Process Control Engineer

Wolviston Management Services Limited; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolviston Management Services Ltd is recruiting for a seasoned Process Control Engineer to join the Greatham site engineering team. The role delivers technical leadership in process control across the site, enhancing performance, reliability and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will manage the site process control strategy, support CAPEX projects and drive DCS migration initiatives, while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or equivalent vocational qualification.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a control system environment, preferably in a 24/7 chemical or process plant.
• Previous experience in DCS and PLC process automation.
• Knowledge of firewalls, network management and software programming languages.
• Strong technical problem-solving and analytical capability.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Strong focus on compliance, standards, safety and technical quality.

Responsibilities

• Establishing industry best practice for process control engineering across the site.
• Developing and managing the site process control strategy.
• Providing process control engineering expertise in line with site PSM standards.
• Improving site awareness, understanding and capability in measurement and process control.
• Supporting loop optimisation, tuning and process control training.
• Monitoring and reporting on process control performance and improvement progress.
• Providing technical advice to area teams to improve uptime, reliability and cost performance.
• Contributing to front-end scoping and specification for CAPEX projects.
• Providing technical support and supervision to DCS programmers engaged on CAPEX work.
• Supporting Process Engineers with process control improvements across continuous improvement and CAPEX activity.
• Developing site control standards based on relevant British Codes of Practice.
• Taking the client lead on specification, review and testing for DCS migration projects.

Skills

Technical problem solving

Analytical capability

Team collaboration

Safety and compliance

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent vocational qualification

Tools

DCS systems

PLC automation

MOD300/DeltaV knowledge

Job description

Process Control Engineer

Location: Hartlepool, Co Durham

Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time

Closing Date: Nov 5th, 2026

Ref: 1736057

Wolviston Management Services Ltd are delighted to continue to partner with Tioxide as we recruit for an experienced Process Control Engineer to join the Site Engineering team at its Greatham manufacturing site.

This is a key technical role, providing functional expertise and leadership in process control engineering. The successful candidate will support site performance and operational improvement through effective process control strategy, control system optimisation, technical standards, CAPEX support and continuous improvement activity.

The role reports to the Process Automation Manager and will work closely with operations, process engineering, project teams, DCS programmers and wider site engineering colleagues.

Job Purpose

The Process Control Engineer will provide technical leadership in process control engineering across the Greatham site, supporting operational performance, control system reliability and continuous improvement.

The role will help develop and manage the site process control strategy, establish best practice, support process control improvement activity and contribute to the specification and delivery of CAPEX projects, including DCS migration activity.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Establishing industry best practice for process control engineering across the site.
• Developing and managing the site process control strategy.
• Providing process control engineering expertise in line with site PSM standards.
• Improving site awareness, understanding and capability in measurement and process control.
• Supporting loop optimisation, tuning and process control training.
• Monitoring and reporting on process control performance and improvement progress.
• Providing technical advice to area teams to improve uptime, reliability and cost performance.
• Contributing to front-end scoping and specification for CAPEX projects.
• Providing technical support and supervision to DCS programmers engaged on CAPEX work.
• Supporting Process Engineers with process control improvements across continuous improvement and CAPEX activity.
• Developing site control standards based on relevant British Codes of Practice.
• Taking the client lead on specification, review and testing for DCS migration projects, including MOD300 to DeltaV.
• Providing breakdown support to control system users, including out-of-hours support where required.
• Working safely and in compliance with site cyber security, EHS, business conduct and Life Saving Rules.

Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• A degree in engineering, advanced process control or an equivalent vocational qualification.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in a control system environment, preferably within a 24/7 chemical or process plant.
• Previous experience in DCS and PLC process automation.
• Knowledge of firewalls, network management and software programming languages.
• Strong technical problem-solving and analytical capability.
• The ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• A strong focus on compliance, standards, safety and technical quality.

Desirable

• MOD300 DCS systems.
• DeltaV control systems.
• Siemens PLCs.
• Texas Instruments PLCs.
• PI Vision.
• DCS migration projects.
• Process control improvement programmes within a chemical, process or complex manufacturing environment.

Why Join Tioxide?

This is an opportunity to join a major manufacturing site at an important stage of development and investment. The role offers the chance to influence process control strategy, support major improvement activity and contribute to the safe, reliable and efficient operation of a complex process plant.