Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer

We are recruiting for an experienced Electrical and Instrument Engineer to join a major chemical / process manufacturing site in Greatham.

The plant is entering an exciting new stage, with renewed focus on engineering capability, plant reliability, asset performance and safe production.

This is a key technical role where you will support plant teams, resolve E&I issues, improve reliability and contribute to planned maintenance, outages, plant modifications and continuous improvement activity.

You will:

• Provide technical E&I engineering support to plant teams.
• Troubleshoot plant issues and lead technical investigations.
• Specify electrical equipment and instrument repairs.
• Support planned maintenance events, outages and emergent work.
• Identify and deliver reliability improvement opportunities.
• Provide E&I input to safety reviews, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Maintain and update E&I asset life plans.
• Assess plant modifications and help manage engineering risk.
• Support compliance with site engineering standards and best practice.
• Work closely with Production, Engineering, Technical, Maintenance and specialist service providers.

You will need:

• A degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Control Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status, or to be actively working towards it.
• 5+ years experience in an Upper Tier COMAH, chemical, manufacturing or process environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of electrical, instrumentation and control systems.
• Knowledge of SIL assessment and Safety Instrumented Systems.
• Experience supporting troubleshooting, planned maintenance, outages and emergent work.
• Experience contributing to safety reviews, risk assessments, incident investigations and engineering change assessments.
• Strong problem-solving, communication and influencing skills.

It would be beneficial if you have experience of:

• MOD300 or DeltaV DCS systems.
• Management of Change or Inhibits signatory responsibilities.
• Duty E&I Manager responsibilities.
• Leading cross-functional problem-solving teams.
• Developing E&I life plans and CAPEX recommendations.
• Managing specialist E&I service providers.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a major UK process manufacturing site during an important stage of change and development.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Play a key role in improving plant reliability and availability.
• Support safe operation of critical manufacturing assets.
• Work in a high-hazard, technically complex environment.
• Influence long-term E&I asset performance and improvement plans.

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