InstrumentProject Engineer

£35-£40k

Birmingham

My client is a family owned company located in West Midlands. A leading manufacturer in intermediates for the Pharmaceutical, Agrochemical and Speciality Chemical industries as well as many others.

A vacancy has arisen to join the Instrumentation Department reporting to the Instrument Development Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity to work as part of a highly skilled installation, maintenance and calibration team within a lower tier COMAH facility.

The ideal candidate will have the experience listed below and must have the ability to perform with minimal supervision.

• The full life-cycle management of chemical plant instrumentation projects from design through to commissioning involving all different types of instrumentation. E.g. level, flow, temperature, pressure and mass instrumentation, safety instrumented systems & intrinsic safety etc.
• The ability to manage the modification of instrumentation plant via a management of change system.
• The ability to create and use/understand CAD drawings including all types of Instrumentation drawings and P&ID's.
• Have experience working within the chemical process or other similar regulated industries. E.g. Pharmaceutical, Petro-chem, Food, or Oil & Gas
• Experience of and a good understanding of the instrumentation aspects of DSEAR/ATEX compliance.
• Good understanding of control, safety systems and functional safety standards IEC61508 & IEC61511 and be able to manage proof tests along HSE guidelines.

Qualifications/Training

• Recognised Instrument apprenticeship and educated to HNC level as a minimum.
• Several years' experience with the management of instrumentation projects as a minimum.

If this position sounds interesting to you or you would like to hear more please call Niz on 0161 976 3540.