Thermal Manufacturing Engineer

Telford
1 week ago
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Proactive Personnel are currently recruiting for a Thermal Manufacturing Engineer for a international manufacturing company at their site based in Telford. Our client is a leader in the design, manufacturing and implementation of hyperscale digital infrastructures Partnering with some of the worlds largest cloud, social media and enterprise companies across the glove.

About the role:

As a Thermal Manufacturing Engineer, you will oversee, maintain, and operate multi megawatt liquid cooled production systems, and support production difficulties. The ideal candidate has experience with thermal measurement and is passionate about technology and engineering. Other duties include designing and managing facility scale HVAC systems in a production environment and collecting data from IoT sensor networks such as Temperature, Humidity, and Power.

Duties:

  • Create thermal simulation models from CAD to simulate HVAC systems for rack level, room level, and clean room performance.

  • Program complex fan and pump control systems using large fields of sensor inputs, setting individual thermal limits, and setting fan and pump speed hysteresis controls for smooth steady state operation.

  • Design, improve, and manage manufacturing processes to maximize efficiency and product quality in high density burn in rooms

  • Optimize liquid cooled production lines, troubleshooting equipment failures, implementing quality control standards, and designing new manufacturing systems and workstations.

  • Control costs for liquid production facilities.

  • Interpret sensor log data and analyse presenting into human readable formats but also according to various customer’s specifications using engineering principles.

  • Operate and configure building management systems as pertains to thermal management systems

  • Present test reports to customers and accept customer feedback

  • Perform temperature measurements using thermocouples and IoT sensors.

  • Collect data logs from test tools in Linux or Windows

  • Observe and report unexpected results or possible areas of opportunity

  • Regularly inspect measurement tools and repair or replace as required

    The ideal candidate will have:

    Bachelor’s degree in Thermal Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering with strong emphasis on thermal engineering or equivalent experience.

    Experience with CDUs of all types including Liquid to Liquid, Liquid to Air, and Liquid to Refrigerant.

    Experience designing facility cooling plumbing systems (either chilled water or glycol based)

    Must have built, tested and refined project designs.

    Strong working knowledge of CFD and CAD software.

    Experience with thermocouples, IR cameras, airflow sensors, and power measurement.

    Experience working within a manufacturing environment.

    Experience building personal computers or servers.

    Experience with environmental chambers.

    Fluency in Linux command line operation

    Ability to examine customer requirements documents and build appropriate test plans for manufacturing team.

    Possesses background knowledge of thermal measurement sciences.

    Familiarity of test instruments such as data loggers, volt meters, and power supplies

    Proficiency in building thermal models preferably in Ansys CFD products.

    Works well as a team member but also independently.

    Pays close attention to detail.

    Communicates clearly and effectively verbally and in writing to people without an engineering background.

    Demonstrates intellectual curiosity.

    Exhibits familiarity with proper manufacturing safety procedures.

    Working hours: 8.30am – 5pm, x 2 15mins paid breaks and a 30min unpaid break. 40 hours per week. As this is a US reporting role it may of course mean they need to work flexible hours from time to time.

    This role will require some heavy lifting

    Benefits:

    Salary Circa £55,000

    Level 2 Cash plan benefit via Medicash

    Private medical insurance via Bupa – Full cover

    Group life insurance

    Company Pension

    Management incentive plan payment, 7% of base pay – Annual payment is usually at the start of the year and is based on the company meeting performance/financial targets

    If you are interested in this role or you would like to know more, please apply or call Antony on (phone number removed)

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