Control & Instrumentation Maintenance Technician

Do you have experience of working in the Electrical or Instrumentation sector?

Are you experienced in maintenance activities within a heavy industry environment?

The opportunity

As a Maintenance Technician, you will be carrying out scheduled maintenance operations on a variety of plant systems with safety and reliability at the forefront. You will be focused on delivering high levels of plant availability through timely value-added maintenance of the plant using your previous experiences of working in the Electrical or Instrumentation sectors. 

Over the last 46 years, Hinkley Point B has generated 311 TWh of low carbon and is now entering a new phase in its life of defueling and decommissioning. This involves the safe removal of all spent fuel from the reactor cores, the cooling ponds and stores whilst looking ahead and preparing for deconstruction. During this stage the station will see transformative change and are keen to recruit talented individuals looking for their next challenge into their existing core of expertise. 

At a time of Nuclear Resurgence, Hinkley Point B offers a unique opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within an operational defueling environment whilst also looking ahead to future potential opportunities in nuclear new build or decommissioning and deconstruction. Once you have developed your core competencies, you will have the opportunity to take on new responsibilities and further your career with us. 

Pay, Benefits and Culture

We can offer a competitive salary with a range of £34,641 - £46,963; with terms and conditions covered by the EDF Nuclear Generation Company Agreement. The starting salary will be dependent on your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications.

At EDF, everyone's welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We'd like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We're a disability confident employer and we'll do all we can to help with your application.  We're happy to discuss any adjustments that may be required to help you fulfil this role.

We'll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you'll be doing

As part of this role, your responsibilities will include: 

• Working flexibly within a team to perform maintenance, inspections and testing on live plant, adhering to strict safety policies, and operating within set procedures without deviation in a heavily regulated environment. 
• Performing isolations of plant as required, in accordance with defined Safety Rules.
• Completing maintenance and inspection records in a timely manner.
• Ensuring that the Equipment Reliability programme is supported via accurate, detailed feedback on plant condition pre and post maintenance.
• Reporting safety, environmental and plant issues in a timely manner to the correct team, in line with station procedures

As a member of the Control and Instrumentation team, we'd like you to be experienced in calibrating and maintaining control, alarm and indication systems across a range of process variables to include: 

• Pressure measurement equipment (pressure gauges, static pressure transmitters, differential pressure transmitters); Temperature measurement equipment (thermocouples, RTDs and associated equipment), Flow measurement equipment (differential pressure, mass flow), water analysis equipment (pH monitoring equipment, conductivity measurement, sodium, dissolved oxygen) or gas analysis equipment (CO2 monitoring equipment, moisture in gas monitoring equipment).

Who you are

We're looking for you to have a can-do' attitude and implement this into your daily workload. You'll be self-driven and confident with the challenges set out to you within your daily role.

Experience in carrying out fault finding in a process-based environment as well as experience in performing isolations of plant or apparatus would be beneficial.

This role is part of the stations Emergency scheme where full training will be provided so you will need to live within a 45 minute drive to the station.

Application closing date - 19th February 2024

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