Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Engineer

Astute's Power team is partnered with a market‑leading energy company for the recruitment of an Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation (EC&I) Engineer to join their Energy from Waste Power Station in Cardiff, South Wales.

The vital EC&I Engineer role comes with a salary of up to c.£65,000 + Bonus + Overtime + Pension + benefits.

Responsibilities

• Day‑to‑day management of short‑term and long‑term goals, including preventative maintenance activities to ensure maximum plant availability.
• Lead the team of EC&I Technicians to ensure maintenance tasks are carried out.
• Assist in delivering the overall maintenance and engineering strategy, implementing new maintenance techniques and approaches, and managing the EC&I budget.
• Work alongside Mechanical and Project Engineers to ensure work is appropriately allocated and delivered, and develop the site's CMMS.
• Assist in the preparation of budgets for the EC&I Department.
• Act as EC&I lead during planned outages, managing specialist contractors on site.
• Perform the role of Electrical Senior Authorised Person under the company's safety rules.
• Ensure all activities are carried out safely and in line with company safety policies, safety rules and relevant H&S legislation.
• Deputise for the Engineering Manager when required.

Professional Qualifications

• Ideally an HNC or similar in Electrical, Electronics, Measurement and Control Engineering.
• HV SAP/AP experience.
• IOSH or NEBOSH certification will be advantageous.

Personal Skills, Qualification and Experience

• Proven supervisory or management experience in heavy process engineering environments such as Power Generation (Energy from Waste, Biomass, Coal, CCGT, CHP), Paper Mills, COMAH sites, Steelworks, Refineries, etc.
• Experience in maintaining and working on a variety of instrumentation, electrical and control system equipment (SCADA, PLC, temperature, level, pressure, flow, switch‑gear, motors, variable speed drives, transformers, etc.).
• Contract management experience.

Salary & Benefits

• Basic salary up to c.£65,000.
• Bonus.
• Overtime.
• Other excellent company benefits.

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative.