Control & Instrumentation Engineer – Awe Jobs Reading

Overview

Position Title: Control & Instrumentation Engineer

Company: AWE

Location: Reading, England, UK

Job Description

For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent – Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

AWE is currently recruiting for a Facility Engineer within our Control and Instrumentation team to deliver professional engineering services for the upkeep of all assets and equipment AWE needs in order to deliver the Programme.

Responsibilities:

• Apply technical knowledge for engineered systems and structures
• Interpret and deliver requirements from the order book which may include troubleshooting, quoting, reporting, design, commissioning and handover as required
• Identify and escalate business risk where applicable to plant and engineered systems
• Make evidence-based engineering decisions to solve technical problems
• Bring a range of C&I skills to the team, which could potentially include one or more of the following – functional safety, PLCs, machinery safety, intrinsic safety, BMS and specialist instrumentation

Requirements:

• HNC/HND with additional experience or a relevant engineering degree
• Proven ability to deliver engineering across similar manufacturing/research environment incorporating infrastructure facilities, plant and equipment

Benefits:

• Market leading contributory pension scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement 270 hours a year (inclusive of Bank Holidays) plus every other Friday off)
• Flexible working hours
• Salary sacrifice scheme