Skratch - Industry leaders for innovative digital display solutions for retail and digital out of home.
Skratch, an LB Foster Company, prides itself on being the best in the industry providing specialist digital services, and
installations of digital signage in multiple industries. We maintain and support our clients with a resolute engineering
team and with bespoke software solutions. Established in 2004 and based in Telford, Shropshire, Skratch is a growing
team, focusing on increasing the diverse range of skills to deliver first-class service for all our clients. We are centrally
located to enable our engineers to attend all UK and Europe client locations.
Skratch is an L.B. Foster company who is a Nasdaq listed PLC, operating out of headquarters in Pittsburgh PA, with
operations across North America, Brazil, China & the UK. The company provides rail, construction, and energy markets
with innovative solutions to build and maintain their critical infrastructure.
L.B. Foster’s UK business has operations in Sheffield, London, Nottingham as well as Telford. The business provides
technology-based services and solutions for Telecoms, Fire Management, Automation & Materials Handling, Electrical
Wiring & Control Rooms, and Digital Display. We serve a range of blue-chip customers across markets such as Rail,
Defence, Retail, Leisure, Manufacturing, Power Generation and Airports.
We support flexibility in the workplace and have adopted a virtual working approach for most of our office-based roles.
We ask employees to be present in the office to suit their role and the task/team with which they are engaged.
Project Engineer Responsibilities:
The Project Engineer is responsible for applying technical expertise to create detailed and accurate quotations, including
part numbers and operational hours. This role supports the tendering process by ensuring that all quotations are precise
and correctly entered into the Visual ERP system, while offering problem solving and creative solutions to Customer
RFQ’s. The Project Engineer also provides technical guidance to the project team, ensuring a smooth transition during the
sales handover process. Additionally, ensuring all part numbers and associated costs are accurately uploaded into the
Visual ERP system for effective project tracking and management.
Indicative Responsibilities Include:
1. Creation of quotations in Visual ERP software
2. Create detailed BOM (Bill of Materials) within Visual ERP, at either Quotation or if only budgetary at quotation at
receipt of a customer PO.
3. Ensure the part numbers have associated costs, lead times, and vendor IDs to ensure the supply chain team can
accurately purchase parts on time and on budget
4. Provide accurate and detailed sales handover to the Project team to ensure the team meet our customer’s needs
(on time, on quality, on cost and in full)
5. Provide technical support to both the Sales and Project teams, making sure all project details are clearly
communicated across the team.
6. Creative thinking to support customer opportunities and help win tenders. This may mean researching new
technology or software solutions outside of our standard product range.
7. Collaborate with cross functional teams to problem solve and support continuous improvement initiatives.
8. Ensure that cost estimates are accurate and reflect current market rates for materials and services
9. You will be able to converse professionally with suppliers and customers to ensure detailed technical information
is clearly transmitted from our customers and to our suppliers or internal colleagues
10. Attend onsite client meetings to agree scope, feasibility and areas of improvement
Experience, Education & License Requirements:
1. Good technical understanding of lighting, visual displays and creative media solutions
2. Hands on experience installing lighting, visual displays and creative media solutions
3. Experience with the creation of technical quotations
4. Experience with ERP systems (in particular Infor Visual) is desirable
5. Confident in the use of Microsoft office Word, Excel and PowerPoint
6. Experience working with varied teams across multiple departments
7. Industry Knowledge
Skills & Abilities:
1. Strong problem and analytical skills
2. Excellent communication skills
3. Ability to explain complex info to non-experts.
4. Good presentation and training skills
5. Meticulous approach to activity planning and work tasks
6. Ability to prioritise appropriately
Competencies:
1. Organised
2. Attention to detail
3. Strong team player
4. Maintains compliance
5. Strong interpersonal skills
What you can expect from Skratch an LB Foster Company:
As Industry leaders for innovative digital display solutions for retail and digital out of home, we believe our people are
our biggest asset and we will invest in your development to achieve your career goals. In addition, we offer:
1. Competitive Salaries
2. EMIP Bonus – Employee Incentive program
3. Company Pension Scheme
4. 33 Days annual Leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
5. Access to internal training courses and the ability to study towards professional qualification.
6. Employee Assistance Program
7. Service awards
8. Death in Service Benefit
9. Free Parking facilities
10. Hybrid working (where applicable)
11. Flexible working
12. Refer a friend scheme
Our principles form the basis of our culture, and our People Policy ensures we provide everyone with a rewarding, fair
and sustainable environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We want to recruit, hire, train
and promote into all job levels, the most qualified applicants regardless of race, sex, colour, religion, gender, national
origin, sexual orientation, disability, or any other legally protected status.
The closing date for this position is 8th April 2025. However, if we receive the required number of applications prior to the closing date, the position may be closed earlier.
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