
- Identify and report any unsafe conditions or environmental concerns promptly.
- Technical Expertise
- Professional Skills
- With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.
- Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.
- Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.
- We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
- At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website ( Careers - Smiths Group plc )
- John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.
- We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.
- John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.
- John Crane is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to crafting an inclusive environment for all employees.
Qualifications
- Degree-qualified in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline.
- Professional membership or chartered status (e.g., MIMechE, CEng) would be advantageous.
- Extensive relevant engineering experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Broad engineering knowledge with the ability to support a diverse product portfolio.
- Strong understanding of process equipment and industrial applications.
- Experience interpreting customer specifications and developing technical solutions.
- Working knowledge of 2D/3D CAD and drafting software (such as Solid Edge).
- Understanding of engineering analysis tools including FEA packages (e.g., ANSYS).
- Ability to perform engineering calculations and technical evaluations to support decision-making.
- Practical hands-on engineering experience, including assembly, disassembly, fault finding, and root cause analysis.
- Experience working in customer-facing environments and industrial plant settings.
- Strong customer focus with excellent commercial awareness.
- Ability to understand the commercial impact of engineering decisions and recommendations.
- Excellent technical report writing and documentation skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong project management and organisational abilities.
- Proven ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience coaching and mentoring junior engineers.
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