C&I Maintenance Technician

PX Group; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Eye test subsidy

Online company discount

Long Service Awards

ELITE Awards

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible Benefits Package

Onsite parking

Job summary

PX Group is recruiting a C&I Technician for our Teesside Wilton site. You will join a dedicated Engineering & Maintenance team tasked with safe, reliable operations and ongoing projects using HydroPRS technology to recycle plastics.

The role offers personalised on-the-job training, twice-yearly reviews, and clear progression while maintaining plant integrity and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Completed apprenticeship in Engineering or Control & Instrumentation or NVQ L3 in a relevant discipline.
• Experience working in a 24/7 industrial process with investigations, troubleshooting, planned repairs, predictive & preventive maintenance.
• Ability to maintain all site systems for rotating equipment, steam raising systems, conveyors, reactors, distillation, and plant logistics.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Engineering and Maintenance Manager with strategy, actions, reporting & compliance.
• Ensure E&M processes, systems and contracts identify and manage engineering risk.
• Perform programmed maintenance, defect rectification and troubleshooting on site instrumentation equipment.
• Produce risk assessments and method statements detailing the safest method to carry out work.
• Provide guidance during outages, incidents and investigations and support safety compliance.
• Support competency development and address technical requirements within the team.

Skills

Apprenticeship

NVQ L3

Troubleshooting

Maintenance

Education

Apprenticeship in Engineering/Control & Instrumentation

NVQ L3 in relevant discipline

Job description

C&I Maintenance Technician

Application Deadline: 30 October 2026

Department: Engineering & Maintenance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Wilton

Description

Our Business

px group is a fully integrated infrastructure solutions business, providing innovative operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions to partners in high hazard, highly regulated industries. Our focus is improving operating performance of commercial and industrial facilities, with zero harm to people, environment, asset and reputation.

We’re thrilled to have been awarded a 10-year Operations & Maintenance contract by WELP at the world’s first commercial scale plastic recycling plant and are now looking to form our amazing site team.

Based in Teesside, you’ll be key in delivering excellence in safe, efficient operations and maintenance using HydroPRS™ technology to chemically recycle end-of-life plastic. Joining us as we commission and start up, your experience and contributions will see us achieve recycling of over 20,000 tonnes of waste plastic each year, with the scope for expansion as we grow.

The Opportunity

We are now recruiting for a C&I Technician.

You’ll be supported with personalised on the job training, coaching, mentoring and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain & develop your contributions and competence.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Engineering and Maintenance Manager in driving philosophy, strategy, actions, reporting, results & compliance during all running states.
• Support in ensuring all E&M processes, systems, reporting mechanisms and contracts are in place for identifying & managing engineering risk, meeting the above requirements. Use the framework of disciplined maintenance as best practice. Ensure effective communication, understanding and monitoring by all department employees & personnel required to complete E&M tasks.
• Perform programmed maintenance work, defect rectification and troubleshooting, emergent and project work relating to site instrumentation equipment. Produce risk assessments and method statements that detail the safest method to carry out work. Understand current and key legislation (HASAWA, EAWR, DSEAR, LOLER, PUWER) and work to ensure full compliance.
• Provide appropriate guidance and support for all major site engineering and maintenance events including outage and plant shut down, unplanned and planned events and incidents. Support leadership regarding investigations, processes, audits, procedural actions and communications.
• Support the E&M Department and other assigned personnel, ensuring they meet required standards in a safe, timely manner. Responsibility for supervision, development, welfare and engineering capability & competency in discipline areas & their ability to address technical requirements & standard implementation.
• Champion continuous engineering and maintenance fault diagnosis and improvements working alongside other site, business departments and partners on agreed actions. To include modifications, upgrade projects, audits, surveys and other monitoring processes, initiatives and programmes, accidents, incidents & reports.

Minimum Requirements

• Have completed an apprenticeship in Engineering or Control & Instrumentation or equivalent. OR, hold a minimum of an NVQ L3 qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Have experience working in a 24/7 industrial process completing investigations, troubleshooting, planned repairs, predictive &preventive maintenance, equipment installation, fault finding.
• Be able to maintain all site systems associated with rotating equipment, steam raising systems, material handling equipment (conveyors, shredders, cutters) gas water and air system piping and valves, reactors, distillation systems tanks, tanker loading systems and vehicle fleet management.
• Have experience working correctly & safely to business, legislative and discipline requirements. Applying legislation in responsibilities:Control and Instrument; COMAH, ATEX, PSSR, DSEAR, HASAWA, LOLER

What you will receive from us

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Contribution towards eye test and glasses
• Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
• Long Service Awards
• Employee recognition scheme – ELITE Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Benefits Package
• Onsite parking

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.