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Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Job Posted: 22 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Nationwide

Expire in: 5 days

Job Description

Job Title: Control and Instrumentation Engineer  

Location: South Wales  

Contract Type: Permanent  

Why This Role Stands Out  

- Sole subject matter expert across the full control and OT estate  

- Direct input into the site's long-term investment and capital projects plan, not just day-to-day support  

- Real influence over safety systems, alarm philosophy, and cybersecurity standards  

- Stable, established manufacturing environment producing critical products for its market, with genuine investment in your development  

- Contributory pension, annual bonus, private medical cover, and a strong holiday allowance  

Key Responsibilities  

- Act as the site's technical authority for control systems and OT/IT infrastructure  

- Make controlled programming changes to the DCS and PLCs under proper change and commissioning discipline  

- Set and maintain site standards for alarms, overrides, cybersecurity, and IEC 61511 compliance  

- Own the site's protective systems, including interlocks, trips, and SIL-rated functions  

- Maintain infrastructure from controllers and networks through to historians, servers, and backups  

- Investigate plant performance issues through structured root cause analysis  

- Support the Engineering Manager with control-system and IT budget planning  

- Act as subject matter expert on capital projects touching the control and OT scope  

- Coordinate local IT and wider corporate digital functions under one aligned approach  

- Drive a safety-first culture aligned to UK legislation and site SHE requirements  

Requirements  

- Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Control Systems, or Instrumentation and Electronics  

- Experience with ownership of instrumentation and control systems  

- Experience across DCS software and hardware architecture, including virtualised environments with replication and failover (beneficial)  

- Hands-on PLC exposure across platforms such as Allen-Bradley or Siemens, plus SCADA and ladder logic  

- Functional safety certification to IEC 61511/61508, or a strong willingness to work towards it  

- Working knowledge of, or interest in developing, OT cybersecurity practices and management systems  

- Structured problem-solver, with familiarity with 5-Why, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies preferred  

- Valid right to work in the UK required; sponsorship is not available for this role

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