Functional Safety Engineer in Sheffield

Functional Safety Engineer – EC&I

Are you an engineer experienced in controls and looking for a challenge where you can develop into a senior role with real succession potential?

Location

📍 Location: Sheffield

Pay

💷 Pay: £60,000+

Benefits

• ✔️ Flexible start and finish times
• ✔️ Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• ✔️ 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• ✔️ Option to buy up to 3 additional holidays per year
• ✔️ Long-service awards
• ✔️ Employee referral scheme

Must Haves

• ✅ Degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls/EC&I, or similar
• ✅ Expert understanding of UK machinery safety legislation
• ✅ Strong working knowledge of Siemens PLC/Control systems – essential
• ✅ Experience producing safety lifecycle documentation
• ✅ Knowledge of BS EN (phone number removed), BS EN 61508, BS EN 62061
• ✅ Competent with SISTEMA
• ✅ Understanding of laser positioning, encoders, VSDs, safety relays & high‑integrity components
• ✅ Strong communication & stakeholder management skills
• ✅ Full UK driving licence

Hours

⏰ Hours: Full‑time (flexible start/finish times available)

Introduction

Ready to take the next step in your career as a Functional Safety Engineer? This is a rare opportunity to join a forward‑thinking engineering team delivering high‑integrity control systems across machinery, automation, and complex engineered solutions.

The business is creating this Functional Safety Engineer position in preparation for the retirement of their Principal Functional Safety Engineer – meaning genuine progression and development are built into the role. You\’ll work across the full safety lifecycle, shaping critical design documentation, performing SIL calculations, and ensuring compliance to UK machinery and functional safety standards.

If you’re a Functional Safety Engineer with Siemens PLC expertise and a flair for high‑spec, safety‑critical engineering… this one is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver compliant electrical control systems to BS EN (phone number removed), BS EN 61508, and BS EN 62061
• Define, document, and validate safety functions and integrity requirements
• Produce & maintain:

• Basis of Design Specifications (BoD)
• Functional Design Specifications (FDS)
• Safety Design Specifications (SDS)
• Reliability reports & SIL calculations
• Design electrical schematics (Eplan preferred) including safety‑critical devices

Essential Qualifications / Skills

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls/EC&I, or related discipline
• Expert understanding of UK machinery safety legislation
• Strong Siemens PLC/Control systems background
• Hands‑on safety lifecycle documentation experience
• Proficient with BS EN (phone number removed) / 61508 / 62061
• Competent with reliability tools such as SISTEMA
• Knowledge of: laser positioning systems, encoders, variable speed drives, safety relays, high‑integrity control components
• Excellent communication & stakeholder management

Desirable

• TÜV Functional Safety qualification (high priority)
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward
• Experience in Defence, Aerospace, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, machine build, precision automation, or other high‑spec sectors
• Eplan experience
• PLC/HMI programming exposure (Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider)

How to Apply

10 Recruitment are delighted to be working on this vacancy for our client. However, we are looking to shortlist immediately, so please apply today to avoid missing this opportunity. You can contact us on (phone number removed) or visit to view all our current vacancies