Senior C&I Engineer

Mott MacDonald

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About the business unit
The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including 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. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.
Overview of role
Our Energy unit deliver projects to a wide range of clients across the defence, existing and nuclear new build industry. Due to recent project wins and continued growth of our business, we are recruiting a Senior C&I Engineer to join our team. The work will involve leading and managing the production of C&I designs in line with project requirements, as well as providing close liaison and support to all other disciplines.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the execution for the control and instrumentation work on projects, in accordance with the control and instrumentation design instructions and company/project procedures
• Adhere to standards on safety and quality, man hour plans, cost budgets and project schedule targets
• Identify and plan the control and instrumentation scopes of work
• Provide input into project planning and execution
• Prepare budgets and manpower requirements
• Assign work and deliverables to your team with clarity on scope, quality and schedule
• Review deliverables for required standard and quality
• Attend engineering meetings and liaise with other groups and clients as necessary
• Ensure solutions meet all discipline-related legal requirements including CDM, safety (including application of the EDSPS), environmental and site licence conditions, and that deliverables and solutions generated are adequately underpinned
• Ensure understanding and application of relevant legislation, client and project-specific policies, procedures and design standards.

Candidates must be eligible to apply for and obtain Security Clearance in the UK.

What we need from you:

• Degree Qualified in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Chartered Status and membership of professional body or expected to be close to achieving chartership.
• Technically astute with all aspects of control and instrumentation including:
  • Design basis to P&ID developments
  • Systems architecture drawings
  • Communication and cable selection, routing and cable management drawings
  • Field instrumentation selection
  • Control and safety systems, including safety PLC systems
  • Control and Instrumentation cabinet design
  • Instrumentation loop drawings and hook-up diagrams
  • Compiling Instrument Data Sheets
  • Writing User Requirement Specifications
  • Writing C&I design reports and specifications
  • Ability to review and check other engineer’s work
• Conversant with the latest advances in control and instrumentation technology (fieldbus, wireless systems
• Evidence of having a sound working knowledge and experience of relevant standards and CDM legislation
• Delivering documentation that is technically correct to the required standard and to schedule. 

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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.

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 reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

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 and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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