CES Senior Instrument Technician

Centrica plc; Hull and East Yorkshire, Easington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica plc is seeking an experienced Senior Instrument Technician to ensure safe, compliant operation of its energy storage assets in the Humber region. You will maintain instrumentation and control systems, perform fault diagnosis, and support system upgrades, contributing to asset reliability and process safety.

Join a team focused on operational excellence, continuous improvement and a strong safety culture.

Qualifications

• Time-served instrumentation or control technician apprenticeship.
• Experience in gas processing, oil and gas, COMAH environments.
• Strong fault-finding and maintenance on instrumentation and control systems.
• Experience with DCS, PLC, Fire & Gas and ESD systems.
• Familiarity with CMMS maintenance systems.
• Understanding of Management of Change and process safety principles.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on instrumentation and control equipment.
• Maintain transmitters, analysers, control valves, shutdown, fire and gas systems.
• Diagnose and rectify instrument and control faults to minimise downtime.
• Carry out approved low-complexity modifications on DCS systems Fire & Gas systems.
• Support software modification activities and system upgrades.

Skills

Instrumentation

Control systems

Fault finding

DCS/PLC/Fire & Gas

CMMS

Safety & risk

Commissioning & calibration

Education

Instrumentation/Control Technician apprenticeship

Job description

Join us, be part of more. We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

About your team: At Centrica Energy Storage +, our mission is to store it. Our onshore and offshore teams are united in their goal, to boost the UK’s energy security and drive down bills for customers. Rough, our North Sea storage facility, currently provides half of the UK’s gas storage – enough to heat 2.4 million homes over winter. But we’re not stopping there. We’ve got our sights set on transforming it into the world's largest hydrogen storage facility and creating a Net Zero connected energy hub in the Humber.

CES Senior Instrument Technician Job Purpose To ensure the continued safe, compliant and reliable operation of Centrica Energy Storage assets through the maintenance, fault finding, testing and improvement of instrumentation, control and safety systems. The role provides technical support to operations and maintenance teams while contributing to asset reliability, process safety and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Instrumentation Maintenance

• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on instrumentation and control equipment in accordance with engineering standards and site procedures.
• Maintain transmitters, analysers, control valves, shutdown systems, fire and gas systems and associated field instrumentation.
• Diagnose and rectify instrument and control system faults to minimise plant downtime.
• Undertake inspection, calibration and testing activities to ensure asset integrity and compliance.

Control Systems

• Carry out approved low-complexity modifications on: DCS systems Fire & Gas systems Compressor control systems
• Implement approved alarm setpoint changes in accordance with site management procedures.
• Support software modification activities and system upgrades.

Asset Reliability & Continuous Improvement

• Provide technical discipline support for operational risk management activities.
• Participate in Management of Change (MoC) reviews and hazard assessments.
• Identify reliability improvement opportunities and support investigation of equipment failures.
• Assist with fault finding, loop tuning and performance optimisation activities.

Maintenance Management

• Execute work orders generated through the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, work evaluations and close-out reports.
• Support the site's work planning and scheduling processes.
• Manage system-related maintenance activities and associated work orders.

Systems & Cyber Security

• Support the OT Cyber Security Engineer with: Systems maintenance activities Network maintenance Cyber detection and response activities Manage site engineering and control system laptops. Maintain system backup and recovery arrangements where required. Ensure critical system spares inventories are maintained.

Leadership & Contractor Management

• Deputise for the Lead Instrument/Control Technician when required.
• Supervise specialist vendors and contractors working on control and instrumentation systems.
• Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues and apprentices.
• Promote high standards of safety, compliance and technical excellence.

Safety & Compliance

• Work in accordance with company safety rules, engineering standards and statutory regulations.
• Support process safety initiatives and barrier management requirements.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out under appropriate permit and risk assessment arrangements.
• Maintain competency and authorisations relevant to the role.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

• Time-served Instrumentation or Control Technician apprenticeship.
• Significant experience within gas processing, oil and gas, petrochemical, power generation or similar COMAH environments.
• Strong fault-finding and maintenance experience on instrumentation and control systems.
• Experience working with DCS, PLC, Fire & Gas and ESD systems.
• Familiarity with CMMS maintenance systems.
• Understanding of Management of Change and process safety principles.

Desirable

• CompEx Certification.
• Functional Safety or IEC 61511 awareness.
• OT Cyber Security awareness.
• HNC/HND in Instrumentation, Electrical Engineering or Control Engineering.

Key Behaviours

• Strong safety leadership.
• High technical competence and attention to detail.
• Effective communicator and team player.
• Proactive approach to reliability improvement.
• Ability to work independently and make sound technical decisions.

Why should you apply? We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too.

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

Help us, help you. We would love for you to share any information about yourself throughout our recruitment process so that we can better understand you and help shape your journey.

We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. When it comes to energy, no one does it like us. We make it, store it, move it, sell it and mend it. We’re made up of 12 different businesses, but united by our purpose as Centrica. We’re energisers. Our journey to a greener, fairer future is powered by individuals like you. Through innovative green products, intelligent energy solutions and developing smarter ways to use and save energy, we’re not just part of the energy transition, we’re leading it. Our commitment goes beyond sustainability. Together we’re bringing our collective energies to create positive change in our local communities. If you immerse yourself in our fight to change tomorrow, you might just find your why. We’re looking for people to add to our culture – not fit in with it. We're building a community where you can be unapologetically you, where differences are celebrated, and where everyone can belong. Real inclusivity also means supporting the different realities our people face. That’s why we have the UK’s best Carers Policy and are continually building our approach to flexibility and wellbeing. Of course, we love having fun too. We’re a people place after all.