Control Engineer - Nuclear

Control Engineer - NuclearLocation: North West
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Sector: Nuclear / Industrial Machinery

Employment: Permanent

The Role

An established engineering and manufacturing business is looking to recruit an experienced Control Engineer to join its nuclear engineering team.The company designs and manufactures specialist material handling and processing equipment, including containment systems, gloveboxes/isolators, powder processing equipment and other complex machinery. Control systems range from relatively simple relay and push-button systems through to more sophisticated PLC-based automation. This is a hands-on engineering position where you will take responsibility for the delivery of control systems, from initial design and specification through to integration, testing and commissioning. We're ideally looking for someone with experience designing control systems for industrial machinery, particularly within nuclear, pharmaceutical, chemical or similarly regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop electrical and control systems for complex industrial machinery.
• Produce control and instrumentation drawings, single-line diagrams, instrument schedules and datasheets.
• Work with PLCs, HMIs, VSDs, instrumentation and electrical/pneumatic control systems.
• Carry out design risk assessments and determine appropriate control system Performance Levels.
• Review and contribute to Functional, Hardware and Software Design Specifications.
• Ensure control systems comply with relevant client requirements and engineering standards.
• Support the design and certification of machinery in line with applicable CE/UKCA, electrical, EMC and hazardous-area requirements.
• Liaise with suppliers and subcontractors regarding control panels, components and instrumentation.
• Support workshop teams during installation, inspection and testing.
• Support FAT, SAT, IQ/OQ, installation and commissioning activities.
• Troubleshoot control systems, identify faults and implement corrective actions.
• Liaise directly with customers on technical control-system requirements, including occasional UK and overseas site visits.

Experience We're Looking ForThe successful candidate will ideally have:

• Strong experience in Control Engineering / Electrical Controls Engineering within a machinery or industrial environment.
• Experience designing control systems for integration into industrial machinery or equipment.
• Experience within nuclear, pharmaceutical, chemical, process or another highly regulated sector would be particularly beneficial.
• Good knowledge of PLCs and HMIs used within industrial automation.
• Experience with AutoCAD 2D, AutoCAD Electrical and/or EPLAN.
• Ability to understand and produce electrical and pneumatic control drawings.
• Knowledge of VSDs, instrumentation, loop checks and programmable controllers.
• Experience with control-system testing and commissioning.
• Understanding of machinery safety, functional safety and Performance Level assessments.
• Knowledge of BS 7671 / 18th Edition and relevant BS EN standards.
• Experience with ATEX, hazardous-area equipment or intrinsically safe circuits would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of GAMP 5 / FDA 21 CFR Part 11 would also be beneficial, particularly for candidates coming from pharmaceutical environments. [Hosokawa.pdf | PDF]

The Person

We're looking for an experienced engineer who is comfortable taking ownership of controls packages and working collaboratively across mechanical, electrical, project and manufacturing teams. You'll need to be confident discussing technical requirements with customers and suppliers, while also being approachable and willing to support less experienced members of the engineering team.

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