Shift Engineer PC&A

TATA Steel; Port Talbot; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days holidays per annum

Annual pay review

Quarterly bonus scheme

Private healthcare scheme

Pension scheme (10% employer)

Job summary

Tata Steel UK is seeking a Shift Engineer for PC&A at Port Talbot. You will provide specialist Process Control & Automation support to maintain and enhance assets, ensuring plant availability and performance.

On-shift responsibility includes diagnosing faults, leading improvements, and coordinating with operations, maintenance and contractors to optimise site performance. Ideal candidates hold a degree or HNC/HND in engineering with substantial industrial experience, and have experience with SAP

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to assess impact across shifts and teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering and operations.
• Ability to lead engineering activities on shift and make informed decisions.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose complex faults in manufacturing process equipment.
• Maintain and develop Level 0-3 automation systems (PLC, SCADA, instrumentation).
• Ensure maintenance safely, on time, and to engineering standards.
• Lead continuous improvement and root cause analysis to improve plant reliability.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Decision making

Leadership on shift

Education

Engineering degree/HNC/HND

Tools

SAP

P&ID drawings

Job description

Shift Engineer PC&A

Location: Port Talbot

Department: HRP to Department: Hot Rolled Products.

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Band: E

Closing Date: 16th September 2026

Interviews to be conducted on w/c 21st September

We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.

What you will do:

As a Shift Engineer, you will provide specialist Process Control & Automation (PC&A) support to maintain and enhance manufacturing assets, ensuring plant availability, reliability, and performance objectives are achieved. Acting as the senior engineering representative on shift, you will diagnose complex equipment faults, lead continuous improvement initiatives, oversee engineering activities, and ensure compliance with all health, safety, environmental, and statutory requirements. You will work closely with operations, maintenance teams, and contractors to optimise plant performance, support project delivery, and drive engineering excellence across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to diagnose and resolve complex faults within manufacturing process equipment.
• Maintain and develop Level 0-3 automation systems, including PLC, SCADA, instrumentation, data acquisition, and CCTV systems.
• Ensure PC&A maintenance activities are completed safely, on time, and to required engineering standards.
• Manage and maintain quality, environmental, and safety-critical instrumentation and control systems, ensuring compliance with legislation and company standards.
• Lead and support continuous improvement, root cause analysis, and failure reduction activities to improve plant reliability and performance.
• Act as lead engineer for minor automation and control projects and support engineering planning activities.
• Supervise engineering personnel and contractors, ensuring safe working practices and high professional standards.
• Manage planned and reactive maintenance work through SAP, ensuring work completion and backlog control.
• Support compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements including COMAH, PUWER, DSEAR, LOLER, HAVS, Process Safety, and Management of Change (MOC).
• Authorise and issue safety permits as required and promote a strong safety culture through audits and compliance activities.
• Work collaboratively with Shift Managers, Senior Operators, and day-based engineering teams to optimise plant operations and share best practice.
• Manage QA equipment, calibration activities, spare parts processes, and site radiation sources in accordance with business and legislative requirements.
• Fulfil designated responsibilities during site emergencies, incidents, or major operational events.
• Identify and implement innovative technologies and engineering solutions to support operational excellence.

What you will need:

We’re looking for a proactive and technically capable engineer with a qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, ideally educated to degree level or holding an HNC/HND with significant industrial experience. You will be a confident decision-maker, capable of taking ownership of through-plant issues, leading engineering activities on shift, and understanding the wider operational impact of your decisions. Previous supervisory experience would be advantageous, along with a strong commitment to safety, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Essential & Desirable Requirements

• Degree, HNC or HND in a relevant Engineering discipline, supported by practical industrial experience.
• Ability to make informed engineering decisions and take ownership of plant performance issues.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to assess the impact of decisions across shifts and operational teams.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience is desirable.
• Experience using SAP for maintenance management, including work orders, notifications, spare parts, and maintenance planning.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and P&ID drawings.
• Understanding of industrial networks, IP addressing, subnets, and network topologies.
• Knowledge of quality management systems and ISO 9001 standards.
• Awareness of environmental management principles and ISO 14001 requirements.
• Experience or knowledge of process safety systems and legislation, including COMAH, HAZOP, LOPA, and SIF/SIL methodologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering and operational teams.

What we can offer you

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Quarterly Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• Private Healthcare Scheme (Individual cover)
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.

Please note: You may use AI tools to help prepare your application. However, all information must be accurate and based on your own experience. We value genuine, honest responses that reflect who you are.

Why us?

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainabilityis at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuouslyimprovingour performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045.