EC&I Engineer — Safety‑Led Chemical Plant (Day Shift)

E3 Recruitment; Warrington; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Company bonus

Pension 7-9%

Private medical insurance

Job summary

E3 Recruitment is seeking an EC&I Engineer to join a complex chemical manufacturing operation near Warrington. This day-shift role (Mon-Fri) offers £68,000–£75,000, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, a company bonus, competitive pension (7–9%), and private medical insurance.

You will lead electrical, instrumentation and control systems across the site. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in process safety, functional safety, and UK regulatory standards, with DeltaV experience preferred,

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an EC&I Engineer within chemical manufacturing, petrochemicals, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals or another complex, high-hazard process environment.
• Strong working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, instrumentation, PLC/DCS control systems (experience with DeltaV is highly desirable) and relevant maintenance and project practices.
• Good understanding of process safety, functional safety, hazardous-area engineering and applicable UK legislation and engineering standards.
• Site Authorised Person status or willingness to undertake training to achieve Site Authorised Person status.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and day-to-day engineering support for electrical, instrumentation and control systems across the manufacturing site.
• Develop and deliver EC&I improvements and capital projects from concept through to commissioning and handover.
• Maintain the integrity, reliability and availability of safety-critical systems, including control, alarm, shutdown and protective systems.
• Support hazard studies, management of change, functional safety activities and risk assessments, ensuring actions are technically robust and completed on time.
• Define maintenance strategies, inspection regimes and performance standards, using plant data and failure analysis to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure designs, modifications and maintenance activities comply with site standards, relevant legislation, recognised engineering standards and hazardous-area requirements.
• Manage specialist contractors and suppliers, including technical scopes, tender evaluations, site execution, quality, cost and schedule.
• Coach technicians and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Process Engineering and SHE teams to resolve issues safely and sustainably.

Skills

Electrical systems

Instrumentation

PLC/DCS control

DeltaV experience

Process safety

Tools

DeltaV

Job description

E3 Recruitment is seeking an EC&I Engineer to join a complex chemical manufacturing operation near Warrington. This day-shift role (Mon-Fri) offers £68,000–£75,000, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, a company bonus, competitive pension (7–9%), and private medical insurance.

You will lead electrical, instrumentation and control systems across the site. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in process safety, functional safety, and UK regulatory standards, with DeltaV experience preferred,