Control and Instrumentation Engineer

## Control and Instrumentation Engineer Apply remote type:
Fully Onsite locations:
Wales, United Kingdom time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
R26 000746

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs.

Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.
If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply! Cabot Carbon Ltd, are looking for a Control and Instrumentation Engineer to join the Engineering team based in Barry, South Wales.
** About the Position
** The Control and Instrumentation Engineer acts as the site subject matter expert and owner for all onsite OT and IT systems, ensuring procedural, legal & regulatory compliance. They must also ensure that the systems and equipment are safe to operate at all times, and maintained at optimum performance to meet the business objectives of the site.

The role must also support to the local IT equipment users and be the interface between the site and shared service center. Collaborates with site and Corp staff to develop and implement projects, budgets and contracts and monitor system and service performance.

The candidate must therefore have strong self-motivation, and a desire to work in an environment of continuous improvement. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a collaborative mindset are key for this role, which will interact with multiple organisational levels and functions, both regionally and on-site.
** How You Will Make an Impact:*
* • Promote safety as the number one priority.  Provide leadership to encourage a safety first environment at all times, and take actions which demonstrate continuous improvement with respect to health, safety including process safety and the environment. Ensure compliance with UK legislative and site SH&E requirements
• Using industry best-practice tools, support Root-Cause-Analysis (RCA) activities into plant performance deviations. Lead and support teams throughout the entire process
• Use Management Of Change (MOC) techniques to ensure that potential plant/process changes receive appropriate review and are managed through to final handover to site
• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and lead point of contact for site IT, OT systems and infrastructure – performing regular scheduled maintenance, diagnosing systems issues, and implementing corrective actions or fixes to software and hardware as required
• Implement programming changes to the DCS/PLC systems as required, utilizing management of change procedures, and ensuring appropriate commissioning checks before/after changes to live plant equipment
• Ensure site compliance with applicable legal, corporate and local standards. Own and manage relevant site standards including alarm management, functional safety, Safety Instrumented Systems (SIL), Overrides, IEC
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• Provide Leadership and support for the implementation and on-going management of site functional safety systems (DCS trip architecture, SIL, Interlocks)
• Own and manage the site IT/OT infrastructure (E.g. DCS I/O, controllers, gateways, servers, data-historian, CCTV, and data backup control). Work with local and regional teams to develop
• Support the Engineering Manager in control and setting of the site budgets for IT Software, IT Hardware, and DCS/PLC maintenance activities. Provide appropriate management of expenditure whilst ensuring all key preventive and corrective tasks are completed to schedule.
• Support the Engineering and Production Managers to manage the site knowledge-base on IT/OT operations. Support the…