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Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Engineer
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Astute’s Power team is partnering with a leading energy company in the UK to recruit an EC&I Engineer for their CCGT site, to be based in Kent or North London.
Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Engineer
The role comes with a starting salary of up to £60,000 plus a great benefits package including private medical and dental insurance.
If you’re a HNC qualified EC&I Engineer with heavy industrial experience who has supported Operations teams and overseen contractor management, then upload your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and Duties
Reporting to the Mechanical Team Leader, you will:
- Support the Lead C&I Engineer in delivering the site’s Control and Instrumentation Maintenance and Engineering Strategy.
- Investigate, diagnose and resolve faults affecting field instrumentation and control equipment.
- Carry out planned and corrective maintenance across C&I and industrial automation systems.
- Support the OT Security Engineer with maintenance activities designed to reduce cyber security risks.
- Undertake routine OT security activities including patching, antivirus updates and application control.
- Maintain OT asset inventories, network diagrams and technical records.
- Prepare maintenance orders and deliver packages of work within your area of competence.
- Support the operation and maintenance of OT security infrastructure and implement corrective actions from audits and assessments.
- Provide technical support during OT and cyber-related incidents, including fault finding and corrective actions.
- Read and interpret P&IDs, panel schematics, loop drawings, logic diagrams and cause-and-effect charts.
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Professional Qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in Engineering is desirable.
- Extensive technical experience within power generation, ideally with CCGT plant and EC&I maintenance.
- Strong understanding of maintenance planning, SAP and maintenance best practice.
- Experience managing contractors, maintenance contracts, budgets and commercial activities.
- IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent safety qualification, with a strong understanding of HSE legislation and safety management.
Personal Skills
The EC&I Engineer role would suit someone who is:
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- A confident and organised engineer with the ability to manage multiple priorities, resources and stakeholders.
- A strong communicator who can challenge existing practices and influence positive change.
- A commercially and technically minded problem solver who remains calm under pressure and is focused on continuous improvement.
Salary and Benefits
- Salary of £53,000 – £60,000
- Benefits including private medical & dental, 26 days annual leave and 12% pension contributions
- Opportunity to join a leading energy company
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. 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. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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