Senior C&I Engineer

Mott MacDonald; Altrincham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global engineering consultancy seeks a Senior C&I Engineer to lead and manage C&I designs in the Nuclear and Defence sectors. The role involves project execution, team management, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Join a dynamic team making a societal impact through innovative energy solutions.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Health Cash Plan

Flexible Benefits

Enhanced Family Leave Policies

Qualifications

• Degree Qualified in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Chartered Status and membership of professional body or expected to be close to achieving chartership.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the execution of control and instrumentation work on projects.
• Adhere to standards on safety, quality, and project schedule targets.

Skills

Control and Instrumentation

Technical Knowledge

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

P&ID Developments

Safety PLC Systems

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Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About Thebusinessunit

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

About The Role

Our Energy unit deliver projects to a wide range of clients across the defence, existing and nuclear new build industry. Due to recent project wins and continued growth of our business, we are recruiting a Senior or Principal C&I Engineer to join our Nuclear; Defence and Civil team, leading and managing the production of C&I designs in line with project requirements, as well as providing close liaison and support to all other disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the execution for the control and instrumentation work on projects, in accordance with the control and instrumentation design instructions and company/project procedures
• Adhere to standards on safety and quality, man hour plans, cost budgets and project schedule targets
• Identify and plan the control and instrumentation scopes of work
• Provide input into project planning and execution
• Prepare budgets and manpower requirements
• Assign work and deliverables to your team with clarity on scope, quality and schedule
• Review deliverables for required standard and quality
• Attend engineering meetings and liaise with other groups and clients as necessary
• Ensure solutions meet all discipline-related legal requirements including CDM, safety (including application of the EDSPS), environmental and site licence conditions, and that deliverables and solutions generated are adequately underpinned
• Ensure understanding and application of relevant legislation, client and project-specific policies, procedures and design standards.
  
  

Requirements

• Degree Qualified in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Chartered Status and membership of professional body or expected to be close to achieving chartership.
• Technically astute with all aspects of control and instrumentation including:
• Design basis to P&ID developments
• Systems architecture drawings
• Communication and cable selection, routing and cable management drawings
• Field instrumentation selection
• Control and safety systems, including safety PLC systems
• Control and Instrumentation cabinet design
• Instrumentation loop drawings and hook-up diagrams
• Compiling Instrument Data Sheets
• Writing User Requirement Specifications
• Writing C&I design reports and specifications
• Ability to review and check other engineer’s work
• Conversant with the latest advances in control and instrumentation technology (fieldbus, wireless systems
• Evidence of having a sound working knowledge and experience of relevant standards and CDM legislation
• Delivering documentation that is technically correct to the required standard and to schedule.
  
  

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
  
  

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
  
  

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
  
  

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
  
  

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
  
  

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
  
  

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

Location(s):

Glasgow, GB Reading, GB Altrincham, GB Reading, GB Bristol, GB Southampton, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Energy

Discipline: Energy

Job Ref: 8215

Recruiter Contact: Erinda Hazizi

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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