Functional Safety Engineer – EC&I
Are you an engineer experienced in controls and looking for a challenge where you can develop into a senior role with real succession potential?
📍 Location: Sheffield
💷 Pay: £60,000+
🎁 Benefits:
✔️ Flexible start and finish times
✔️ Salary sacrifice pension scheme
✔️ 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
✔️ Option to buy up to 3 additional holidays per year
✔️ Long-service awards
✔️ Employee referral scheme
✅ Must Haves:
✅ Degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls/EC&I, or similar
✅ Expert understanding of UK machinery safety legislation
✅ Strong working knowledge of Siemens PLC/Control systems – essential
✅ Experience producing safety lifecycle documentation
✅ Knowledge of BS EN (phone number removed), BS EN 61508, BS EN 62061
✅ Competent with SISTEMA
✅ Understanding of laser positioning, encoders, VSDs, safety relays & high-integrity components
✅ Strong communication & stakeholder management skills
✅ Full UK driving licence
⏰ Hours: Full-time (flexible start/finish times available)
⭐ Introduction
Ready to take the next step in your career as a Functional Safety Engineer? This is a rare opportunity to join a forward-thinking engineering team delivering high-integrity control systems across machinery, automation, and complex engineered solutions.
The business is creating this Functional Safety Engineer position in preparation for the retirement of their Principal Functional Safety Engineer — meaning genuine progression and development are built into the role. You’ll work across the full safety lifecycle, shaping critical design documentation, performing SIL calculations, and ensuring compliance to UK machinery and functional safety standards.
If you’re a Functional Safety Engineer with Siemens PLC expertise and a flair for high-spec, safety-critical engineering… this one is for you.
🔧 Key Responsibilities
Deliver compliant electrical control systems to BS EN (phone number removed), BS EN 61508, and BS EN 62061
Define, document, and validate safety functions and integrity requirements
Produce & maintain:
Basis of Design Specifications (BoD)
Functional Design Specifications (FDS)
Safety Design Specifications (SDS)
Reliability reports & SIL calculations
Design electrical schematics (Eplan preferred) including safety-critical devices
Conduct and contribute to Design Risk Assessments
Lead/support technical reviews, safety meetings & client discussions
Validate designs using tools such as SISTEMA and Amtech
Peer-review drawings, documents & software (internal & subcontractors)
Support FAT/SAT with a focus on safety-performance verification
Provide mentoring on machinery & functional safety
Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, Quality, and CDM requirements
Manage workload to meet project deadlines & technical obligations🧠 Essential Qualifications / Skills
Degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls/EC&I, or related discipline
Expert understanding of UK machinery safety legislation
Strong Siemens PLC/Control systems background
Hands-on safety lifecycle documentation experience
Proficient with BS EN (phone number removed) / 61508 / 62061
Competent with reliability tools such as SISTEMA
Knowledge of: laser positioning systems, encoders, variable speed drives, safety relays, high-integrity control components
Excellent communication & stakeholder management⭐ Desirable
TÜV Functional Safety qualification (high priority)
Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward
Experience in Defence, Aerospace, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, machine build, precision automation, or other high-spec sectors
Eplan experience
PLC/HMI programming exposure (Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider)🚀 How to Apply
10 Recruitment are delighted to be working on this vacancy for our client. However, we are looking to shortlist immediately, so please apply today to avoid missing this opportunity. You can contact us on (phone number removed) or visit to view all our current vacancies