Electrical, Control & Instrument Engineer

Orion Engineering Services Limited; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking an Electrical, Instrument & Control Engineer based in Aberdeen. This hybrid working role will provide operations and maintenance support to offshore installations. Candidates should have an engineering qualification along with essential offshore travel certification. The position emphasizes communication, problem-solving, and technical support skills. The contract role offers employment until the end of 2026 with a focus on quality output and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Creative and organized Instrument Engineer with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Necessary certification for offshore travel is essential.
• Demonstrable operational experience, preferably within Offshore/Oil and Gas sector.

Responsibilities

• Provide operations and maintenance support to offshore installations.
• Execute agreed design and deliver quality output on time and within budget.
• Review technical content of maintenance frame agreements and determine spares requirements.

Skills

Problem-solving ability

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Technical support

Organizational skills

Education

HNC/HND or BSc in Instrument Engineering or equivalent

TÜV Rhineland Functional Safety Engineer Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office Applications

Job description

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Electrical, Instrument & Control Engineer based in Aberdeen. The role offers hybrid working and will be a PAYE contract role until the end of 2026.

The role provides operations and maintenance support to offshore installations. Acting as the onshore technical focal point for instrumentation, control, metering and telecommunications.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Execute agreed design and engineering and deliver quality output on time and within budget ensuring defined requirements are met.
• Provide technical support with regards to the repair and maintenance of equipment.
• Reviewing planned maintenance routines.
• Raising modification requests and reviewing modification requests raised by others.
• Raising contract service orders (technical work scopes) for vendors.
• Reviewing technical content of maintenance frame agreements and determining spares requirement for items of equipment.
• Report on progress, set backs, opportunities and risks, concerns and anomalies to both job leader and line manager.
• Keep knowledge and skills up-to-date and pro-actively share with discipline team and others.
• Propose, develop and maintain discipline standards, improvement initiatives, templates and tools in liaison with the line manager to improve quality and cost-effectiveness.

Requirements

• A creative and organised Instrument Engineer with excellent interpersonal skills and problem-solving ability.
• An HNC/HND or BSc in Instrument Engineering or equivalent (Chartered/Incorporated preferred).
• Necessary certification for offshore travel essential.
• (TÜV Rhineland) Functional Safety Engineer Certification (preferred).
• Demonstrable experience in an operational process environment, preferably within the Offshore / Oil and Gas sector data.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Computer literate in Microsoft Office Applications and relevant discipline specific software.

Contract position

If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/080386.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion

As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.