EC&I Engineer

SCINERGY Recruitment Limited; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

SCINERGY Recruitment Limited, on behalf of a leading Energy from Waste facility in Avonmouth near Bristol, is seeking an Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer. The role focuses on plant availability, safe maintenance, asset performance and ongoing EC&I system improvements across a critical energy facility.

You will be responsible for EC&I engineering across the plant, coordinating maintenance around shutdowns, supervising technicians, and ensuring safe systems of work and effective use

Qualifications

• EC&I maintenance experience in heavy industrial plant.
• HNC/ONC or equivalent qualification; able to work on LV/HV systems.
• Experience with DCS such as Siemens or Valmet; understanding of isolation and permit systems.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for EC&I engineering and maintenance across the plant, ensuring electrical, control and instrumentation systems are maintained to a high standard and support long-term site availability.
• Coordinating, scheduling and planning maintenance activity across planned and unplanned shutdowns, including work on HV equipment, CEMS and associated plant infrastructure.
• Managing the EC&I maintenance workshop, supporting technicians and apprentices, and working closely with mechanical, operations and central engineering teams to deliver robust engineering solutions.
• Ensuring the maintenance management system is used effectively, statutory inspections are completed, documentation is kept up to date, and plant modifications follow the correct engineering change process.
• Maintaining a strong focus on health, safety and environmental standards, including safe systems of work, contractor control, site inductions and ensuring all activities are carried out safely and compliantly.

Skills

EC&I maintenance

HV/LV electrical systems

Leadership / supervising technicians

Health & safety standards

Maintenance planning

Education

HNC/ONC or equivalent

Tools

Siemens DCS

Valmet DCS

Electrical testing tools

Job description

Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer – Energy from Waste

£60,000 – £65,000 + annual bonus

Avonmouth, Bristol

SCINERGY Recruitment are supporting a leading Energy from Waste facility in Avonmouth with the appointment of an Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer.

This state of the art EFW plant processes around 427,000 tonnes of residual waste each year, generating enough low‑carbon electricity to power the equivalent of around 98,000 homes while helping divert hundreds of thousands of tonnes of non-recyclable waste away from landfill.

This is a key site‑based role focused on plant availability, safe maintenance delivery, asset performance, and the ongoing improvement of EC&I systems across a critical operational energy facility.

What you’ll be doing day to day:

• Taking responsibility for EC&I engineering and maintenance across the plant, ensuring electrical, control and instrumentation systems are maintained to a high standard and support long-term site availability.
• Coordinating, scheduling and planning maintenance activity across planned and unplanned shutdowns, including work on key systems such as HV equipment, CEMS and associated plant infrastructure.
• Managing the EC&I maintenance workshop, supporting technicians and apprentices, and working closely with mechanical, operations and central engineering teams to deliver robust engineering solutions.
• Ensuring the maintenance management system is used effectively, statutory inspections are completed, documentation is kept up to date, and plant modifications follow the correct engineering change process.
• Maintaining a strong focus on health, safety and environmental standards, including safe systems of work, contractor control, site inductions and ensuring all activities are carried out safely and compliantly.

What you’ll need:

• Strong EC&I maintenance experience gained within a power, process, energy from waste, heavy industrial or similar operational plant environment.
• An HNC/ONC or equivalent engineering qualification, with the skills and experience to work on LV and HV electrical systems. Senior Authorised Person capability would be highly desirable.
• A good working knowledge of electrical, controls and instrumentation equipment, including repair methods, preventative maintenance systems and fault-finding on critical plant assets.
• Experience working with Distributed Control Systems such as Siemens, Valmet or similar, alongside a solid understanding of plant isolations, permit systems and safe systems of work.
• Previous experience supervising technicians, contractors or maintenance teams, with the ability to coordinate work activity and support delivery against agreed KPIs.