Senior C&I Engineer

Atkinsréalis

The Role

Overview

Lead design and delivery of control & instrumentation systems for nuclear decommissioning.

Key Responsibilities

  • innovation
  • process optimisation
  • toolset efficiency
  • technical lead
  • team management
  • control instrumentation

Tasks

-An innovator – You will encourage people to experiment, produce new ideas and challenge others to think differently. You’ll create space for people to think about potential new innovative approaches, providing an opportunity for growth. -An Improver - You spend time on making the processes, methods, and toolsets more efficient, optimising your resources to be able to deliver better. -You should be enthused by the opportunity to contribute to the development and growth of the Control & Instrumentation capability within our Engineering group. This opportunity will require working collaboratively with colleagues within the Decommissioning market as well as across the wider AtkinsRéalis business, allowing you to shape and influence methodologies and delivery close to home and wider. -You will act as technical lead on projects, managing single discipline teams with little oversight to successfully deliver solutions to complex problems to the agreed cost, schedule and quality requirements.

Requirements

  • control engineering
  • instrumentation
  • pid
  • plc
  • functional safety
  • team player

What You Bring

-You will join an established C&I capability in the market, but we are looking for someone who has experience and expertise in Control and Instrumentation Systems to establish a new team in Manchester. The team will complement our existing & well-established core engineering disciplines (Mechanical, Civil & Structural, Electrical, Control & Instrumentation, Process and Systems Engineering) as well as our growing capabilities (Engineering Management, Technology Solutions, and Robotics). -Fully integrated with counterparts in other parts of the business and active in identifying cross-application of skills, best practice and learning material. -Experience or awareness of Process Control Design including Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control, model predictive control (MPC), and advanced process control (APC). Awareness of functional safety standards like BS EN 61508 or BS EN 61511. -Experience or awareness of Programmable Logical Controller programming and fieldbus protocols. Expertise in electrical design of low voltage (LV) systems and understanding of electrical circuits, EMC precautions, and power supply characteristic. -Excellent team player, able to collaborate effectively with market colleagues, wider business colleagues and the senior leadership team. -Have a demonstrable understanding of control and instrumentation engineering design across the full project lifecycle. Experience with key control and instrumentation aspects such as control system architecture development and instrumentation specification and selection.

The Company

About Atkinsréalis

-Its tech‑forward Richland Technology Center supports robotics, digital and net‑zero innovation in energy and cleanup. -A nuclear engineering pioneer, it’s the owner’s engineer for U.S. small modular reactor projects and refurbishments. -A trusted tolls and highway consultant, it supports major state DOTs.

Sector Specialisms

Water

Environment

Education

Aerospace

Security

Defence

Communications

Infrastructure

Transportation

Buildings

Nuclear

Energy

Security Clearance

-may require uk security clearance (uksv) depending on role. -employment depends on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. -may require proof of uk residency for five years or longer. -do not reference current or prior security clearance in the application.