Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer

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Location/s: Brighton, Leicester; UK or Genoa; IT

Recruiter contact: Maria Marchidan

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We deliver exciting work that defines our future and makes an important societal impact in the communities we serve.

About The Energy Unit

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension.

Overview Of The Role

The Energy Transition team within our Energy unit is looking for Senior Control & Instrumentation Engineers to strengthen the existing C&I team; providing advisory and design capabilities across a variety of power and energy projects types and technologies in a growing portfolio, supporting our clients in the UK and across Europe as part of the energy transition.

Key Responsibilities And Duties Include

• Working on projects in a variety of stages of maturity, including Owner’s Engineer, Design Review, Feasibility Studies, FEED Studies and Detailed Design. There will be opportunities for site work during project development, construction and commissioning
• Preparation of C&I deliverables such as equipment specifications, control philosophies, calculations, equipment datasheets, loop drawings, cable block diagrams, general arrangement drawings, cable routing drawings, reviewing P&IDs and other process information
• Participation in safety reviews (HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA)
• Coordinate C&I delivery on multi-disciplinary project, interfacing with other disciplines, project engineer, project manager and customer
• Working with the project team to develop cost-effective, efficient and innovative solutions to complex problems to create practical designs based on these solutions
• Working with equipment vendors on developing designs of equipment packages and participating in technical evaluations of vendor designs
• Support in developing proposals and bids for the C&I discipline and contributing to multi-disciplinary proposals
• Provide technical leadership and governance
• A commitment to promoting health, safety, and wellbeing in the workplace

Essential

• A Degree in a relevant Engineering subject
• Chartered Engineer (or in the process of obtaining) and Member of relevant Engineering Institute
• Significant post graduate experience in C&I technical delivery
• The ability and desire to assume a lead role in the development of C&I deliverables
• Ability to adapt and work on multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of design and construction of power and energy projects
• Proven understanding of the design process and ability to demonstrate working knowledge of brief/scope documents, design concepts as well as experienced in producing calculations
• Detailed working knowledge of national and international codes and standards used within the power and energy sector
• Experience of working with design software packages such as Autocad, Aveva, etc
• Knowledge of OEM control systems such as Siemens, ABB, Emerson, etc
• Experience of working with clients and contractors with a diverse range of objectives in achieving a technical solution

Desirable

• Experience within Owner’s Engineer or technical advisory sector

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at and we will talk about how we can support you.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process.

Location(s): Leicester, GB Brighton, GB Genova, IT

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Energy

Discipline: Energy

Job Ref: 11844

Recruiter Contact: Maria Cervantes

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