Vacancy Title: Senior EC&I Engineer Contract Type: Permanent Location: Reading Industry: Mechanical & Electrical Engineering TECHNICAL & ENGINEERING Salary: £55 - £60 per hour Start Date: 2026-03-19 Duration: 12 months REF: J91986928 Contact Name: Ben Evans Contact Email: ben.evans@russell-taylor.co.uk Vacancy Published: 7 days ago Senior EC&I Engineer - Nationwide / Hybrid Contract | SC clearance required Are you an SC cleared EC&I Engineer looking for a contract role outside IR35? Do you enjoy taking designs from concept through to manufacture, test and commissioning? Are you looking for a contract role where you can work on complex projects across the UK? What's in it for you?

£55 to £60 per outside IR35 12-month contract 9 day fortnight (every other Friday off) You’ll be based from home with 2 days per fortnight in Reading

What will you be doing?

Producing EC&I design concepts including SLDs, BCDs, cable schedules and layouts Developing designs for control systems, low voltage systems and associated equipment Producing technical documentation including FDS, SIDD, Functional Safety Plans and design justification reports Creating specifications, drawings, works instructions and technical files to support manufacture Ensuring designs meet relevant British and European standards, client requirements, project budgets and programme dates Checking in-house and subcontractor drawings and managing external suppliers Producing commissioning documentation including FAT and SAT documents Supporting commissioning activities and witnessing testing on site Using AutoCAD to interpret and produce EC&I engineering drawings Contributing to safe, maintainable and operable engineering solutions

Where you'll be doing it? You’ll be joining a specialist engineering business with a long track record of delivering projects in the nuclear sector. Their work covers the full project lifecycle, from consultancy and R&D through to design, refurbishment, installation and high-hazard decommissioning. What you’ll need:

Relevant engineering degree, HNC or equivalent practical experience IOSH Managing Safely, Level 2 Health & Safety in the Workplace, or similar Broad engineering experience across design and manufacturing Experience designing electrical systems, low voltage control gear and control systems Knowledge of control system hardware and software Experience with functional safety, ideally BS EN 61508 and 61511 Ability to produce technical reports such as basis of design, substantiation and calculation reports Experience producing EC&I technical specifications and commissioning documentation AutoCAD experience for EC&I drawings Ability to work within a multi-discipline engineering team Safety interlock design experience would be useful SC or DV clearance, or the ability to work in a clearance‑led environment

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