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Greg Storey

Team Leader at Astute People Ltd
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Lead C&I Commissioning Engineer
CONTRACT

Astute's Power Team are currently recruiting for a Lead C&I Commissioning Engineer to join the EPCm Contractor on a new build Waste to Energy facility based in Glasgow, Scotland. The Lead C&I Commissioning Engineer comes with a day rate from £550.00 to £650.00 per day outside of IR35. Role responsibilities and key skills for the role:
  • Lead all Control & Instrumentation (C&I) commissioning activities from late pre-commissioning through cold and hot commissioning phases on a large-scale Energy-from-Waste facility.

  • Review and validate loop checks, point-to-point testing, instrument calibration, and I/O verification prior to system energisation.

  • Manage and coordinate commissioning of DCS, PLC, SCADA, and field instrumentation systems across key plant areas including boiler island, turbine generator, flue gas treatment (FGT), and balance of plant.

  • Develop and execute detailed commissioning procedures, method statements, and test documentation aligned with OEM and EPC requirements.

  • Lead functional testing during cold commissioning, ensuring correct interlocks, alarms, permissives, and cause & effect matrices are fully validated.

  • Oversee hot commissioning activities including first fire, steam blows, turbine rolling, and grid synchronisation from a controls and instrumentation perspective.

  • Troubleshoot control system faults, signal issues, communication errors, and instrumentation performance during live plant conditions.

  • Interface closely with mechanical, electrical, and process commissioning teams to ensure integrated system performance and safe energisation sequences.

  • Ensure compliance with safety standards, permit-to-work systems, and commissioning risk assessments during energised testing phases.

  • Support performance testing, emissions monitoring validation, and final plant handover documentation to operations.

Location, day rate and timeframe of the Lead C&I Commissioning Engineer position:
  • Glasgow, Scotland
  • £550.00 to £650.00 per day outside IR35
  • Immediate start date
  • 12 months

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