Kelsey Bakovljev

Astute’s Power team is partnering with a leading O&M provider in the energy sector, dedicated to delivering sustainable energy solutions and operational excellence, to recruit a Control and Instrumentation Engineer for its Combined Heat & Power Plant in East London. 

This Control and Instrumentation Engineer role offers a competitive salary, pension and opportunities for career progression.

If you’re a Control and Instrumentation Engineer with experience working in a 24/7 heavy process industry, submit your CV today.

  Responsibilities and duties of the Control and Instrumentation Engineer role Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will:

• Deliver planned and reactive maintenance across control systems, instrumentation and electrical equipment.

• Manage the site DCS, including alarms, logic changes, system checks and contractor support.

• Ensure compliance with safety, engineering and legislative standards, including ATEX/DSEAR and functional safety requirements.

• Improve plant reliability through structured analysis and proactive engineering actions.

• Support site safety programmes, audits and investigations.

• Provide technical guidance and coaching to colleagues.

• Lead engineering projects and manage change processes.

• Maintain accurate technical documentation and engineering procedures.

• Manage budgets, service contracts and procurement within assigned cost centres.

• Contribute to ISO, quality and compliance activities, and participate in the duty manager rota.

  Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• HNC (or equivalent) in controls, instrumentation or a related discipline.

• Industrial experience in a 24/7, process or energy environment.

• Knowledge of EC&I standards, DCS systems and maintenance practices.

• Experience with outage planning, contractor management and SHEQ processes.

• Competence in using maintenance management systems and technical reporting.

• Background in managing budgets, contracts and engineering improvements.

  Personal skills The Control and Instrumentation Engineer role would suit someone who is:

• Methodical, with a strong focus on reliability and continuous improvement.

• A clear communicator able to work collaboratively across teams.

• Committed to maintaining safety, compliance and engineering quality.

  Salary and benefits of the Control and Instrumentation Engineer role

• Competitive salary

• Company pension and benefits package

• Training and professional development opportunities