The Engineer who reads every advert
I'm Darren Emery M.Sc. Forty-odd years keeping the control and safety systems running on Britain's heaviest industry.
Why it matters
Read by someone who has done the work
On high-hazard refineries, petrochemical plants and offshore oil rigs, a figure that doesn't add up isn't a typo. It's a safety case. That's the discipline I was trained in, and it's the eye I bring to every advert on SEE Recruitment.
I check that each role is real, that the employer has decided to fill it, and that a candidate gets the details they need to decide. If it doesn't add up, it doesn't go up.
B.Sc (Hons) · M.Sc. · SIL Champion · DSEAR Champion · Hazard Studies Leader · Gas and Vapours (Ex01–Ex04) competency
- 1983Apprentice Instrument Artificer. Where it started: learning to make measurement and control systems tell the truth.
- Early yearsFive years offshore. Instrumentation on the oil rigs, where there's no popping out for a spare part.
- The heavy endTechnical Authority on major sites: Valero Energy (Pembroke Refinery) · Tata Steel (Port Talbot) · Calor UK (Runcorn LPG Terminal) · AGCCE (Combined Cycle Power Station).
- 2026Senior Project Instrument Engineer and Technical Authority, retired on 23 September 2026.
- NowSEE Recruitment, and free Energy quote checks for Homeowners on SavingEnergy.com.
Part of the family
The same company as SavingEnergy.com
SEE Recruitment is a trading name of Saving Energy Consultants Ltd, the company behind SavingEnergy.com, where I check Homeowners' Solar, Battery, Heat Pump and Boiler quotes for free.
Get in touch
Email darren@savingenergy.com. A person reads every message.
— Darren Emery M.Sc., Engineer