EC&I Technician

• Responsible for providing technical support to Operations
• Maintenance and servicing, repairing and history recording of all EC&I plant equipment
• Ensure that all EC&I activities, spares and information are correctly inputted into the CMMS and available for use
• Perform troubleshooting, routine, preventative, scheduled and major repair maintenance on all power plant electrical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, IT and Digital control systems. Including testing and calibration of EC&I systems and field equipment in accordance with OEM requirements and prudent industry practice
• Identifying and taking proactive measures to improve plant operational shortfalls and augment engineering solutions
• Assist in outage planning, scheduling and co-ordination
• Carrying out responsibilities as defined in the company’s safety rules and associated procedures
• Supervise and develop the Contract Support Organisations to deliver scheduled, preventative, breakdown, planned maintenance and operational activities
• Quality control of designated work associated within the maintenance department

We want you to be able to demonstrate a track record of success within the power or equivalent heavy engineering or industrial sector backed up with formal EC&I training and qualifications.

We wish for you to have experience of both routine maintenance, fault finding and defect rectification / breakdown repairs on HV / LV electrical equipment, instrumentation and control systems on industrial and or process equipment i.e. boilers, turbines, switchgear, starters, VFD's, pumps, fans, motors, drives, conveyors & control systems.

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK in order to apply.

Some occasional and ad-hoc national travel may be required.

• Demonstrable experience in power generation industry operations and maintenance or exposure to heavy process plant maintenance activity
• Full understanding of P&IDs and Loop Checking and ability to read Electrical Drawings
• Working knowledge of preventative maintenance/defect repair/ interrogation on: DCS/ SCADA, PLCs, Analogue & Digital Instrumentation and Transducers, Emissions Monitoring and other equipment related to the site
• A good understanding of all HSE aspects is a fundamental requirement, NEBOSH certification would be advantageous
• Familiar with a number of Microsoft applications
• ONC/ City and Guilds/ NVQ level 3 in an Electrical or Controls and Instrumentation Engineering discipline with a high level of practical operational/maintenance experience/knowledge (Qualifications below this may be acceptable if accompanied by suitable experience)
• Familiarity with instrumentation calibration routines, both digital and analogue and ability to use calibration tools – 4 to 20mA and Druck, etc
• Working knowledge of power generation operations and maintenance associated with steam turbines, boilers, balance of plant, electrical generation and distribution up to 11Kv, plant control and instrumentation and computer aided Maintenance Management applications

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• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to earn an annual bonus (depending on business performance)
• Salary Exchange Pension contributions
• Fixed employer Pension contribution of 6%
• 34 days annual leave (inclusive of the 8 statutory Bank Holidays) with the addition of 1 extra days annual leave for every 5 years of service
• Contractual sick pay
• Life Assurance cover
• Health Care Cash Plan