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Fort Recruitment Birkenhead, Merseyside
29/09/2026
Full time
We are seeking a Data Engineer for a leading marine energy company based on Merseyside but operating globally to its maritime clients. The company provides battery and hybrid energy solutions that are used across the maritime industry. They offer products worldwide supported by remote and on-site monitoring to ensure a first-class customer service. Data Engineer - The Role This is a full-time permanent position working for an outstanding Company who will provide full training The role operates the observability and data infrastructure behind an industrial energy-telemetry platform. You will collect and process large volumes of operational data and use that data to build internal tools, analytics, monitoring systems, and new products. The role covers the complete data lifecycle, from ingestion and storage to transformation, analysis, visualization, and integration with end-user applications. Specific tools matter less to us than engineering judgment, ownership, and a demonstrated ability to operate reliable data systems. You will learn the details of our stack regardless of which technologies you have used previously. What you will do Design, develop, and maintain reliable data ingestion and transformation pipelines Process time-series, event, telemetry, and operational datasets Build and operate ETL and ELT workflows Extract data from heterogeneous, incomplete, or sensitive sources Transform raw data into reliable, documented, and usable data models Maintain production data pipelines and resolve failures affecting ingestion, transformation, storage, or delivery Investigate performance degradation in queries, storage systems, and data-processing jobs Build dashboards, alerts, notifications, and other observability tools used in daily operations Convert operational data into analysis, internal tools, customer-facing functionality, or new products Integrate data platforms with custom software, industrial systems, and external APIs Work with cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and secrets management Improve the reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency of the data platform Data Engineer - The Candidate Preferred experience Strong Python development skills Strong understanding of data modelling and data analysis Experience operating large time-series and/or event datasets Experience designing and operating ETL or ELT pipelines Experience working with data ingestion, transformation, storage, and delivery Experience diagnosing and resolving failures in production data systems Experience building dashboards, alerts, notifications, or operational observability systems Experience integrating software systems through APIs Understanding of cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, secrets, and access control Experience working with production systems where reliability and data correctness are critical Strong SQL skills Understanding of data quality, validation, schema evolution, and failure recovery Experience using Git and collaborative software-development workflows Data Engineer - Benefits A starting salary of £50,000pa. The salary is then increased as you progress through training to £52,500pa after 6 months and £55,000pa after 1 year Private Medical and Dental Insurance 22 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) Personal Pension Scheme If you think you have the necessary skills for this Data Engineer role then please apply today.
Fort Recruitment Birkenhead, Merseyside
29/09/2026
Full time
We are seeking an Applications Engineer for a leading marine energy company based on Merseyside but operating globally to its maritime clients. The company provides battery and hybrid energy solutions that are used across the maritime industry. They offer products worldwide supported by remote and on-site monitoring to ensure a first-class customer service. Applications Engineer - The Role The role manages multiple concurrent customer projects and serves as the primary technical interface between customers and internal teams, ensuring customer requirements are translated into practical, reliable, and standardized system solutions. In addition to engineering responsibilities, the Applications Engineer plays a key role in project commissioning, working closely with the Lead Commissioning Engineer to provide on-site technical leadership during installation, commissioning, testing, and customer acceptance. What you will do This role requires frequent international travel to customer sites, shipyards, and project locations worldwide. Travel is expected to account for approximately 100 days per year, supporting activities including Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), installation, commissioning, Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), sea trials, customer acceptance, and technical support. Serve as the primary technical interface between customers and internal teams throughout the project lifecycle. Lead the technical execution of multiple concurrent Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects from project handover through commissioning, customer acceptance, and service handover. Review customer specifications, project requirements, and applicable standards to develop technically compliant and optimized system solutions. Develop and coordinate system concepts, layouts, interfaces, engineering deliverables, and technical documentation. Coordinate with Project Management, R&D, Production, Procurement, Installation, Commissioning, and Service teams to ensure successful project execution. Identify, track, and resolve technical issues throughout project execution in collaboration with internal engineering teams. Review engineering deliverables to ensure quality, functionality, manufacturability, serviceability, and compliance with applicable standards and company practices. Evaluate technical changes and assess their impact on cost, schedule, product standardization, and customer requirements. Plan, prepare, and support or lead Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), installation, commissioning, Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), sea trials, and final customer acceptance. Configure and commission Battery Management System (BMS) software and project-specific parameters, ensuring systems are installed and operate in accordance with the approved design. Provide technical leadership during on-site installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and system optimization, while supporting AYK Installation, Commissioning, and Service teams. Maintain accurate project documentation, technical records, commissioning reports, and customer correspondence. Plan and prioritize multiple concurrent projects to achieve project milestones while maintaining high engineering quality. Contribute to continuous improvement of products, engineering standards, processes, tools, and best practices. Applications Engineer - The Candidate Preferred experience Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Energy Systems, or a related engineering discipline Experience with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), power systems, marine electrical systems, industrial automation, or similar technologies is preferred Experience with system commissioning, troubleshooting, or field engineering is highly desirable Good understanding of electrical system integration and engineering documentation Knowledge of marine classification society rules and international standards is an advantage Experience with engineering software such as AutoCAD or equivalent design tools is desirable Willingness and ability to travel internationally for approximately 100 days per year Applications Engineer - Benefits A starting salary of £60,000pa. The salary is then increased as you progress through training to £62,500pa after 6 months and £65,000pa after 1 year Private Medical and Dental Insurance 22 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) Personal Pension Scheme If you think you have the necessary skills for this Applications Engineer role then please apply today.
Fort Recruitment Birkenhead, Merseyside
28/09/2026
Full time
We are seeking a Firmware Developer for a leading marine energy company based on Merseyside but operating globally to its maritime clients. The company provides battery and hybrid energy solutions that are used across the maritime industry. They offer products worldwide supported by remote and on-site monitoring to ensure a first-class customer service. Firmware Developer - The Role This is a full-time permanent position working for an outstanding Company who will provide full training The successful candidate will be building and maintaining embedded software for industrial systems and connected hardware products The role involves low-level software development, real-time systems, microcontroller peripherals, communication protocols, hardware debugging, and close collaboration with electronics and systems engineers You will work across the full firmware lifecycle: requirements analysis, architecture, implementation, hardware bring-up, debugging, optimization, testing, and production support What you will do Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded firmware in C Develop software for ARM Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M4 microcontrollers Build and maintain applications running on FreeRTOS. Design reliable multithreaded and event-driven firmware Implement and debug communication interfaces, including UART, SPI, I2C, and Ethernet Work with MCU peripherals such as ADCs, DACs, timers, interrupts, watchdogs, and DMA Integrate and maintain TCP/IP networking using the lwIP stack Perform hardware bring-up and debug interactions between firmware and electronics. Analyze and resolve timing, memory, performance, and stability issues Optimize firmware for execution speed, memory consumption, and power consumption. Develop diagnostics, logging, firmware update, and fault-handling mechanisms Read electrical schematics and collaborate with hardware engineers Use oscilloscopes, multimeters, signal generators, and other laboratory equipment during development and troubleshooting Participate in code reviews and maintain firmware development standards Use Git for branching, merging, release management, and collaborative development Support system integration, validation, manufacturing, and field troubleshooting Create and maintain technical documentation Firmware Developer - The Candidate Preferred experience Strong proficiency in C Commercial experience developing embedded firmware Experience with ARM Cortex-M0 and/or Cortex-M4 microcontrollers Experience with FreeRTOS or a comparable real-time operating system Solid understanding of multithreaded and concurrent programming Experience with UART, SPI, I2C, and Ethernet Experience working with ADCs, DACs, timers, DMA, interrupts, and other MCU peripherals Understanding of TCP/IP networking Experience using the lwIP library or a comparable embedded TCP/IP stack Ability to debug firmware using hardware debugging tools Ability to optimize firmware for execution speed, memory usage, and power consumption Practical understanding of electronic components, including resistors, capacitors, MOSFETs, operational amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, and digital logic ICs Ability to read and understand electrical schematics Experience using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and signal generators Professional experience with Git Firmware Developer - Benefits A starting salary of £55,000pa The salary is then increased as you progress through training to £57,500pa after 6 months and £60,000pa after 1 year Private Health and Dental Insurance 22 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) Personal Pension Scheme If you think you have the necessary skills for this Firmware Developer role then please apply today.
