Electrical Controls & Instrumentation Engineer

Reed Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading Engineering & Manufacturing company

Job Title: Electrical Controls & Instrumentation Engineer

Job Purpose

To provide specialist instrumentation and control engineering support to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the companies engineering & manufacturing processes. The role focuses on maintaining and improving automation systems across assets such as furnaces and other heavy engineering plant within the site

Key Responsibilities

1. Asset Reliability & Maintenance

• Deliver high levels of plant availability through effective maintenance of instrumentation and control systems.
• Maintain and calibrate field instruments (pressure, flow, temperature, level, gas analysers).
• Support reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) and predictive maintenance initiatives.
• Provide rapid fault diagnosis and resolution to minimise production downtime.

2. Control Systems & Automation

• Configure, maintain, and upgrade PLC, DCS, and SCADA systems used across company operations.
  • Common platforms: Siemens (S7/TIA), ABB, Rockwell Automation etc
• Support and enhance automation systems for:
  • furnace processes
  • Fault diagnosis within the site for controls, instrumentation and combustion
• Ensure robust control logic, interlocks, and safety systems are maintained.

3. Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve process stability, yield, energy efficiency, and product quality.

4. Projects & Engineering Development

• Support capital projects, upgrades, and plant modifications.
• Contribute to engineering design, including P&IDs, specifications, and functional design documents (FDS).
• Supervise installation and commissioning activities, including loop checks and SAT/FAT testing.

5. Health, Safety & Environmental Compliance

• Ensure all systems comply with company Zero Harm safety culture.
• Participate in risk assessments such as HAZOP, SIL verification, and FMEA.
• Ensure compliance with COMAH regulations and other UK industry standards.
• Promote safe working practices in a heavy industrial environment.

6. Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with operations, mechanical, and electrical teams to support production targets.
• Liaise with OEMs, contractors, and engineering partners.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to technicians and apprentices.

7. Documentation & Governance

• Maintain accurate maintenance records, calibration certificates, and engineering documentation.
• Ensure compliance within company standards and audit requirements.

Skills & Experience

Essential Technical Skills

• Strong experience with:
  • PLC programming (Siemens, Allen-Bradley) would be advantageous
  • Burner Management identification and finding
  • Distributed Control Systems (ABB, Honeywell, etc.)
  • SCADA systems
  • SAT and TUS experience would be advantageous

Desirable

• Experience within steel or heavy industry (e.g., metals, energy, petrochemical).
• Exposure to high-temperature or continuous manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of drives, motors, and process automation in the heavy engineering industry

Qualifications

• A relevant qualification (or equivalent experience) in:
  • Control & Instrumentation Engineering
  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering