Electrical Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Gaia Law and Holistic Center; Alton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a qualified Controls and Instrumentation Engineer to join their team in Hampshire. This role offers a competitive salary package ranging from £45k to £60k, depending on qualifications and experience, along with generous benefits including a substantial annual bonus, holidays, and a contributory pension scheme. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in controls systems and instrumentation design, with experience in large production plant industries. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to make a significant impact in a reputable and growing company.

Benefits

Annual company bonus

Generous holidays

10% contributory pension scheme

Gym allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in control and instrumentation design standards.
• Knowledge of safety instrumented systems and functional safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve process control systems for safe plant operation.
• Act as Lead Engineer ensuring site safety and development.
• Implement and design new process control systems.

Skills

Controls systems experience

Instrumentation control

Control panels design

Functional Safety Standards (IEC 61508, 61511)

Driving license

Education

HNC in Electrical Engineering

Apprenticeship trained in Electrical or Instrument & Control Engineering

Job description

A qualified C&I Engineer, Controls Instrumentation Engineer is required for our top tier COMAH specialist engineering client based in Hampshire. In return there is an excellent salary package circa £45k-£60k+ dependant on qualifications, skills and experience plus overtime and excellent benefits including a large annual company bonus, generous holidays, an excellent 10% contributory pension scheme and gym allowance in a well established reputable growing company.

This is a challenging role that would suit an experienced Controls and Instrumentation engineer or C&I technician with good controls systems, instrumentation, control panels design experience within the large production plant industries such as the chemical, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, live process plant, nuclear, hazardous live sites and refinery process plant industries. The purpose of this role is to manage and coordinate the maintenance, design and improvement of process control systems and safety systems for the plant.

The ideal C&I engineer, Controls and Instrumentation engineer candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Good controls systems experience and experience of the engineering required in the control & instrumentation design standards of process plant/live plant industry.
• Controls Engineering qualifications or Instrument qualifications and memberships (apprenticeship trained, HNC in Electrical, Electrical or Instrument & Control Engineering) with a good working knowledge in instrumentation, instrumentation control, control and instrumentation design, safety instrumented systems design.
• Experience knowledge of Functional Safety Standards IEC 61508, 61511 and Explosive Atmospheres BS EN 60079 is desirable.
• Hold a current valid UK driving licence and have your own vehicle to get to remote site daily.

Key responsibilities of the controls and instrumentation design engineer include:

• Maintain and improve the process control systems and safety systems for efficient and safe plant operation.
• Act as Lead Engineer ensuring site safety, site maintenance and support, and site development while providing good leadership and supervision to the C&I Technicians.
• Develop project work scopes and schedules of work after identification of plant improvement and capital projects works.
• Implement and design new and improved process control systems and safety systems.
• Monitor and manage budgets cost effectively - CAPEX and OPEX.
• Regularly review Safety Instrumented Systems, documentation and improve process control systems and safety systems in line with standards.

A full job description will be discussed and submitted to suitable C&I candidates upon application.

To apply please email your CV with your salary expectations and availability & detail how you meet our clients C&I Engineer criteria.