Senior Manager, Process C&I & DPCS — Drive Plant Automation

Rolls-Royce SMR Limited; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 71,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 17%

Benefits allowance £5,000

Pension 12% employer and 6% employee

28 days holiday (+PH)

Private medical insurance

Life insurance 6× pensionable pay

Home office support

Job summary

Rolls‑Royce SMR Limited is hiring a Senior Manager for Process C&I & DPCS to lead the specification, design, integration and delivery of plant-wide process control, instrumentation and data processing systems.

You will report to the Head of C&I Systems Design & Integration and drive leadership across instrumentation, DCS, historian platforms and operator support tools, ensuring safety, regulation compliance and cybersecurity are embedded in design and delivery.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Control/Electrical/Instrumentation disciplines.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent.
• Significant experience delivering complex industrial control and instrumentation systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of plant-wide process control and instrumentation architectures.
• Define control philosophies and operational requirements.
• Establish requirements for process monitoring, automation and control systems.
• Ensure alignment between plant operation objectives and control system functionality.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the engineering lifecycle.
• Chair technical reviews and approve key engineering decisions.
• Ensure control and instrumentation systems support safe and reliable plant operations.
• Integrate human factors requirements into operator interfaces and control room solutions.
• Support safety case development and licensing activities.
• Develop alarm management and operational response philosophies.
• Define architectures for data acquisition, historians, performance monitoring and plant diagnostics.
• Establish information management and operational reporting strategies.
• Support advanced condition monitoring, predictive analytics and operational support capabilities.
• Ensure cybersecurity requirements are integrated into operational technology solutions.
• Lead testing, integration, verification and commissioning readiness activities.
• Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships with instrumentation, automation and digital technology providers.
• Lead technical supplier evaluations, qualification activities and equipment selection.
• Ensure systems and suppliers meet cost, quality, schedule and safety targets.
• Build and develop a high‑performing engineering organisation through coaching, mentoring and succession planning

Skills

Process control engineering

Instrumentation systems

DCS

Systems integration

Alarm management

Cyber security

Nuclear experience

Stakeholder engagement

Engineering leadership

Education

Control/Electrical/Instrumentation degree

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Multidisciplinary engineering teams leadership

Tools

DCS tools

Alarm management tools

Job description

Rolls‑Royce SMR Limited is hiring a Senior Manager for Process C&I & DPCS to lead the specification, design, integration and delivery of plant-wide process control, instrumentation and data processing systems.

You will report to the Head of C&I Systems Design & Integration and drive leadership across instrumentation, DCS, historian platforms and operator support tools, ensuring safety, regulation compliance and cybersecurity are embedded in design and delivery.