Lead Control & Instrumentation Engineer

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.

Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

Amentum are currently recruiting a number of Lead Control & Instrumentation Engineer's who have significant experience in process plant control and instrumentation systems

Our work is varied, covering nuclear projects (Licensing, New Build, Generation, Life Extension, and Defueling), Renewable Energy projects and high energy industrial projects, such as data centres and hydrogen production facilities. In addition, we have opportunities across the wider business to help us to keep work interesting as you develop your career with us.

We’re looking for a driven individual who embraces collaboration and diversity, and who shares our vision to create a secure and vibrant future by continuously reinventing, realising breakthroughs and taking on challenges with courage. 

Our goal is to support development of new nuclear technologies and to keep existing power stations operating safely, contributing to the UK’s Net Zero carbon target. 

And this is where you come in 

Your role will be to support and deliver Electrical engineering solutions to time, cost and quality on projects of varying sizes. If you’re familiar with project delivery, you’ll know that they have lots of moving parts and complexity, which is why you’ll be working alongside our Principal Engineers, Engineering Managers and Operations Managers to enable delivery of maximum value. 

People are at the heart of everything we do 

Central to the success of the role will be your people skills, building effective relationships and interacting with multiple internal and external stakeholders in multiple locations. 

You’ll also work closely with colleagues to support activities that offer the best service to the client.  Through your interactions, you’ll be able to gather useful intelligence on client needs and work with the team to deliver innovative solutions. 

You’ll utilise your strong communication and engagement skills to achieve client, people and business outcomes, working with your team and peers that are based in different locations across the UK. 

We’re continuously evolving and growing the business, so there’s plenty of opportunity to evolve and grow your skills and career too. 

This role will be based at one of our Energy offices (Newcastle, Warrington, Gloucester, Bristol or Knutsford). We put flexibility at the heart of what we do and we’re happy to consider flexible working patterns.

The role will also involve reviewing and supporting technical documentation including Functional Design Specifications, Control Philosophies, Control Narratives, Network Architecture, Design substantiations, Cause & Effect Matrices, I/O Schedules, Alarm Philosophies, Network Architectures, HMI designs, instrument datasheets and loop diagrams.

Key Skills & Experience

• Previous experience of NNB Licencing process is preferable, either with the ONR or NRC
• Previous knowledge of overall design and operation of Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) and systems is preferable
• Experience with various I&C systems required
• Ability to decompose and implement technical and process requirements from contracts, codes and standards, or other project inputs into I&C specific requirements
• Detailed understanding of configuration management and requirements management concepts
• Detailed understanding of verification and validation concepts
• Ability to evaluate analysis inputs and results to develop specific technical solutions for customers
• Familiarity with the concept of providing cost estimates for project scopes required
• Familiarity with Industry Codes and Standards preferred

Qualifications & Technical Knowledge

• A degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics or equivalent
• Significant process plant control and instrumentation experience
• Working knowledge of: IEC 61131, IEC 61513 (and Daughter Standards), IEC/ISA 62443, SSG30, IEEE 603
• Experience with Emerson DCS, Safety PLCs, HMIs, historians, industrial Ethernet networks and process instrumentation systems would be desirable

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.

When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.

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