Control and Instrumentation Engineer / Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Overview of the Role

Our Energy unit delivers projects to a wide range of clients across the defence, existing and nuclear new build industry. Due to recent project wins and continued growth of our business, we are recruiting a Senior C&I Engineer / C&I Engineer to join our Nuclear: Defence and Civil team. The work will involve supporting the production of C&I designs in line with project requirements, as well as working closely with other disciplines to deliver high-quality solutions.

Key responsibilities and duties

• Support the execution of control and instrumentation work on projects, in accordance with C&I design instructions and company/project procedures
• Work to agreed standards on safety and quality, man‑hour plans, cost budgets, and project schedule targets
• Assist in identifying and planning C&I scopes of work
• Contribute to project planning and execution activities
• Prepare design deliverables such as drawings, calculations, and specifications to the required quality
• Liaise with other engineering disciplines and clients as required
• Ensure solutions comply with discipline‑related legal requirements, including CDM, safety (including application of the EDSPS), environmental and site licence conditions
• Apply relevant legislation, client and project‑specific policies, procedures, and design standards in day‑to‑day work

Essential candidate specification

• Degree qualified in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Working towards professional registration with a relevant engineering institution (IEng/CEng)
• Knowledge of control and instrumentation engineering, including:
• Design basis to P&ID development
• Systems architecture drawings
• Cable selection, routing, and management drawings
• Field instrumentation selection
• Control and safety systems
• Control and Instrumentation cabinet design
• Instrumentation loop drawings and hook‑up diagrams
• Compiling Instrument Data Sheets
• Ability to prepare technical reports and specifications
• Keen to develop knowledge of the latest advances in control and instrumentation technology (fieldbus, wireless systems, safety PLCs)
• Awareness of relevant standards and CDM legislation
• Ability to deliver accurate documentation to the required standard and schedule

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

Location

• Altrincham, GB
• Tadley, GB
• Reading, GB
• Bristol, GB
• Glasgow, GB

Contract Type

Permanent

Work Pattern

Full Time

Benefits

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance equal up to 4x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6x your salary
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return-to-work support due to long-term illness or injury
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes

Job Ref

12955