Senior Manager - Process C&I & Data Processing & Control Systems; DPCS

We are Rolls‑Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once‑in‑a‑career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy. The Electrical, Control & Instrumentation (EC&I) function is responsible for defining and delivering the control, protection and automation systems that underpin the safe and efficient operation of the SMR power station.

Process Control, Instrumentation and Data Processing Systems sit at the heart of plant operations, providing the monitoring, control, automation and operational information capability required to support the full plant lifecycle.

As a Senior Manager
- Process C&I & Data Processing Systems, you will lead the specification, design, integration and delivery of plant-wide process control, instrumentation, supervisory control, operational information and data processing systems. Reporting to the Head of C&I Systems Design & Integration, you will provide leadership across process instrumentation, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), operational data processing systems, plant monitoring systems, alarm management systems, historian platforms and operational decision‑support tools.

You will ensure these systems satisfy plant performance objectives, operational requirements, cybersecurity expectations, human factors principles and nuclear regulatory requirements.

• Lead the development of plant‑wide process control and instrumentation architectures
• Define control philosophies and operational requirements
• Establish requirements for process monitoring, automation and control systems
• Ensure alignment between plant operation objectives and control system functionality
• Provide technical leadership throughout the engineering lifecycle
• Chair technical reviews and approve key engineering decisions
• Ensure control and instrumentation systems support safe and reliable plant operations
• Integrate human factors requirements into operator interfaces and control room solutions
• Support safety case development and licensing activities
• Develop alarm management and operational response philosophies
• Define architectures for data acquisition, historians, performance monitoring and plant diagnostics
• Establish information management and operational reporting strategies
• Support advanced condition monitoring, predictive analytics and operational support capabilities
• Ensure cybersecurity requirements are integrated into operational technology solutions
• Lead testing, integration, verification and commissioning readiness activities
• Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships with instrumentation, automation and digital technology providers
• Lead technical supplier evaluations, qualification activities and equipment selection
• Ensure systems and suppliers meet cost, quality, schedule and safety targets
• Build and develop a high‑performing engineering organisation through coaching, mentoring and succession planning

• Extensive experience in process control engineering, instrumentation systems and plant automation
• Significant experience with Distributed Control Systems (DCS), operational information systems and industrial data processing environments
• Strong understanding of systems engineering and systems integration principles
• Experience defining control philosophies, operational strategies and process automation architectures
• Experience integrating human factors requirements into plant control and monitoring systems
• Knowledge of alarm management, plant diagnostics and operational support systems
• Understanding of industrial cyber security and operational technology…