C&I Engineer Lead

CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER LEAD

Job Title: Control & Instrumentation Engineer Lead

Location: Kidderminster

Salary: £63,500

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Control & Instrumentation Engineer Lead to join a well‑established and highly successful Energy from Waste operation. The site plays a vital role in converting residual waste into sustainable energy, supplying electricity and heat to the local area while supporting environmental and operational excellence.

• Experience working within an Energy from Waste, power generation, process manufacturing, chemical, utilities, marine, heavy industrial or similar environment.
• Strong experience maintaining, calibrating and fault‑finding industrial control and instrumentation systems.
• Experience working with Distributed Control Systems (DCS), instrumentation and plant control equipment.
• Knowledge of preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance methodologies.
• Strong understanding of health, safety and environmental procedures within an industrial setting.
• Experience supervising contractors and coordinating maintenance activities.

• Experience maintaining Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS).
• Knowledge of boilers, turbines, pumps, motors, compressors and other process plant equipment.
• Experience working with cranes, conveyors, hydraulics, pneumatics and gearbox‑driven systems.
• Previous experience developing and maintaining CMMS systems.
• Experience supporting plant outages, shutdowns and maintenance planning activities.
• HNC, HND or Degree qualification in Control & Instrumentation, Engineering or a related discipline.

• Ensuring all control and instrumentation systems are operated, maintained, tested and calibrated in line with statutory and operational requirements.
• Managing corrective, preventative and predictive maintenance activities across the plant.
• Supporting planned maintenance outages and responding to unscheduled breakdowns.
• Maintaining and calibrating specialist equipment including DCS, CEMS and associated control systems.
• Supporting upgrades, modifications and new installation projects across the facility.
• Working closely with Operations, Maintenance and external contractors to ensure maintenance activities are completed safely and efficiently.
• Developing and maintaining the site CMMS alongside the Maintenance Manager and wider engineering team.
• Supporting compliance with all health, safety and environmental legislation and company policies.

• Working for a recognised and industry‑leading organisation.
• Excellent salary and benefits package.
• Long‑term job security within a highly successful operation.
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
• Career progression within a large and growing business.
• Exposure to a wide range of modern process plant equipment and technologies.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• The opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and improving a critical energy generation facility.