Ec&I Maintenance Technician

Astute's Power team are working with an Engineering firm who specialise in providing maintenance servicing to the Power sector.
We are looking for an Electrical Control & Instrumentation Technician / Engineer to support the maintenance on a Gas Fired Power Station. This role is working for a sub-contractor on a customers site.

Responsibilities and duties:
Reporting to the Site Manager you will:

• Fault finding and defect rectification to electrical, control & instrumentation equipment
• Breakdown repairs to electrical, control & instrumentation equipment
• Providing Instrumentation support
• Trouble shooting Control and Instrumentation Issues
• Carrying out calibration and maintenance of instrumentation and control systems as per procedural documentation
• Carrying our both planned and reactive maintenance activities
• Instrumentation and control systems on industrial and or process equipment i.e., boilers, turbines, switchgear, starters, VFD's, pumps, fans, motors, drives, conveyors & control systems
• Ability to interface and liaise with internal customers and other sub-contractors
• Assisting with technical input for proposals/tender

Professional qualifications:
We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally educated with a HNC / HND in an Electrical or C&I discipline
• 18th Edition
• COMPEX certified
• Apprenticeship in a relevant EC&I discipline
• At least five years post-apprenticeship working experience on a complex engineering plant such as a Refinery, Power Station, COMAH site etc.
• IOSH qualified would be advantageous

Personal skills:
The EC&I Technician role would suit someone who is:

• Familiar with hands on fault finding, diagnostics and repair or EC&I equipment including pressure, temperature, flow, level, motors, actuators, switchgear, transformers etc.
• Able to carry out calibrations & loop checks on DCS and PLC equipment
• Competent in reading circuit / line diagrams, P&ID's and other technical documentation

Salary and benefits of the EC&I Technician role:

• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme
• Overtime
• Further benefits

INDPOW

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