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E C & I Technician

Ambitek Limited
Posted 6 days ago, valid for a month
Location

Chirnside, Scottish Borders TD11, Scotland

Salary

£50,000 - £65,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Our client, a medium-sized engineering firm, is seeking to recruit a permanent Electrical, Control & Instrument Technician for their Maintenance department at the Chirnside Plant.
  • The role involves ensuring efficient maintenance work to support plant reliability and operational efficiency, with responsibilities including the installation and fault diagnosis of control equipment specific to paper mill operations.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in a control and instrumentation maintenance team within the paper industry or a similar manufacturing environment, along with relevant qualifications.
  • The position offers a day shift schedule from 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, with a salary of £40,000 to £45,000 depending on experience.
  • Successful candidates will be dynamic, self-motivated individuals with excellent communication skills, prepared to train others and work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Here at Ambitek we have a wealth of experience in helping people find the right role within Manufacturing, Engineering, Distribution and Construction. We try to deal with clients that can offer our candidates a great place to work and a chance of an exciting career.

Our client

Our client is a global engineering firm with sites across the UK and worldwide. They are a specialist firm within the materials processing industry.

The role

Working within our Maintenance Team you will ensure maintenance work is executed efficiently and on time to drive plant reliability supporting operational efficiency. As an EC&I Technician, you will be responsible for developing, installing, managing, and maintaining equipment used to drive, monitor and control engineering systems across the plant. You will play a crucial role in optimising the performance of our plant assets safely whilst staying up to date with the latest industry standards and best practices.

Pay/Shifts/Perks

8am-4pm with half an hour unpaid lunch break daily

Salary is between £50000 and £65000

What is required from you?

  • Providing technical support, including the installation and fault diagnosis of  instrumentation and control equipment, and systems specific to paper mill operations;
  • Carrying out planned proactive tasks in accordance with shutdown plans.
  • Carrying out reactive tasks as required by the needs of the business.
  • Disciplined adherence to all safe systems and processes;
  • Developing new control systems tailored to paper mill operations, as well as test, maintain and modify existing systems to ensure safety and efficiency;
  • Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, quality standards, and environmental guidelines across all C&I and asset management activities.
  • Ensuring compliance with the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.
  • Participating in the development and execution of OPEX and CAPEX budgeted activities and projects related to paper mill electrical, control and instrumentation and asset management;
  • Developing and executing asset maintenance and replacement plans to optimise asset performance, minimise downtime, and reduce overall maintenance costs;
  • Reviewing and implementing planned maintenance programmes to meet statutory, OEM, and industry-specific requirements for paper mills;
  • Audit the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS-MaintainX) to ensure maintenance history is accurate and up to date, focusing on paper mill-specific equipment and processes;
  • Other duties specified by the Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Supervisor and Engineering Manager to support operational requirements.
  • A Recognised apprenticeship with at least 5 years experience in a similar role
  • Experience of SCADA

Ambitek is a traditional value recruiter who look for the following from all candidates who wish to apply for a permanent or temporary role:

  • 2 Work references
  • A solid work history in the relevant role you have applied for
  • Excellent time keeping and attendance

If you have been unsuccessful with this vacancy we will always keep your details on file to try and find a role that may suit more and will be in touch as soon as the right role comes up. Please make sure your CV is up to date so we can find the right roles for you, if a CV is out of date it makes it harder to find the right role.

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