Control and Instrumentation Engineer / Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Mott MacDonald; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Enhanced family leave policies

33-35 days holiday, increasing with service

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is recruiting a Senior C&I Engineer for our Nuclear: Defence and Civil team based in Glasgow. This permanent full-time position involves supporting the production of C&I designs aligned with project requirements.

Key responsibilities include executing C&I work, preparing design deliverables, and liaising with various engineering disciplines. Essential qualifications include a degree in electrical engineering and knowledge of control and instrumentation engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Working towards professional registration with a relevant engineering institution (IEng/CEng).
• Ability to deliver accurate documentation to the required standard and schedule.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of C&I work in accordance with design instructions.
• Prepare design deliverables like drawings and specifications.
• Liaise with other engineering disciplines and clients.

Skills

Control and instrumentation engineering

Technical report preparation

Knowledge of relevant legislation

Education

Degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

Job description

Overview of the Role

Our Energy unit delivers projects to a wide range of clients across the defence, existing and nuclear new build industry. Due to recent project wins and continued growth of our business, we are recruiting a Senior C&I Engineer / C&I Engineer to join our Nuclear: Defence and Civil team. The work will involve supporting the production of C&I designs in line with project requirements, as well as working closely with other disciplines to deliver high-quality solutions.

Key responsibilities and duties

• Support the execution of control and instrumentation work on projects, in accordance with C&I design instructions and company/project procedures
• Work to agreed standards on safety and quality, man‑hour plans, cost budgets, and project schedule targets
• Assist in identifying and planning C&I scopes of work
• Contribute to project planning and execution activities
• Prepare design deliverables such as drawings, calculations, and specifications to the required quality
• Liaise with other engineering disciplines and clients as required
• Ensure solutions comply with discipline‑related legal requirements, including CDM, safety (including application of the EDSPS), environmental and site licence conditions
• Apply relevant legislation, client and project‑specific policies, procedures, and design standards in day‑to‑day work

Essential candidate specification

• Degree qualified in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Working towards professional registration with a relevant engineering institution (IEng/CEng)
• Knowledge of control and instrumentation engineering, including:
• Design basis to P&ID development
• Systems architecture drawings
• Cable selection, routing, and management drawings
• Field instrumentation selection
• Control and safety systems
• Control and Instrumentation cabinet design
• Instrumentation loop drawings and hook‑up diagrams
• Compiling Instrument Data Sheets
• Ability to prepare technical reports and specifications
• Keen to develop knowledge of the latest advances in control and instrumentation technology (fieldbus, wireless systems, safety PLCs)
• Awareness of relevant standards and CDM legislation
• Ability to deliver accurate documentation to the required standard and schedule

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

Location

• Altrincham, GB
• Tadley, GB
• Reading, GB
• Bristol, GB
• Glasgow, GB

Contract Type

Permanent

Work Pattern

Full Time

Benefits

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance equal up to 4x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6x your salary
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return-to-work support due to long-term illness or injury
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes

Job Ref

12955