Control and Instrumentation Design Engineer

Instrument and Controls Engineer

Royston , Hertfordshire

Contract - 12 months

500-600 per day - inside IR35

The Control & Instrumentation (C&I) Design Engineer will support the engineering design of projects by developing the C&I design and producing C&I design strategies and documentation. The global project team portfolio is a circa £100m/yr consisting of several projects to grow, improve and replace old assets.

The C&I Engineer will undertake control and instrumentation design and propose /review strategies for new or replacement capital projects from early concept and feasibility through to commissioning. This role may act as a consultant across several projects at different sites. They will support projects with other engineering disciplines, project managers and construction engineers providing appropriate guidance and direction, to ensure that relevant C&I Engineering standards are understood, interpreted and adhered to as part of the project.

The Control and Instrumentation Design Engineer will provide engineering support to the project delivery team, by ensuring decisions are made on risk ensuring engineering standards are maintained at a cost the business can afford. They will provide front end engineering concepts and optionality that consider both the initial outlay as well as the life cycle cost of the asset into the design and proposal ensuring always that value for money has been achieved.

As a technical expert, the C&I Design engineer will further ensure that latest technology available, industry best practice and value improvement engineering opportunities are considered into the final design solution (where appropriate) for the project acting as C&I engineering sign off.

The role will set the deliverables and scope for projects by writing or contributing to Project Basis of Design and Technical Specification documents. Well defined CAPEX project scopes will be detailed by the C&I Design Engineer by identifying risks and opportunities across the sites and also through working with the production and maintenance teams to understanding emergent issues or opportunities for improvement.

Responsibilities-

• Proactively promote a positive Health & Safety culture and ensure adherence to JM policies (including HR/EHS/Security).
• Technical expert for C&I discipline, providing C&I engineering design
• Produce C&I design documentation (I.e scope of work documents, I/O and instrument lists, instrument datasheets, control system architecture
• Liaise and consult with the onsite Controls Team to ensure site standards, preferred technical options and preferred vendors are followed and sign off achieved for proposed engineering designs
• Input into key front end project deliverables such as concept selection & justification, basis of design and scope of work documents
• Liaise with the Project team, Operations, Maintenance and EHS to ensure that the right systems are implemented.
• Build strong working relationships with site teams and key personnel (i.e site controls team, site electrical engineers, maintenance, engineering, EHS, production managers and operators)
• Deliver C&I designs for retrofit, working with local supply chain.
• Respond to project technical queries and scope change assessments within discipline for projects
• Drive continuous improvement of instrumentation related scopes by proposing CAPEX projects to close risk gaps or by realising opportunities such as continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and deliver training to production and maintenance technicians as required during commissioning and start-up of projects
• Support C&I aspects of projects during construction and commissioning phases
• Produce and contribute to commissioning plans and execution of commissioning activities
• Interfacing with sub-contractors for pricing proposals, answer RFIs and technical queries to ensure an accurate proposal
• Ensuring contractors comply with Johnson Matthey construction, manufacturing, installation, EHS and Security standards and policies.
• Identify the appropriate application of Industry engineering codes, standards, practices and design guides for CAPEX projects

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.