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Electrical Controls and Instrumentation Strategy Lead Engineer
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Electrical Controls and Instrumentation Strategy Lead Engineer
Lead EC&I Strategy Engineer Astute’s Power team
Location: Based at CCGT site in Kent or in North London
Salary: £75,000–Pbdp + medical coverage + bonus
About the Role
Astute are partnering with a leading energy organisation to recruit a Lead Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation (EC&I) Strategy Engineer for challenging new projects.
This operationally led Engineering role is ideal if you’re degree-qualified in an Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation or related discipline and have proven project management experience.
Responsibilities span strategy, multi-discipline project leadership, contract management and continuous improvement for a critical asset ¬Ù delivering both strategic and operational value.
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader, in this role you will:
- Develop and implement governance, risk and compliance (GRAC) strategies to support safe and reliable EC&I plant systems in operation.
- Lead engineering business planning and oversee operational & capital expenditure within scope, ensuring commercial accountability.
- Execute multi-million projects and outages from concept design, risk and cost planning through to decommissioning ¬Ù always delivering to time, schedule, cost and key performance criteria.
- Manage contract strategies, evaluate supplier performance and lead technical & commercial negotiations to minimise risk.
- Develop maintenance strategies to improve EC&I asset reliability, compliance, and performance using latest industry standards and best practice.
- Drive continuous improvement, leveraging technique like root cause analysis, audits, benchmarking and flowcharting.
- Lead technical reviews of EC&I-related modifications ensuring robust engineering and effective change management processes.
- Enforce stringent compliance across HSE, engineering and environmental standards, helping the company foster a strong safety culture.
- Assist in defining technical tender specifications and manage contractors for EC&I equipment and services procurements.
- Collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders, third-party contractors and external technical partners.
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What we’re looking for
Professional Qualifications
- Degree (or equivalent HNC/HND) in Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation or related engineering field, or significant that proves practical credibility.
- Strong industry experience specifically in EC&I systems across power generation (especially CCGT), heavy process or high-risk industrial settings.
- Expert-level understanding of EC&I asset performance management, maintenance best practices and reliability optimisation.
- Proven track record leading multi-discipline projects, outages or maintenance operations across production and capital work.
- Significant contract management experience with suppliers and commercial risk assessment.
- Desirable: APMP® professional qualification or equivalent project leadership documented evidence.
- Desirable: NEBOSH Certificate or equal health & safety foundation level.
Personal Skills
- Proactively solve challenges with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Strong prioritisation and organisational skills with the ability to juggle competing responsibilities effectively.
- Approaches, and communicates complex technical issues clearly to non-specialist [stakeholders].
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Salary & Benefits
Salary: Up to £75,000 Package includes: Private medical insurance, performance-based bonus opportunity with generous pension contributions Professional growth: Net pass to a leading energy corporation and access to external training opportunities through a certificate scheme.
** atypical commitment**
Astute People act as an employment agency for this vacancy. We are obligated to ensure: • Compliance with all UK legal employment requirements • Non-discriminatory recruitment practices (protected characteristic grounds express: age, gender, ethnicity, disability, religious faith, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation). • UK Right to Work Processes
Preferred Candidate Location: Must demonstrate the ability to take up work at their site’s base location.
By applying through Astute, you will be in the ‘ Loyalty Pool,’ should other eligibility criteria not be met you will be notified by the client within 7 days. If you form contact, please consider your application unsuccessful and return access.
--- Apply today by submitting an up-to-date CV directly to:
📧 rwinter@astutepeople.co.uk 📞 +44 23 9228 8212 🔗 Link for further discussion with the Recruitment Consultant – Ruth Winter on LinkedIn
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