Instrumentation Technician

We are delighted to be supporting our client, a very well established and market-leading manufacturing business, as part of continued investment into the growth of their engineering function, as they seek to hire an experienced Instrumentation Technician with Electrical experience to join the business based in Essex.

Salary/Package on offer

• £51,300pa basic salary (£21.93ph)
• Pension Scheme - 6% Employer Contribution / 4% (min) Employee Contribution
• Life Assurance - 3 x Salary
• Private Medical Insurance - BUPA
• 25 Days Holiday
• Medicash Scheme - range of benefits to select from
• EAP Free Counselling
• Cycle to work scheme

Shift Pattern

Week 1 - 6am - 3pm
Week 2 - 1pm - 10pm
Week 3 - 8am - 5pm
Week 4 - 8am - 5pm
Week 5 - 8am - 5pm

About The Business

This business is a specialist manufacturer and distributor, with a diverse product range, supplying into a number of key and essential industries both in the UK as well as internationally. The business has grown from strength to strength over the years, and despite a challenging economic climate in the UK, have proven to be one of the most exciting businesses to recruit for, with constant CAPEX investment and site upgrade projects (even during the COVID pandemic), but most importantly, with investments into retaining and attracting the best talent into their business. Whilst the business has continued to grow in recent years, it is clear that they have always maintained a collaborative, family-driven and values-based culture at the core of their business, so it is key that the Instrumentation Technician that comes in shares the same ethos.

The Role

The Instrumentation Technician will be responsible for the safe operation of the Instrumentation, Control and Electrical equipment on site. The core of the role will involve measuring and controlling instrumentation. The Instrumentation Technician will be heavily involved in servicing and calibrating plant equipment and process control systems. The sort of instruments will include pressure, flow, gas analyzers, sensors, signal conditioners, final control elements, etc.

The Key Responsibilities For The Instrumentation Technician Will Involve

• Maintaining documentation for instrumentation calibrations
• Responsible for Maintenance, Analysis and Incident Reports
• Calibrating instruments and systems
• Reading P&ID drawings
• Installing and terminating Instrument and electrical connections
• Installing, configuring, calibrating and maintaining control, measurement and indicating instrumentation (pneumatic, analog & digital)
• Performing scheduled maintenance programs.
• Inspecting and testing the operation of instruments and systems to diagnose faults.

The successful candidate for the Instrumentation Technician will have the following background:

• Experience working as an Instrumentation Technician or Instrument Engineer, with basic Electrical experience
• Must have had experience with maintenance, fault finding and carrying out repairs within the field of instrumentation.
• Knowledge of diagnosing, troubleshooting and repairing defective instruments.
• Able to read P&ID drawings.
• You would have worked in a Chemical, Manufacturing or Oil & Gas industry, ideally with experience working on a COMAH site.

The role will suit someone who has previously held one of the following job titles: Instrumentation Technician, Instrumentation Engineer, Instrument Technician, Instrument Tech, C&I Technician, C&I Engineer, E&I Technician, E&I Engineer