Electrical, Control & Instrument Engineer

enfinium; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join enfinium as an Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer and play a key role in our state-of-the-art Energy-from-Waste facility. You'll ensure the reliability and performance of critical systems, developing maintenance strategies and driving continuous improvement. Enjoy a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to make a real impact in sustainable energy.

Benefits

Vitality Private Medical Care

Private Dental Care

Life Assurance

Company pension with 6% contribution

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Continuous learning and development

Qualifications

• Practical experience in E,C&I maintenance within a power generation environment.
• Strong working knowledge of HV/LV systems, instrumentation, PLCs, DCS, and SCADA.
• At least 2 years’ experience supporting outage planning.

Responsibilities

• Managing the full lifecycle of E,C&I assets including maintenance.
• Maintaining and optimising equipment including DCS, SCADA, and switchgear.
• Troubleshooting complex electrical and control faults.

Skills

Fault-Finding

Analytical Skills

Continuous Improvement

Education

HNC/HND in Electrical, Electronic, or Control & Instrumentation Engineering

Tools

CMMS Systems

MS Project

Excel

Job description

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Full-time | Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits

E,C&I Engineer – Drive Efficiency. Power the Future.
Location: Enfinium Kemsley, Kent
Full-time | Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits

Play a critical role at the heart of Enfinium’s state-of-the-art Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility in Kemsley.
As an Electrical, Control & Instrumentation (E,C&I) Engineer, you’ll be responsible for ensuring the reliability, integrity, and performance of all electrical, control, and instrumentation systems—helping us transform waste into sustainable energy while maintaining the highest standards of safety and compliance.

What You’ll Be Doing
Based at our Kemsley facility, this role is pivotal in ensuring safe and efficient operations. You’ll work closely with the Maintenance Manager and plant teams to deliver expert-level maintenance, fault-finding, and optimisation work across a range of high-voltage and control systems.
Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the full lifecycle of E,C&I assets including reactive, preventative, and condition-based maintenance.
• Maintaining and optimising critical equipment including DCS, SCADA, PLCs, HV/LV switchgear, and instrumentation across turbines, boilers, and supporting systems.
• Troubleshooting complex electrical and control faults to minimise downtime.
• Ensuring strict compliance with site safety systems and procedures, including LOTO, RAMS, PTW, and CDM regulations.
• Supporting the development and implementation of maintenance strategies, system upgrades, and capital projects.
• Contributing to continuous improvement across plant performance, safety, and environmental compliance.

What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for a skilled and safety-conscious engineer with strong analytical and fault-finding capabilities.
Essential Qualifications:

• HNC/HND (or higher) in Electrical, Electronic, or Control & Instrumentation Engineering.
• IOSH or NEBOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent) safety qualification. (Desirable)

Experience & Competencies:

• Practical experience in E,C&I maintenance within a power generation, process, or heavy industrial environment.
• Strong working knowledge of HV/LV systems, instrumentation, PLCs, DCS, and SCADA.
• At least 2 years’ experience supporting outage planning and execution.
• Proficiency with CMMS systems and project tools such as MS Project and Excel.
• Familiarity with CDM regulations and a drive for continuous improvement.

Why Join Enfinium at Kemsley?
At our Kemsley site—one of the UK’s largest energy-from-waste facilities—you’ll be part of a business driving real change in how we deal with waste. In return, we offer:

• A purposeful role with real impact
• Career development opportunities in a growing company
• Competitive salary and benefits in a safety-led environment

Ready to power up your career and help us shape a more sustainable future? Apply today to join our team at Enfinium Kemsley.

Who are enfinium?
enfinium is one of the largest energy-from-waste businesses in the UK and an industry leader in the conversion of non-recyclable residential and business waste into heat and partially renewable power. enfinium currently has a platform of six (two in construction) strategically located facilities across the UK. Today, enfinium has an annual waste processing capacity of over 2.3 million tonnes, and a total combined electric generating capacity of 265MW (gross) - enough energy to power more than 500,000 UK homes. enfinium is owned by infrastructure investment funds managed by Igneo Infrastructure Partners
At enfinium we’re guided by five principles, we use these to make sure we’re not only doing a great job, but we’re doing it in the right and safe way:
One Team- Pride Matters- Safety on Purpose- Make a positive impact- Take Ownership
As a Company, we really value our employees and as such, offer a generous employee benefits package which includes the following:

• Vitality Private Medical care
• Private Dental Care
• Life Assurance
• Company pension with a 6% company contribution
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance programme
• Uniform provided
• Continuous learning and development through our e-learning portal and access to role-based qualifications

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Oil and Gas

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