Utilities Technician

Utilities Technician CHP
Competitive salary including allowance
Manchester

Introduction
Astute Technical Recruitment are working with a leading organisation who run a large UK food and beverage production facility in the Manchester area. They are currently recruiting for a Utilities Technician to join their operations department to oversee the safe & efficient operation of the CHP and associated plant.

Role & Responsibilities
As a Utilities Operator, your duties will include:

• Being responsible for the safe & efficient operation of the site services & utilities plant such as steam systems, power generation plant, compressors plant, water systems, cooling towers, fuel supply systems, effluent treatment plant etc.
• Carrying out first line maintenance & fault diagnostics across the plant.
• Supervise the safe off-loading of chemicals and supplies.
• Monitoring of the plant & process via control systems (such as HMI, PLC, SCADA or DCS).
• Ensuring adherence with health & safety, permits to work, risk assessments, safe systems of work, along with isolations checklists.
• Safely isolating plant & equipment including creating and reviewing operating procedures, RAMS and Isolation checklists.
• Accurately create reports & logs for handovers.

Skills & Qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following experience and qualifications:

• ONC/C&G/NVQ Level 3 minimum in Engineering/Plant Operations or Apprentice qualified
• BOAS Certificate or similar is preferred
• Minimum 2 years of experience working in Power Generation in an Operations based role this can be from a CHP, Energy from Waste, Biomass, CCGT or similar Power Station
• Mechanical/Electrical maintenance skillset
• IOSH or H&S certificate
• Experience working to Safe Systems of Work
• Royal Navy Marine Engineer Leading Marine Engineers are welcome to apply
• Experience in HV switching would be advantageous.

Salary & Package
What's on offer for this exciting role:

• A highly competitive basic salary
• Competitive list of company benefits including pension

How to apply
If you are interested in this position, please send a copy of your up-to-date CV and Cover Letter to (url removed) or call Emily Lobacz on (phone number removed) who can tell you more.

INDPOW

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