Process Design Control & Instrumentation Engineer
Full-time – Permanent. Region: North West UK. Compensation: GBP 40,000 – 75,000 per year.
- Location: Manchester/Derby/Warrington (any site)
- On 2 times per 14 days to any of the site
- Clearance: BPSS
- Experience Level: 4–15 years
Key Responsibilities:
Process Control & System Design
- Develop control philosophies, narratives, and functional specifications for safety‑critical systems.
- Define control strategies, alarms, interlocks, and operating logic.
- Ensure control behaviour follows safety principles such as defence‑in‑depth, redundancy, and failure tolerance.
- Support design, testing, validation, and commissioning of control systems (DCS, PLC, SCADA).
Safety & Risk Management
- Contribute to Safety and Functional Requirements Specifications (SFRS) and safety/security cases.
- Support hazard analysis and risk assessments (HAZOP, FMEA, FTA, SIL/LOPA).
- Work with safety, cybersecurity and compliance teams to meet regulatory requirements.
Process Analysis & Instrumentation
- Analyse process performance and system dynamics to support design decisions.
- Identify improvements in efficiency, reliability and stability.
- Develop instrumentation and measurement strategies aligned with functional safety requirements.
Required Skills:
- Strong background in process control, system behaviour, and optimisation.
- Proven experience developing control philosophies, narratives, and functional specifications.
- Experience contributing engineering outputs to safety or security cases.
- Knowledge of hazard identification and risk‑based engineering methodologies.
- Familiarity with instrumentation, sensors, and control system integration.
Required Qualifications:
- Degree in Electrical, Instrumentation & Control, Process, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, or a closely related discipline, or equivalent military experience.
- Experience within nuclear, energy or large infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with UK and international fire protection standards (e.g. BS 5839, NFPA, IEC).
- Knowledge of process instrumentation, control systems or electrical schematics.
- Understanding of ISO 9001, ISO 45001 or equivalent safety and quality frameworks.
- Experience managing or auditing equipment suppliers on technical compliance and documentation quality.
Benefits:
- A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
- A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance & Pension Scheme
- Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team building
- Flexible way of working (role dependent)
We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes.
Security Clearance: This role may require a Baseline Personnel Security Standard clearance. Details will be discussed during the interview.
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