Instrument Commissioning Engineer

Instrument Commissioning EngineerReading | Full-Time On Site | Long-Term Contract | Outside IR35 | 9-Day Fortnight | c.50 Hours per Week | SC Clearance Required, DV Eligibility Essential

We’re recruiting an Instrument Commissioning Engineer to take responsibility for commissioning activities on a nuclear project. You’ll make sure work is delivered in full compliance with agreed standards of safety, quality, environment and security, and with the conditions of contract. This is a hands-on, long-term role with a clear focus on instrumentation, supplier testing and site delivery.

The Role

Project delivery and documentation

• Contribute to the commissioning strategy and high-level control documentation
• Prepare control plans, setting-to-work documents, site acceptance documents, inactive commissioning documents, method statements, risk assessments and LTQR documentation

Supplier liaison

• Work with subcontractors and suppliers on control plans, factory acceptance testing, setting-to-work, site acceptance testing and inactive commissioning documents
• Attend factory acceptance testing to make sure suppliers test in line with the agreed test plan
• Confirm that supplier equipment is installed to the installation documentation and has passed inspection before it moves to setting to work

On-site delivery

• Witness setting-to-work activities and check that documented procedures are followed and signed off
• Liaise with the client’s site commissioning manager
• Manage project engineers and technicians through setting-to-work, site acceptance and inactive commissioning
• Report plant and equipment issues to the Project Manager and support timely rectification
• Promote clear communication between disciplines to support project objectives

Technical competency

• Keep your own technical and engineering competency current through continuing professional development
• Understand the technical aspects of a project and work with in-house specialists or supply chain partners on design and engineering solutions
• Consolidate and collate design and engineering documentation for internal approval and client presentation

About You

Essential

• Commissioning experience on a nuclear licensed site
• Supplier witness testing experience
• Experience developing test documentation
• Well organised, with the ability to work to timescales and attention to detail
• Routine recording and reporting of information, both verbal and numerical
• Competent in MS Office
• Able to organise and prioritise your own work
• SC clearance, with eligibility for DV clearance
• Willing to travel and work away from home when required

Desirable

• Engineering degree or HNC in engineering
• Nuclear Triple Bar
• Membership of a relevant technical or professional body
• IOSH Managing Safely or Level 2 Health and Safety in the Workplace (training will be provided where needed)
• Control panel design experience
• General knowledge of mechanical and process engineering
• Fault-finding skills
• Onsite supplier management experience
• Familiarity with integrated management system procedures
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001

The Detail

• Location: Reading, full-time on site
• Working pattern: 9-day fortnight, around 50 hours per week
• Long-term contract, outside IR35
• SC clearance required, with DV eligibility essential
• Travel may be required