Instrument Technician

Description

Complete repairs, maintenance, calibration and certification of Yorkshire Waters Instrumentation assets across water and wastewater treatment and pumping installations in line with current KPI’s and quality management procedures. Mobile working as part of a Maintenance Team to deliver Planned & Reactive maintenance. Driving to deliver improved asset reliability through effective decision making.

• You will be required to work as part of a team to deliver excellent performance by understanding how your individual performance links into achieving the team’s wider objectives, being able to manage and prioritise your own workload in line with business requirements and the Working Time Directive, whilst having to work unsupervised in remote geographical locations.
• Maintain, fault find and repair all of Yorkshire Waters Instrumentation equipment to the Company standards within the role's area of responsibility, in line with current KPI’s and quality management procedures.
• Drive excellent Health and Safety behaviours in relation to policy and standards.
• You will from time to time be required to assist in the development and training of apprentices and other less experienced craft and technicians.
• Maintenance of instrumentation (pressure, level, temperature, analytical instrumentation & flow monitoring systems)
• Take responsibility of your own PPE, vehicle & other tools and equipment, ensuring they are in good condition & reporting any defects and ensure your equipment is presented for testing and inspection in advance of expiry dates.

Requirements

North East / South Yorkshire (York, Malton, Hull, Scarborough, Thirsk, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster) with regular, regional travel.

If you’re an experienced Maintenance and Calibration Technician and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

As a Maintenance and Calibration Technician it is mandatory that you can demonstrate experience and knowledge in;

• IT literate e.g. MS office
• CompEx 1 – 4
• Safe isolation to the current IET regulations
• Fully compliant with Management of change processes currently in place and work in accordance with Yorkshire Water maintenance task lists, Safe Working Procedures and Safe Systems of work.
• Full clean UK driving licence
• Fault finding on 4 to 20 mA loops.
• Working experience of fault finding and installation of Pressure/Level/Flow/Temperature instrumentation
• Ability to produce maintenance reports
• Experience in an industrial asset maintenance environment
• Experience of maintaining, calibration, and certification of analytical instrumentation
• Working within ATEX standards
• Ability to identify improvements in Health and Safety and process across any areas that have an impact on your role and the role of others.
• Experience of maintaining, calibration and certification of regulatory instrumentation (including flow and level monitoring equipment)
• Must be capable of working alone, or equally, as part of a team.
• Experience of maintaining, calibration and certification of Ultrasonic Level instruments, Pressure instruments and any other instruments related to the water Industry.
• Experience of delivering against challenging business targets
• Experience of maintaining, calibration, and certification of flow monitoring equipment
• Be able to work in Confined Spaces (Training can be provided).
• IET 18th Edition Wiring Regulations City and Guilds 2382
• It is a mandatory requirement that you hold a recognised Electrical Apprenticeship and / or a City & Guilds / ONC / BTEC / NVQ / HNC / HND or equivalent in Instrumentation/Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Professional Eng Tech registration.
• Experience of supporting and embedding change, able to influence and drive the right culture and behaviours.
• Develops and maintains effective internal and external relationships. Must possess good team building and communication skills

Benefits

Salary & Benefits(5b): £32,088 - £40,110 depending on experience + company van + 25 days holiday + 1 wellbeing day + bank holidays

• You will be expected to professionally develop in line with the progression plan for the role, with training and support given to do so, through to 'competent' level 5 technician status.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance