Senior Electrical & Instrument Engineer

Computerworld Personnel Ltd; Portishead Point; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days + Bank Holidays which increase

Enhanced Pension

Private Healthcare

Salary life insurance

Income protection for long-term sickn

Job summary

Unknown company in South Wales seeks an experienced Senior Electrical & Instrument Engineer to provide technical leadership across electrical, control and instrumentation systems within a heavy manufacturing environment.

You will own and manage site electrical infrastructure, drive reliability improvements, and support capital investment projects while ensuring statutory compliance and high engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Technical expert in modern instrumentation.
• Competent in maintenance of electrical control equipment up to 11kV.
• Understanding of ladder logic and PLC maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety-first leadership at all times.
• Own and manage site electrical infrastructure and maintenance programs.
• Maintain electrical standards and drawings to meet regulatory requirements.
• Support Maintenance Supervisor in leading Electrical & Instrument Technicians.
• Support Engineering Manager in budgets for Electrical & Instrumentation maintenance.
• Identify and drive reliability improvements.
• Ensure capital assets meet life expectancy with controlled expenditure.
• Project management for small scale capital projects.
• Authorize Safe Work Permits for approved contractors.

Skills

Instrumentation expertise

Electrical maintenance

PLC ladder logic

Hazardous area equipment

Process safety management

Tools

11kV systems

MCC

Transformers

Job description

Senior Electrical & Instrument Engineer

Barry CF64

£50-70,000

Commutable from Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Penarth, Pontypridd, Llantrisant, Talbot Green, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath

Benefits:-

• 25 Days + Bank Holidays which increase with service
• Enhanced Pension
• Private Healthcare
• Salary life insurance
• Income protection for long-term sickness

Our client is a globally recognised manufacturing organisation with a major, high-performing production facility in South Wales. As part of their continued investment in operational excellence and asset reliability, they are looking to appoint an experienced Senior Electrical & Instrument Engineer to provide technical leadership across critical electrical, control and instrumentation systems within a complex, heavy manufacturing environment.

This is a key engineering position offering the opportunity to take ownership of site-wide electrical and instrumentation infrastructure, drive reliability improvements and support ongoing capital investment projects. Working closely with operations, maintenance and site leadership teams, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring statutory compliance, maintaining high engineering standards and delivering safe, reliable plant performance. Ideal for an experienced electrical engineering professional with strong technical expertise, leadership capability and a passion for continuous improvement, this role offers the chance to make a significant impact within a well-invested, industry-leading facility.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to encourage a safety first environment at all times
• Owns and manages the site electrical infrastructure (including 11kv, 415v, lower voltage systems and instrumentation) including maintenance program, upgrades and modifications.
• Owns and manages the site electrical standards and drawings to ensure that they meet legal, corporate and local electrical requirement including safety standards.
• Support the Maintenance supervisor in leadership and management of the Electrical & Instrument Technicians.
• Support the Engineering Manager for control and setting of the site Electrical & Instrumentation maintenance and shutdown budgets.
• Identifies and drives continuous improvement in equipment reliability.
• Take responsibility to ensure that electrical/instrumentation maintenance schemes are in place such that Capital assets fulfill their life expectancy with minimum expenditure.
• Provide Project Management for small scale capital projects for replacement / equipment upgrades.
• Authorized to issue Safe Work Permits (SWP's) for approved contract resource to maintain 11 KV systems work and electrical approver for excavation permits.

Requirements

• Technical expert in all levels of modern instrumentation.
• Competent in full range of maintenance skills of electrical control equipment up to 11KV including transformers, switch rooms, MCC, electrical distribution networks, variable speed drive technology.
• Understanding of ladder logic and ability to perform first line maintenance on PLC system.
• Working knowledge of Hazardous area electrical equipment, maintenance and protection concepts
• Experience in engineering and maintenance roles within a manufacturing industry.
• Experience of Process Safety management.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.