Controls and Instrumentation Technician
* Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 GROSS PA
* Location: Manchester, Bolton and Warrington areas, with occasional overnight stays required for trips to Scotland
This field-based role requires daily travel to sites across the Northwest region of the UK.
Depending on your location, you may be required to stay away from home occasionally.
This is predominately a Monday – Friday role.
Benefits:Competitive salary plus bonus - target up to 15% paid quarterly and annually
* 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
* Pension Scheme with 6% employer contribution
* Company Van with fuel card, which can be used for personal use
* Green Benefits, offering a discount on domestic Solar Panels & EV Car Charging points
* Employee Assist Programme, including an app that enables virtual appointments with GPs and Mental Health Counsellors
The company leading low-carbon energy generator. We capture methane from landfill sites and disused mines and use it to create electricity. Our flexible power response and battery energy storage projects support the grid when needed.
Our sustainable energy expertise helps reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change and provides secure, efficient local power generation. It’s great to assist the UK in transitioning to net zero.
The role:
You are responsible for planned and reactive maintenance, fault-finding, troubleshooting, repairing, installing, modifying, and upgrading electrical/electronic controls and instrumentation systems across our site-based power generation plants and monitoring equipment following our quality management procedures.
* Conducting fault diagnosis, repairs, and planned and reactive maintenance activities on a range of operational C&I Assets to ensure the safe and efficient operation of our sites
* This includes a range of Instrumentation, (Flow, Pressure, Level and Temperature Sensors), along with Gas Analysers, PLC Systems, HMI’s & Telemetry Systems
* Support the servicing of our Fire & Gas Detection and Safety Systems
* Undertake preventative, predictive, and emergency maintenance works to meet plant reliability and performance targets
* Supporting the rollout of DSEAR remedial works / periodic inspections
* Liaison with Electrical, C&I, Gas Field, or Engine Technicians from other operational teams, working to assist each other in resolving issues and sharing information
* Supervising and directing Approved Contractors on-site who may be attending for the installation, repair, or maintenance of EC&I or Automation Systems
* Producing reports and data input into Maximo and other IT-based systems
* Taking responsibility for your own PPE, Vehicle, plus other Tools and equipment issued, along with supporting maintaining the Regional C&I Workshop
* Ensuring all works are carried out in line with our Health & Safety policies and procedures
Experience:Ideally experience in water, utilities, heavy process, plant or manufacturing sectors
* LV Electrical Control Panels and safe electrical isolation procedures
* Electrical Schematics & Process & Instrumentation Diagrams
* Maintenance & Calibration of a range of Instrumentation
* Fault finding on LV Control Circuits and Instrument Loops
* Fault finding and diagnostic skills with an understanding of PID Controls
* Experience in interrogating, fault finding and maintenance of HMI, SCADA, PLC & Telemetry Systems
* Communication Networks, Converters & Protocols, including Ethernet, CAN-Bus, Profibus, RS232/485 Serial, Fiber Optics
* Knowledge of Emergency Shutdown / Safety Systems, Machinery or Process related
* Knowledge of IT Networks & PC based systems
Qualifications:
* You will have previously completed an apprenticeship (or other recognised training scheme) and hold a BTEC National Certificate (or equivalent City & Guilds NVQ/SVQ Level 3) in an Instrumentation, Control Systems or transferable discipline.
* CompEx Foundation, or CompEx 01 to 04
* IET 18th Edition Wiring Reg’s, City & Guilds 2382
If you have experience in the water, utilities, heavy process, plant or manufacturing sectors carrying out planned preventative maintenance and reacting to breakdowns to assist in fault finding, Send me your CV – adrienne.kettlewell@godgroup.co.uk