Instrument Commissioning Engineer
Reading | 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
