EC&I Senior Engineer
Immediate Start – Contract with potential to go permanent
We are looking for a Senior EC&I Engineer to join ongoing compliance and engineering projects supporting clients in the industrial and process sectors. This is a leading role providing engineering oversight, technical assurance and client support across multiple sites.
Contract Details
- Rates:
- Perm: £55,000 – £60,000 (potentially higher for a Lead appointment, up to ~£80k)
- Start Date: ASAP
The Role
As a Senior EC&I Engineer, you will support compliance, inspection, testing and engineering activities, ensuring operational standards, regulatory obligations and customer expectations are achieved. You will play a key technical role in helping clients upgrade, optimise and maintain systems across chemical and industrial sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver and oversee EC&I engineering and compliance activities
- Produce and review technical documentation, specifications and reports
- Develop engineering design packages including:
- Hazardous and non-hazardous equipment specifications
- Safety instrumented system calculations
- Loop drawings, schedules and single-line diagrams
- Testing, inspection and maintenance documents
- Provide technical support to inspection and site teams, including help with fault resolution
- Conduct site surveys and produce findings reports
- Support project planning, budget control and scheduling
- Develop strong client relationships and interpret their requirements into engineered solutions
- Travel to client sites and support urgent fault investigation where required
About You
- HNC or higher in Electrical, EC&I or related engineering discipline
- Ideally be incorporated engineer (IEng) or working towards
- Experience on industrial UK sites
- Knowledge of DSEAR / ATEX and ideally CompEx certification
- Strong understanding of functional safety and standards such as BSEN 61508 / 61511
- Good IT skills and experience with tools such as Excel, AutoCAD and MS Project
- Strong stakeholder-facing communication skills
- BS7671 18th Edition trained and working knowledge