Instrumentation Desginer

Job Title: Instrumentation Designer

Location: Fully Remote, UK based

Rate: £49ph LTD/CIS (outside IR35)

Contract | Full time | 40 hours per week Monday – Friday

Sector: Water, Oil & Gas, Industrial, Aviation, Process

 

Technical Partners are looking for an experienced Instrument Designer or Instrumentation Designer to support a growing workload across a range of engineering projects, including major water industry frameworks and aviation-related projects.

This is a fully remote opportunity for a technically strong, self-sufficient designer who can work independently, take ownership of design packages and deliver high-quality, accurate engineering drawings with minimal supervision.

The successful candidate will play an important role in reviewing existing design information, identifying errors and omissions, and ensuring drawings meet the required technical and hazardous-area standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce, review and amend instrumentation and electrical engineering drawings.
• Independently check drawings for technical accuracy, completeness and compliance.
• Identify and correct design errors, omissions and inconsistencies.
• Review hazardous-area requirements and identify areas of compliance and non-compliance.
• Ensure drawings and documentation meet relevant engineering standards and project specifications.
• Work through allocated design packages independently and to agreed deadlines.
• Highlight technical issues and raise queries where further clarification is required.
• Support the delivery of larger engineering frameworks and project workloads.
• Maintain a high standard of attention to detail across all design and checking activities.

Essential Requirements

• Strong and demonstrable experience in instrument design.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of hazardous-area installations and requirements.
• Current, Compex 12 and practical experience using it.
• Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD.
• The ability to independently review, interpret and correct engineering drawings.
• A thorough understanding of hazardous-area compliance and the ability to identify non-compliant design elements.
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to checking work.

• The ability to work remotely with minimal supervision and manage your own workload.
• Background in the water industry or other highly regulated Hazardous are engineering environments.

Working Arrangement

• Location: Fully remote – UK-based.
• Engagement: Contract basis, initially expected to be 3–6 months, with potential for an ongoing relationship.
• Workload: Projects and drawing packages will be allocated in batches, depending on project requirements.
• Start Date: January 2027
• Working Style: Independent remote working, with regular communication and coordination with the wider engineering team.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is confident in their technical ability, takes pride in producing accurate engineering documentation and is comfortable taking ownership of their work.

This is not simply a CAD drafting position. We need an experienced Instrument Designer who understands the technical requirements behind the drawings, can recognise when something is wrong and has the confidence and knowledge to put it right.

The right person will be someone we can trust to work independently, deliver quality and add real value to an expanding workload.