EC&I Design Engineer

EC&I Design Engineer 

Location: St Helens 

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

As a key member of the Bilfinger UK Manufacturing Engineering Team you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most stimulating and ground breaking EPC projects in the UK.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week based at our control panel manufacturing facility in Haydock with the option for hybrid working.

Main Responsibilities

• As part of an in house team of design and project engineers, you will be responsible for the Electrical Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) designs of electrical control panels and their related systems.


• Understanding customer requirements and being able to translate these into engineering solutions


• You will be responsible to manage and complete the EC&I engineering and design of projects as well as support construction throughout the manufacturing stage, including change control.


• Contribute to the planning and execution of tasks in order to deliver specific agreed objectives on time, demonstrating control of cost and quality


• You shall be client facing and manage the expectations of the client in relation to the project scope.


• You shall be able to effectively carry out, check and approve Engineering and Design estimates, control and report all costs on allocated projects in terms of progress, scope change and man hours.

Experience & Qualifications 

• Experience in highly regulated environments , such as the nuclear , defence , oil & gas or power generation is highly desirable.


• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent qualifications/experience.


• professional engineering design/ technical specialist experience.

Advantageous Experience/Knowledge

• Low Voltage switchgear Design


• Control/automation System Design


• Motor Control Centre Design


• Variable Drive System Design


• Experience with AutoCAD packages including , Eplan , Auto CAD Electrical


• Familiarity with AMTECH.


• Security Clearance:


• Possession of security clearance is ideal.


• Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be able to meet UK security clearance criteria

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.

Engineering & Consultancy | United Kingdom | Permanent | White-collar workers | Skilled / Semi-skilled | Engineering