Instrumentation Engineer

Instrumentation Engineer

Location: West Bromwich, West Midlands, UK
Industry: Chemicals Manufacturing
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

About the Company

Our client are a leading international chemicals manufacturer with a strong commitment to safety, operational excellence, and sustainable production. Their West Bromwich site plays a critical role in delivering high-quality chemical products to customers across multiple industries. They are seeking an experienced Instrumentation Engineer to support the reliability, safety, and continuous improvement of our process operations.

Role Overview

• Instrumentation preventative, and reactive maintenance work.
• Instrumentation plant installation and modification work
• Instrumentation calibrations work following ISO
  9001.
• Statutory inspections.
• The use of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems.
• The ability to use and interpret equipment drawings, manuals and other technical information to assist with all works.
• Work in accordance with the company's safe systems of work and permit to work systems.
• Preferably have a good understanding of ATEX requirements, both Gas & Vapour (Ex01-04) and Dust (Ex05-06).

Qualifications/Training

• Educated to RQF level 3 (e.g. City & Guilds level 3 full course) in a practical Control/Instrumentation type discipline.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work both independently and within multidisciplinary teams.

• Excellent communication and technical documentation skills.

• High attention to detail with a strong safety mindset.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What We Offer

• Career development will be possible with both internal and external training available. Salary is 35.3k (Normal grade) OR 37.1k (Senior grade).

• An additional payment for the Instrumentation call-in rota system ( 1.7k pa retention fee, for a 1 in 4 rota, plus 75 and a minimum 4 hrs at OT rate when called) will be added once appropriate site knowledge has been obtained, circa 6 months.

• Also 25 days paid holiday (and all UK Bank Holidays)

• 40-hour working week, lunch

• Monday to Friday 8am to 4.30pm, paid sick scheme and free life assurance based in West Bromwich, West Midlands.