Electrical, Controls and Maintenance Technician

Description

Astute's Power Team are working with one of the country's leading Waste Management companies and supporting the recruitment of their newest Energy from Waste facility. The Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant is currently under construction, and when complete will be exporting 70MW of electricity to the grid, processing circa 600,000 tonnes of waste per year.

We are looking for an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Technician to join the Maintenance Team of this exciting project. As an EC&I Technician, you'll be responsible for carrying out reactive and preventative maintenance across a variety of critical EC&I assets. You'll also be involved with supporting commissioning activities and working towards the plants operational handover.

If you're interested and have the right skillset then please apply.

Responsibilities and duties of the Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Technician role:

Reporting directly to the EC&I Team Leader, as an EC&I Technician, you will be responsible for:

Pre-planned and reactive maintenance duties on all electrical, controls and instrumentation assets across the power stationFault finding/maintaining mostly electrical system; motors, drives, single phase & three phase equipment, switchgear, high/low voltage plant etc. and Instrumentation (pressure, temperature, level & flow) and control systemsCalibrating instrumentationConducting continuous improvement activities, plant modifications and design workSupervising 3rd party contractorsWorking in line with maintenance techniques and best practicesAssisting in plant developments and projectsMaintaining accurate maintenance records on the site CMMSAssist in outage planning, scheduling and coordination.To ensure the availability of plant spares

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

Ideally qualified in a recognised Electrical / C&I apprenticeship in a heavy process industryA relevant technical qualification such as an NVQ / ONC / HNC in Electrical, Control or Instrumentation engineering or a similar disciplineIOSH or NEBOSH would be advantageous

Personal skills

The EC&I Technician role would suit someone who has:

At least 5 years of hands-on maintenance experience with motors, switchgear, instrumentation (flow, level, pressure, temperature etc) and control systems (SCADA, DCS and PLC)Practical knowledge of process plant and equipment gained in a heavy engineering environment such as power generation, petrochemical, steel works, CHP plant, paper mill etc. Royal Navy Marine Engineers will also be considered.Experience with High-Voltage equipment such as transformers / switchgear will be advantageous.

Salary and benefits of the Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Technician role

A competitive salarySite bonus up to 12%OvertimeA contributory pensionOpportunity to work on one of the newest Energy from Waste plants in the UK

INDPOW

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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