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Astute's Power Team is partnered with a well-established company, to recruit for an Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Technician to work at their Energy from Waste Power Station in Edmonton, North London.
The vital E&I Technician role comes with a basic salary of 52,188 + 15,656 shift allowance + private medical + other excellent company benefits
If you're an experienced Electrical and Instrumentation Technician and are looking to work for a leading organisation who invests in training and professional development of their employees, then upload your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties
Reporting to Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Carrying out pre-planned and reactive maintenance work on PLC controlled equipment, HV/LV systems, motors, pneumatic systems and variable speed drives
- Completing routine inspections and undertaking preventative maintenance work as part of preventative maintenance management, to ensure equipment is consistently in good condition.
- Assisting the Electrical Supervisor with outage planning, scheduling and coordination
- Ensuring maintenance work is properly recorded on the site CMMS
- To liaise with outside contractors on specific repairs / maintenance work
- Carrying out all activities with the highest regard for health and safety
Please note: This role will be working shifts with a combination of 12 hour and 9 hour shifts.
Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- A time served apprenticeship with an HNC in electrical/electronic engineering, measurement & control or similar.
- A formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH will be advantageous but not a necessity
Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge
The Electrical and Instrumentation Technician role would suit someone who has:
- Prior electrical/instrumentation maintenance experience in a heavy process environment such as a power station, refinery, chemical plant, paper mill, FMCG etc
- Experience maintaining and fault finding on motors, variable speed drives, switchgear and HV/LV systems
- Experience maintaining instrumentation equipment such as pressure sensors, thermocouples, flow metres, CEMS, etc.
- A flexible approach to working routines as this is shift work
Salary and benefits of the Electrical and Instrumentation Technician role
- 52,188 basic salary
- 15,656 shift allowance
- Private Medical
- Other benefits
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.
