Instrument Technician

NES Fircroft are working with a large Chemical Manufacturer based on Saltend Chemical Park who are looking for an Instrument Technician to work with them on a permanent basis.

The post holder will provide a day-based engineering support service to the assets at the site. They will be required to work with minimal supervision as part of a team of operations, instrument, electrical and mechanical personnel and have the ability to maximise the reliability and availability of the assets and ensure SHE targets are met. This requires the application of practical and organisational skills to resolve maintenance issues.

The site at Hull is top tier COMAH registered, and the job holder has a key role in ensuring the plant is operated safely to meet the company’s and the regulator’s expectations with safety performance and operational integrity.

Competency assurance of the manufacturing personnel is critical to ensure that the Hull assets can be operated safely and reliably.

Reliable and efficient plant operation are key measures of asset performance that need to be achieved to ensure business requirements are met.

Key Accountabilities

To undertake the day-to-day instrument technician core role activities including breakdown and preventative maintenance, repair, and installation of Instrument equipment:

• Interact with the maintenance coordination team, discipline engineers and operations technicians to be advised of, and understand daily plant issues. Then have the ability to act on these and deliver solutions.
• Work with permit signatories daily to discuss and prepare permit requests, method statements and risk assessments.
• Regularly liaise with other trade disciplines and the supervisors for scaffolding and lagging when they are required to support specific jobs. This often necessitates coordination of their work and permit requirements.
• Become conversant within the permit system.
• Carry out enabling isolations on the sites Instrument systems.
• Fault finding following equipment failure, identifying problems and then have the ability to resolve these within a specified timescale whilst minimising costs. This may include organising spares, labour, and third-party interaction upfront to minimise downtime.
• To be competent in the operation, maintenance, and installation of Instrument systems in accordance with appropriate standards and procedures.
• Working within the Control of Work system and accompanying Site Safety Orders.
• Supervision and facilitating of people and work where required.

• Minimum of a recognised apprenticeship and NVQ3 or equivalent.
• ONC (HNC preferred).
• CompEX modules 01 – 04 certificate.
• BS7671 (current edition) IET Requirements for Electrical Installation certificate preferred.
• Technicians are expected to work independently and with minimum supervision from information gathered from engineers and operating technicians and have the ability to plan their own work. Work flexibly with Call out requirement met as required.
• Familiar with the SAP PM model.
• Provide evidence of experience gained and training records for help with competency assessment.
• Sound IT skills.
• Working knowledge of Temperature, Pressure, Flow and Level systems.
• Knowledge of DCS, PLC and emergency shutdown systems.