Senior C&I Engineer - Lead Controls & Safety (Hybrid)

Gold Group; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Gold Group in Plymouth is seeking a Senior C&I Engineer to join a multi-disciplined team. The role focuses on control and instrumentation systems, lifecycle support, and ensuring safety, regulatory and operational requirements are met.

The successful candidate will lead design reviews, hazard studies, and engineering substantiation, while developing documentation and mentoring junior engineers in a hybrid on-site role with 2+ days on-site.

Qualifications

• Degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent discipline.
• C&I engineering experience within a highly regulated industry.
• Strong knowledge of industrial control systems, PLCs, SCADA, instrumentation and functional safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for control and instrumentation systems.
• Develop, review and approve C&I designs, calculations, specifications and technical documentation.
• Support maintenance, fault investigations, obsolescence management and plant modifications.
• Engage directly with customers, project teams and regulators to ensure engineering solutions meet requirements.
• Lead design reviews, hazard studies and engineering substantiation activities.
• Support installation, commissioning, testing and operational readiness activities.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering capability development.

Skills

Industrial control systems

PLCs/SCADA

Functional safety

Education

Degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Gold Group in Plymouth is seeking a Senior C&I Engineer to join a multi-disciplined team. The role focuses on control and instrumentation systems, lifecycle support, and ensuring safety, regulatory and operational requirements are met.

The successful candidate will lead design reviews, hazard studies, and engineering substantiation, while developing documentation and mentoring junior engineers in a hybrid on-site role with 2+ days on-site.