At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure control systems are maintained, tested, and improved for optimal plant performance.
- Company: Join a leading energy from waste plant in Kidderminster.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, pension, life insurance, and generous annual leave.
- Other info: Monday to Friday role with opportunities for on-the-job training and career progression.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a hands-on engineering role focused on sustainability.
- Qualifications: Experience in power stations or similar environments and a relevant engineering qualification.
Control & Instrumentation Engineer – Energy from Waste
£55,000 – £63,300 + benefits
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
SCINERGY Recruitment are supporting an energy from waste plant in Kidderminster with the appointment of an experienced Control & Instrumentation Engineer. This is a hands-on, site-based engineering role focused on plant availability, safe maintenance delivery, calibration compliance, fault-finding and the ongoing improvement of control and instrumentation systems across a demanding process environment.
What you’ll be doing day to day:
- Ensuring all control and instrumentation systems are operated, maintained, tested and calibrated in line with operational and statutory requirements.
- Supporting planned maintenance outages and responding effectively to unscheduled breakdowns to help maintain safe and reliable plant performance.
- Managing maintenance, calibration and testing of specialist equipment, including Distributed Control Systems, Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems and associated control systems.
- Supporting upgrades, modifications and new installation projects across the facility, working closely with internal teams and external contractors.
- Helping ensure maintenance activity is delivered efficiently, safely and in line with site procedures, engineering standards and compliance requirements.
- Maintaining a strong focus on health, safety and environmental standards, ensuring all work is completed safely and supports the continued performance of the facility.
This is a days based role, Monday to Friday.
What you’ll need:
- Experience working within a power station, process plant, Energy from Waste, heavy industrial or similar operational plant environment.
- A recognised qualification in Control & Instrumentation or a related engineering discipline.
- Strong knowledge of control and instrumentation systems, including calibration, testing, fault-finding and preventative maintenance.
- Experience working with Distributed Control Systems and Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems.
- The ability to respond to breakdowns, diagnose faults and support reliable plant operation in a demanding live facility environment.
- Experience coordinating maintenance activity, working with contractors or supporting small teams would be highly beneficial.
What’s on offer:
- Competitive salary up to £63,300
- Pension scheme
- Life insurance
- 33 days’ annual leave
- On-the-job training and progression
- Further benefits including cycle to work scheme and Gymflex membership
To apply or to find out more, contact Steve or Callum at SCINERGY Recruitment.
Control & Instrument Engineer employer: SCINERGY Recruitment Limited
At SCINERGY Recruitment, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, particularly for our Control & Instrumentation Engineer role in Kidderminster. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through on-the-job training and a supportive work culture that prioritises health, safety, and environmental standards. With competitive salaries, generous annual leave, and additional benefits like a pension scheme and gym membership, we offer a rewarding environment for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the energy sector.
Contact Details:
SCINERGY Recruitment Limited Recruitment Team
