Senior EC&I Engineer - Functional Safety

Location: Warrington

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

The Role

Bilfinger UK is currently seeking an experienced Senior Engineer EC&I to join the expanding UK engineering business in Warrington. The role will be working across all functions of engineering delivery including, front end engineering design, estimating and project initiation, detailed design, construction support and technical guidance, interfacing with other disciplines and leading / implementing commissioning activities. This shall be carried out ensuring that all project deliverables are delivered in a safe, cost effective timely manner and in compliance with all relevant standards, directives, regulations and quality targets set out by the business.

Key Activities

• Able to carry out Engineering works using their own initiative, to the agreed milestones, budgets and quality targets
• Should be able to identify Engineering scope change and effectively manage the process of change control
• Represent the interests of BUK in all interactions with the client and maintain client relationships
• Able to work effectively in an engineering team, motivating and progressing Engineers and Designers within the business
• Carry out all Engineering and Design activities within a multi discipline environment
• Make independent decisions on issues, providing expert technical support within and across all Engineering disciplines
• Able to supervise Engineers and Designers within their own discipline, or on specific projects for small Engineering teams
• Act as the Senior EC&I Engineer on single or multi discipline projects
• Be responsible for leading and driving quality in all Engineering designs and projects including, the checking and approval of discipline design deliverables to company procedures
• Comply with all BUK safety rules and CDM requirements for design work, including: design reviews, RAMS, safety studies and Client requirements
• Comply with all BUK company processes and procedures
• Be able to effectively carry out, check and approve Engineering and Design estimates, control and report all costs on allocated projects in terms of progress, scope change and man hours

Discipline Specific:

• Engineer is required to be TUV certified with the main background skill in electrical functional safety requirements
• Fully competent and able to apply the functional safety requirements of BS EN 61508 and BS EN 61511
• Able to manage and carry out all works regarding functional safety un-supervised, this includes carrying out concept, basic and detailed designs as well as being competent to carry out checking, approval and governance checking of other peoples works
• Shall be able to supervise, check and approve the production of detailed EC&I specifications and scopes of work, EC&I design drawings, EC&I schedules and EC&I calculations which can include; cable routing drawings, schematic and single line diagrams, loop diagrams, general arrangement drawings, cable and load schedules, material take-offs, scope documents, software and hand cable calculations, inspection and test reports and commissioning plans
• Lead the selection & specification of general LV electrical items e.g. distribution equipment, isolation & control equipment, light fittings, cables, protective devices
• Lead the selection & specification of general items of equipment e.g. converters, barriers, indicators, relays, junction boxes, panel, fixings, cable management etc.
• Lead the selection and Specification of Instrumentation Equipment for different types of flow, pressure, level, temperature and analytical instrumentation, including cables, Non I.S and I.S systems
• Shall be able to use and complete comprehensive checking of deliverables produced in the following software packages for EC&I engineering designs, AutoCAD 2D, AMTECH or similar Pro Design, Microsoft Office Packages, AutoCAD Electrical (preferred)
• Shall be able to author and provide technical governance on URS and FDS documentation for Automation
• Knowledge / Qualifications in the current standards and codes of practice including ATEX, CDM, BS 7671 etc
• Carry out all Engineering and Design activities in accordance with BUK approved design guides & procedures, client requirements and British/European Standards / Codes of Practice
• Prepare specifications and requisitions for equipment
• Carry out check and approve design, calculation and studies relevant to the engineering discipline
• Shall be able to Lead detailed site surveys of existing assets and project requirements, including the production of detailed survey reports and basis for design documentation
• Provide Engineering and technical support to the site installation team, including the completion of construction red line and as-built documentation
• Shall be able to Lead and implement both cold and hot commissioning activities

Skills & Experience

• HNC / HND in an EC&I Engineering Discipline
• Bachelor's BEng Degree in EC&I Engineering - (Preferred)
• TUV Certification
• Chartership Status CEng with an accredited organisation (Preferred)
• 10+ years' experience in EC&I Engineering and Design (Preferred)
• Sound technical knowledge and expertise in all areas of EC&I engineering
• Application of all key relevant British and European standards and regulations
• Experience within the main Process, Power and Energy industries (Desired)

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.

Electrical | Bilfinger UK Limited | Permanent | White-collar workers | Professional | Engineering leo.taylor@bilfinger.com