At a Glance
- Tasks: Support and enhance automation systems in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
- Company: Leading engineering firm in Sheffield focused on innovation and safety.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with a focus on mentorship and career development.
- Why this job: Join a team that values safety and continuous improvement in heavy industry.
- Qualifications: Relevant qualification in Control & Instrumentation Engineering or equivalent experience.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
- 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 company's 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.
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Electrical Controls & Instrumentation Engineer in Sheffield employer: Energy Jobline ZR
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