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Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.\nWe 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.\nJohn 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.\nJohn Crane is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to crafting an inclusive environment for all employees.\n We are seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to provide advanced technical support to customers, sales teams, aftermarket operations, and service teams across the UK. Acting as a key technical authority, you will support both OEM and end-user customers by delivering expert engineering solutions, troubleshooting complex issues, and contributing to the successful delivery of customer projects.\nWorking as part of the Regional Engineering team and reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will combine strong technical expertise with customer-facing skills to identify opportunities, solve challenging engineering problems, and support business growth. This role offers the opportunity to mentor junior engineers, work directly with customers, and influence technical decision-making across a broad product portfolio.\nKey Responsibilities\nProvide technical support to customers, Sales, Aftermarket, and Service teams to help secure new business and support existing customer requirements.\nDevelop complex technical proposals by applying process equipment and engineering knowledge, while supporting and mentoring less experienced engineers.\nConduct field troubleshooting and investigation activities, identifying root causes and implementing effective technical solutions.\nMeet directly with customers at site locations to resolve technical challenges and ensure customer satisfaction.\nCarry out product inspections, root cause analysis (RCA), and site surveys in support of OEM projects and aftermarket opportunities.\nAnalyse customer specifications and recommend tailored engineering solutions that meet operational and commercial requirements.\nSupport customer orders throughout the project lifecycle by providing technical clarifications, engineering analysis, and problem resolution.\nDeliver technical justification for engineering decisions through calculations, analysis, and adherence to engineering best practices.\nWork collaboratively with internal stakeholders to ensure successful project execution and delivery.\nMake sound technical decisions that support customer needs while aligning with business objectives.\nEnsure full compliance with company policies, quality standards, ethical practices, and health & safety requirements.\nIdentify and report any unsafe conditions or environmental concerns promptly.\n Degree-qualified in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline.\nProfessional membership or chartered status (e.g., MIMechE, CEng) would be advantageous.\nExtensive relevant engineering experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.\nTechnical Expertise\nBroad engineering knowledge with the ability to support a diverse product portfolio.\nStrong understanding of process equipment and industrial applications.\nExperience interpreting customer specifications and developing technical solutions.\nWorking knowledge of 2D/3D CAD and drafting software (such as Solid Edge).\nUnderstanding of engineering analysis tools including FEA packages (e.g., ANSYS).\nAbility to perform engineering calculations and technical evaluations to support decision-making.\nPractical hands-on engineering experience, including assembly, disassembly, fault finding, and root cause analysis.\nExperience working in customer-facing environments and industrial plant settings.\nProfessional Skills\nStrong customer focus with excellent commercial awareness.\nAbility to understand the commercial impact of engineering decisions and recommendations.\nExcellent technical report writing and documentation skills.\nEffective verbal and written communication skills.\nStrong project management and organisational abilities.\nProven ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.\nExperience coaching and mentoring junior engineers.\n 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.\nAcross 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.\nJoin us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.\nWe 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.\nAt 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. 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