Senior Controls System & Instrumentation Engineer

Flogas Britain is one of the largest distributors of off-grid energy in the UK and has 40 years’ experience of providing solutions to both commercial and domestic customers, principally in the form of liquid gas.  The business has a longstanding record of organic growth driven by new installations, underpinned by a strong technical engineering expertise and capability, which combined with several bolt-on acquisitions has resulted in its market share increasing from 10% to over 30%.

The business is at the forefront of the energy transition having developed a prominent track record in converting customers from higher emissions fuels to lower carbon and cleaner solutions for the last decade and is now well placed with a significant range of opportunities to develop and diversify into New Energies into the future in line with our 2040 vision to provide 100% renewable solutions to customers.

Flogas has been highly acquisitive in executing this strategy, investing over £50 million in the recent acquisitions of Protech, DTGen and Equity Energies, bringing together a compelling proposition of products, technologies, and services to support customers in navigating their energy needs through the transition and to execute their strategies in regard to energy cost, security and carbon emissions on their own pathway to net zero.

Flogas Britain has revenues of around £400 million and employs over 1,500 people across its multi-site operation across Britain with its headquarters in Syston, Leicestershire.
 

JOB PURPOSE

An exciting opportunity has opened for a skilled Electrical, controls & Instrument Technician to join our expanding engineering team here at Knowsley. Ideally the successful candidate should be located within 30 miles of Knowsley Merseyside, other locations in and around the NW will be considered for the right candidate.  The Electrical Controls and Instrumentation (E,C&I) technician reporting to the Head of Engineering Services will be responsible for designing, developing, installing and commissioning control systems and instrumentation that is used to monitor and control the process at our customers and our own Flo Gas Operational depots throughout the UK including faut finding on sites across the country. Travel requirements around the UK are part of this role and candidates must be flexible to accommodate this.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

•    Installation and service of a variety of systems including safety, security, energy delivery (hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical), communication and process control systems.
•    Fault rectification duties on complete electrical installations inc measuring and indicating instruments to monitor process control variables associated with PLC’s, also electrical which includes motors, valves lighting, gas detection systems.
•    Must be able to read and interpret line drawings, P&ID’s and FDS documents with relative attachments 
•    Monitoring of the operation of PLC’s and associated equipment.
•    Providing out of hours support to our own infrastructure and External customer base
•    Detailed review of drawings and documentation from Design and EPC Contractors to ensure that the new facilities are operable and maintainable, and comply with the contractual requirements 
•    Designing new control systems including development of Functional Design Specifications, control descriptions, etc. consistent with other design documents such as P&IDS, Cause & Effects, etc. 
•    Attending HAZOP, LOPA & SIL assessment studies 
•    Developing new standards and drawings for C & I systems, panels and instrumentation as required.
•    Assist with commissioning of new facilities. 
•    Working collaboratively with design engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers as required to deliver the new facilities. 
•    Liaising with clients, suppliers, contractors and relevant authorities.
•    Developing  and attending FAT and SAT procedures  
•    Liaising with Flogas IT department to ensure that the existing and new control systems comply with Flogas’ Cyber Security Management System. 
 

JOB HOLDER REQUIREMENTS

•    Physically fit and able to work in demanding environments as part of a team or as an individual.
•    Hold a full UK drivers licence (No more than 6 points)
•    Have the ability to be flexible and travel when required, be prepared to work on average 3 weeks out of 4 per month away from home (but very little weekend working).
•    Electrical installation work
•    Siemens TIA Portal knowledge
•    SCADA and DCS Knowledge advantageous
•    Time served EC&I apprentice
•    Level 3 electrical maintenance (as a minimum)
•    Level 3 control and instrumentation (as a minimum)
•    Knowledge of process communications including MODBUS, Profi-bus and Profi-net;
•    Control lifecycle experience
•    Working experience of instrument calibration, Inspection and Testing of a wide range of instrumentation: Pressure, level, flow, temperature (Analogue & Digital)
•    Document creation (Functional Design Specification (FDS), User Requirements Specification (URS); and
•    Process Safety knowledge/qualification
•    18th edition 
•    Compex (essential)