EC&I Partners
Job Title: Lead EC&I Engineer
Job ID: 36788
Location: Seal Sands, Middlesbrough
Salary: £65,000 to £75,000 (dependent on experience)
Hours: 40 hours per week – flexible working hours core hours Monday to Friday 9:30am to 3:00pm
Contract/Permanent: Permanent
Site Based/Office/Remote: Site and Office based
Start Date: ASAP
Benefits:
- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension is Salary sacrifice 6% and we match up to another 3%
- Incentive bonus at 2% per quarter
- Onsite Parking
Overview
The lead of the EC&I Engineering Department at a top-tier COMAH batch manufacturing chemical site leads a team to design, maintain, and optimize EC&I systems. They ensure compliance with safety regulations, manage projects, and drive continuous improvements while overseeing budgets and fostering professional development within the team.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Working with all departments to ensure safe operation and maintenance of plant.
- Oversee and lead a team of electrical, control, and instrument engineers, ensuring optimal performance and professional development.
- Handle all aspects of team management, including, recruitment, conducting appraisals, managing annual leave, and ensuring the well-being and professional growth of team members
- Working with the senior engineers to provide technical leadership in electrical, control and instrumentation disciplines.
- Manage time and allocate EC&I engineering resource to business functions including; operational support, maintenance support, and projects
- Develop and maintain site standards and policies to ensure compliance with COMAH regulations and other relevant safety standards.
- Overall responsible person for functional safety and drive business practices to ensure compliance with the relevant standards (IEC 61508 & 61511).
- Overall responsible person for compliance with electrical regulations and standards including LV & HV safety, ATEX and LOTO.
- Overall responsible person OT cyber security, ensuring compliance and best practice to relevant standards (OG0086 & IEC 62443)
- Prepare and manage departmental budgets, forecast requirements, and analyse variances to ensure financial objectives are met.
- Provide input to capital expenditure plans (CAPEX) with recommendations for compliance improvements, system upgrades and obsolescence.
Lead, approve and contribute to technical designs and commissioning activities.
- Work with procurement and contract management teams to develop service level agreements, support and maintenance contracts.
- Provide technical input the root cause analysis studies and implement recommendations.
Key Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Electrical, Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- Extensive knowledge of electrical systems, control systems, and instrumentation in a chemical manufacturing environment
- Strong leadership, project management, and communication skills.
- Strong knowledge of COMAH regulations and safety standards.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
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