Job Details: EC&I Engineer
Company
Engineering Specialists
Location
Wakefield
Salary
£50,000 - £65,000
Job Ref.
24928
Job Type
Permanent
Date posted
01/10/2025
Benefits
Enhances Pension
Contact
An opportunity for an experienced EC&I Engineer to join a specialist EC&I team within a leading chemical manufacturer supplying a range of industries including water, food and beverage, oil and gas, and pharmaceuticals.
EC&I Engineer
£50,000 - £65,000 + Enhanced Pension + Benefits
Leeds
Ref: 24928
EC&I Engineer - The Role:
- Work as part of the Maintenance team to ensure the Top Tier COMAH site is operating in a safe and productive manner
- Creating EC&I drawings (e.g., Block Cable Diagrams, Single Line Diagrams), technical specifications, and basis of design documents.
- Ensuring designs comply with relevant standards, legislation, and project requirements, including safety and functional safety aspects.
- Supporting the commissioning process.
- Identifying and resolving technical issues, often requiring a proactive approach.
- Maintain and upgrade DCS/PLC and hard-wired control systems.
- Maintain and upgrade PLC based control loops.
- Coordinate functional testing of basic process control systems.
- Read and extract information from drawings, specification diagrams, operation, and maintenance manuals.
- Perform and record risk assessments for routine and non-routine tasks.
- Work with the project team delivering and commissioning on site projects.
- Be actively involved in training and continuous improvement, write up training notes and share information with the EC & I Technicians
EC&I Engineer - The Person:
- Prior experience of DCS controls systems
- Familiar with BS7671 regulations.
- Knowledge of the Electricity at Work Regulations and ATEX Regulations
- Knowledge of BS EN 61508 and BS EN 61511
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Effective coaching and performance management skills
Located in the Leeds area, this role would be commutable from Bradford, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Castleford and surrounding areas.
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