Controls & Instrumentation Engineer

Job Title:  Junior Controls and Instrumentation Engineer

Job ID: 37054

Location: Northwich

Salary: £30’000 to £50’000 depending on experience

Hours: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday 7:15am 4:15pm with some flexibility

Contract/Permanent: Permanent

Site Based/Office/Remote: Site based

Start Date: ASAP

Benefits

• Basic salary up to £50,000 based on experience
• Option to join profit share scheme
• Hybrid Working 2 days a week WFH
• 9-day working fortnight – every other Friday off (opt-in)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company Enhanced Pension Scheme: 12% employer contribution (8% employee)
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• On-site gym, lunch-time fitness classes and contribution towards active sports membership
• EV charging ports on site

A Unique Opportunity

We are seeking a permanent Junior Controls & Instrumentation Engineer to join our team and contribute to the safe operation of our UK assets, ensuring the protection of personnel, plant and the environment.

You will provide specialised C&I technical support related to site projects as well as operations & maintenance activities and provide technical assistance in areas of C&I Engineering to staff in the Operations, Maintenance and Engineering departments.  Communicate on business and departmental objectives to ensure that staff work productively with a clear purpose.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide C&I support to the site. In conjunction with the O&M Team, assist with defining the maintenance requirements of C&I equipment on site, considering cost criticality and safety to ensure operational compliance and efficiencies are maintained.
• Design and implement modifications under the Site Controlled Modification process.
• Support the Site C&I Engineer and Operational Team for project handovers, with a specific focus on control systems and acceptance criteria.
• Assist the Site C&I Engineer in preparing engineering requirements for C&I projects, and challenging contractor generated proposals (SIL levels, instrumentation philosophy).
• Deliver operational based continuous improvement and obsolescence C&I improvements that minimise downtime / maximise plant availability and gas plant reliability. 

• Participate in the planning process to ensure planned maintenance activities, shutdown maintenance activities and emergent maintenance activities are adequately planned. Ensure that the technical scope of work to be carried out is adequately defined. Where required, assist the planning group in defining requirements for ancillary services (e.g. scaffolding, lagging etc.).
• Provide support for any operational issues on site, providing focus on the process control systems – investigating / troubleshooting issues.
• Maintain compliance of all work within the plant area to relevant company, national and international standards, particularly with reference to safety standards, engineering standards and legislative requirements.
• Carry out assigned tasks and duties in a safe manner, in accordance with instructions and in compliance with safety rules, procedures, regulations and codes of practice.
• Report all events (personal injuries, equipment damage, environmental, security etc.) to your Line Manager and regularly raise proactive observations to help reduce the risk of an unsafe situation occurring.
• Drive improvements in Process Safety across the site. Assist with investigations into incidents /accidents in accordance with UK procedure.

Key Skills

• Have an understanding of Functional Safety and IEC 61511, with the aim of working towards TUV certification.
• Keep C&I documentation up to date and accurate; Loop diagrams, P&IDs, F&G system arrangement and philosophy, Alarm schedule, Cause & Effects charts, DCS maintenance records and reported issues.
• Participate in Management of Change Technical Safety Assessments and Process Risk Assessments as required.
• Provide assistance to the maintenance and support of site DCS.

Education

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant engineering subject, ideally control and instrumentation.
• CompEx12 and TUV functional safety qualifications advantageous

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