Trainee Controls Systems Engineer C&I

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A trainee C&I Engineer, trainee Controls Instrumentation Engineer is required for our top tier COMAH specialist engineering client. In return there is an excellent salary package circa £40k-£45k+ dependant on experience, full training and further qualifications plus overtime and excellent benefits including a large annual company bonus, generous holidays, an excellent 10% contributory pension scheme and gym allowance in a well established reputable growing company. within a stable, well established and rewarding company. Apply now!

This is a challenging junior role that would suit a motivated Controls and Instrumentation engineer or C&I technician with some good controls systems or instrumentation, control panels design experience and functional safety knowledge. You must have controls or instrumentation electrical engineering qualifications, some PLC experience, design installation experience as a base and they will train the rest. My client is offering a great career opportunity to develop C&I Technicians further with structured personalised training plans and further qualifications.

The ideal junior C&I engineer, Controls and Instrumentation engineer candidate will have the following skills and experience;

Controls Engineering qualifications or Instrument qualifications and memberships (apprenticeship trained, HNC in Electrical, Electrical or Instrument & Control Engineering)
Some good controls systems experience and knowledge possess the required skills in the control & instrumentation design standards of process plant / live plant industry
Working knowledge in instrumentation, instrumentation control, control and instrumentation design, safety instrumented systems design
Experience or knowledge of Functional Safety Standards IEC 61508, 61511 and Explosive Atmospheres BS EN 60079 is desirable
Engineering experience of large production plant industries such as the chemical, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, live process plant, nuclear, hazardous live sites and refinery process plant industries.
Hold a current valid UK driving licence and have your own vehicle to get to remote site daily-essential
Full eligibility to work in the UK without sponsorship both now or after a visa’s expires

The purpose of this role is to manage and coordinate the maintenance, design and improvement of process control systems and safety systems for the plant.

Key responsibilities of the controls and instrumentation design engineer include;
Maintain and improve the process control systems and safety systems for efficient and safe plant operation
Eventually act as Lead Engineer ensuring site safety. Site maintenance and support and site development and provide good leadership and supervision to the C&I Technicians.
Learn to develop project work scopes. Schedules of work after identification of plant improvement, capital projects works
Implement and design new and improved process control systems, safety systems
Monitor and manage budgets cost effectively- CAPEX and OPEX
Regularly review Safety Instrumented Systems, documentation and improve process control systems and safety systems in line with standards

A full job description will be discussed and submitted to suitable C&I qualified candidates upon application.

To apply please email your CV with your salary expectations and availability & detail how you meet our clients C&I Engineer criteria

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