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Electrical & Instrumentation Technician


Location: 

King's Lynn, GB, PE33 9QG

Category:  Sugar Production
Date:  6 Sep 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salary

 

£52,517 per annum

 

Wissington Factory

 

Job Purpose

 

Our Sites operate within an Autonomous Production Unit (APU) model, this is a total ownership model where APU teams operate, maintain, and improve their own discreet part of the operation. In this role, you would report into the Engineering Lead of the respective APU and can be either day or shift based. Whether on days or shift the main purpose of the role is to work with your respective team to provide direct proactive and reactive maintenance and repair of our vast and exciting array of equipment.

 

Core Accountabilities

 

• Work in partnership with shift & days-based management & technicians to carry out repairs & maintenance to plant.

• Installation of new plant or modifications to existing.

• Responsible to deliver safe and compliant reactive and proactive electrical & instrument fault finding, maintenance and repair.

• During maintenance periods undertake maintenance testing and commissioning of plant in readiness for operations.

• Reporting of all engineering activities into the Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

• Making plant safe for maintenance & become competent to receive and/or authorise a range of permits as required.

• Demonstrate support & delivery of quality, environment and health & safety operational performance.

• Engagement with key operational initiatives and site business improvement plan.

• Engagement through direct or indirect working with a safety Improvement team.

• Ability to make sound engineering decisions that ensure effective, safe and compliant maintenance of plant & equipment.

• Ability to prioritise key engineering activities.

• Ability to use knowledge and experience to “make a call” on when to take an operational piece of plant offline and understand the urgency of its return to service.

 

Critical Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

 

• Knowledge of IOSH Working or Managing Safely.

• Comprehensive technical knowledge gained through large scale, complex operational factory experience.

• Understanding of hazards and controls associated with a complex large industrial environment.

• ONC / HNC, or equivalent in Electrical Engineering supported by a recognised apprenticeship, or equivalent experience.

• Experience of working in a lean operating environment.

• Experience of working in an operational team of varying disciplines and skill level.

• A proven track record of effective technical problem solving, fault diagnosis and continuous improvement.

• Commitment to maintaining the Health & Safety for self and others.

• Experienced in some of the following: 3 phase electrical power distribution systems, 3 phase motor control centres and variable speed drives. The Installation commissioning and calibration of process control instrumentation (Pressure temperature level flow pH density etc.). High Voltage switchgear, transformers and generators. Distributed control systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems & Programmable Logic Controllers.

 

We are committed to creating an environment where all our people are treated with respect and given the opportunities to succeed. We want British Sugar to be a great, inclusive place to work for everyone.

 

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

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