Fort Recruitment Birkenhead, Merseyside
28/09/2026
Full time
We are seeking a Senior System and Network Administrator for a leading marine energy company based on Merseyside but operating globally to its maritime clients. The company provides battery and hybrid energy solutions that are used across the maritime industry. They offer products worldwide supported by remote and on-site monitoring to ensure a first-class customer service. Senior System and Network Administrator - The Role This is a full-time permanent position working for an outstanding Company who will provide full training The successful candidate will take ownership of the company s IT infrastructure, networks, cloud environments, servers, monitoring systems, and core internal services. This is a hands-on senior role covering network architecture, network security, Linux administration, AWS infrastructure, DNS, email systems, monitoring, backup, access control, incident response, and infrastructure automation. The administrator will be expected not only to maintain existing systems, but also to improve their architecture, security, reliability, documentation, and operational efficiency. What you will do Design, operate, and improve office, production, laboratory, and remote-access network infrastructure. Define network architecture, address plans, routing, segmentation, and security boundaries. Configure and maintain switches, routers, firewalls, wireless networks, VPN gateways, and related network equipment. Implement VLANs, routing policies, firewall rules, NAT, site-to-site VPNs, and remote-access VPNs. Maintain secure connectivity between offices, cloud environments, industrial systems, development infrastructure, and remote users. Administer Ubuntu and other Linux-based servers. Manage AWS infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, IAM, security groups, backups, and monitoring. Administer DNS zones, domain registrations, records, certificates, and related infrastructure. Maintain company email infrastructure and email-delivery configuration. Manage mail routing, authentication, anti-spam controls, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and troubleshooting of delivery issues. Operate monitoring and alerting infrastructure using Zabbix and related tools. Define monitoring coverage for servers, networks, services, certificates, backups, storage, and cloud resources. Develop Bash scripts and other automation for provisioning, maintenance, monitoring, and incident response. Manage user accounts, permissions, SSH access, privileged access, service accounts, and access revocation. Maintain backup and disaster-recovery systems. Regularly test backup restoration and disaster-recovery procedures. Perform server hardening, vulnerability remediation, patch management, and security reviews. Senior System and Network Administrator - The Candidate Preferred experience Senior-level experience in system administration, network administration, or infrastructure engineering. Strong knowledge of network architecture and network design. Strong understanding of TCP/IP, IPv4, subnetting, routing, switching, VLANs, NAT, DNS, DHCP, and VPN technologies. Experience configuring and maintaining firewalls, routers, switches, and wireless networks. Strong Ubuntu and Linux administration skills. Strong Bash scripting skills. Experience managing Linux services, systemd, package management, storage, networking, permissions, and logs. Practical AWS administration experience. Understanding of AWS networking, IAM, security groups, compute, storage, monitoring, and backup. Experience administering public and private DNS. Experience administering mail servers or enterprise email infrastructure. Understanding of SMTP, IMAP, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, mail relays, spam filtering, and email-delivery troubleshooting. Senior System and Network Administrator - Benefits A starting salary of £50,000pa. The salary is then increased as you progress through training to £52,500pa after 6 months and £55,000pa after 1 year Private Medical and Dental Insurance 22 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) Personal Pension Scheme If you think you have the necessary skills for this Senior System and Network Administrator role then please apply today.