Control & Instrumentation Engineer
Kintec Global Recruitment
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 - £75,000 + Bonus + Pension + Healthcare Key Responsibilities
- Act as the site's technical authority for control systems and OT/IT infrastructure.
- Make controlled programming changes to the DCS and PLCs under proper change and commissioning discipline.
- Set and maintain site standards for alarms, overrides, cybersecurity, and IEC 61511 compliance.
- Own the site's protective systems, including interlocks, trips, and SIL-rated functions.
- Maintain infrastructure from controllers and networks through to historians, servers, and backups.
- Investigate plant performance issues through structured root cause analysis.
- Support the Engineering Manager with control-system and IT budget planning.
- Act as SME on capital projects involving control and OT scope.
- Coordinate local IT and wider corporate digital functions under one approach.
- Drive a safety-first culture aligned to UK legislation and site SHE requirements.
- Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Control Systems, or Instrumentation & Electronics.
- Experience with ownership of instrumentation and control systems is highly desirable.
- Experience with DCS software and hardware architecture, including virtualised environments with replication and failover, is beneficial.
- Hands-on PLC exposure across platforms such as Allen-Bradley, Siemens, or Emerson DeltaV, plus SCADA and ladder logic.
- Functional safety certification to IEC 61511/61508, or a strong willingness to work towards it.
- Working knowledge of, or interest in developing, OT cybersecurity practices and management systems.
- Structured problem-solving skills; familiarity with 5-Why, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies preferred.
- Valid right to work in the UK required - sponsorship is not available for this role.
- Contributory pension
- Annual bonus
- Private medical cover
- Strong holiday allowance
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