Control & Instrumentation Engineer

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

Our Contingent Workforce Solution (CWS) is one way we support our clients. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of our globally respected client who develop cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe and competitive solutions to meet the planet's vital power needs we are looking for a Control & Instrumentation Engineer for a 12 month contract based in Birmingham.

Job description - the role

What you will be doing:

As a Control and Instrumentation Engineer, you will work as part of a multidiscipline team taking responsibility for the control and instrumentation system to deliver projects ranging from test equipment to whole test facilities and rigs. You will also:

• Be responsible for defined technical packages / investigations of work providing delivery of a control and instrumentation systems from requirements capture to commissioned systems.
• Write concise, unambiguous requirements and specifications, in line with a systems engineering approach.
• Develop bespoke Control, Instrumentation and Safety system designs to meet the demanding requirements of the test equipment bespoke for the units and subsystems under test.
• Work as part of team, against demanding timescales, managing both internal & external resources and customers stakeholders,
• Support the technical lead through delivering against a gated design process including supporting of design reviews.
• Support any onsite commissioning of test facilities including training and handover to the test operations team.

Key skills required:

• Qualified to a degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline or qualified by experience.
• Experience of working in test applications.
• Experience of Fuel, Actuation, Electrical Aerospace systems would be beneficial.
• Experience of working on ATEX systems.
• Working knowledge of the general Health & Safety Standards and safety risk reduction processes (such as HAZOP and FMEA) and design mitigation solutions.
• Experience of working on instrumentation measurement systems, safety PLC integration, control systems would be beneficial.

Next steps

We will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

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