E&I Shift Asset Engineer

Wolviston Recruitment partners; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Tioxide, through Wolviston Management Services, is seeking an experienced E&I Shift Asset Engineer for its Greatham site. The role focuses on fault finding, coordinating plant responses, and improving reliability of electrical, instrumentation and control systems.

You will work with the ICON Shift Lead to minimise downtime, support start-ups and drive ongoing reliability improvements across the site.

Qualifications

• Qualified in Electrical/Instrumentation/Control with suitable practical experience.
• Significant electrical/instrumentation maintenance in process/manufacturing settings.
• Experience leading technicians or supervising maintenance tasks.
• Strong fault‑finding, testing and commissioning capabilities.
• Familiar with SAP PM or equivalent CMMS and safe permit systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the response to electrical, instrumentation and control equipment breakdowns, coordinating with the relevant Shift Lead.
• Call out and coordinate additional engineering personnel where required.
• Monitor asset health, identifying and rectifying defects before they affect production.
• Provide technical guidance to production teams during start‑ups and major plant disturbances.
• Carry out functional and evaluation testing on instrument and electrical systems, maintaining accurate quality assurance records.
• Use plant control systems, including Mod300 and DeltaV, to support fault diagnosis.
• Maintain clear electronic logs, accurate SAP records and detailed shift handovers.
• Test and commission new or modified instrument and electrical systems.
• Apply root cause analysis and recommend improvements to plant stability, uptime and product quality.

Skills

Fault finding

Leadership

Maintenance supervision

Electrical & instrumentation knowledge

Root cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Education

HNC/HND or NVQ Level 3 in Electrical/Instrumentation/Control

Tools

SAP PM

DeltaV

Mod300

Job description

E&I Shift Asset Engineer

Location: Hartlepool, Co Durham

Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time

Closing Date: Nov 26th, 2026

Ref: 1755006

Are you an experienced E&I technician who enjoys complex fault finding and taking the lead on plant breakdowns?

Wolviston Management Services is recruiting on behalf of Tioxide for a Shift Asset Engineer to join the Manufacturing team at its Greatham facility.

This is an opportunity to bring your electrical, instrumentation and control expertise to a hands‑on role where your decisions directly influence plant reliability, production performance and safe operation.

Working closely with the ICON Shift Lead, you will lead the response to equipment failures, coordinate engineering support and identify improvements that prevent recurring problems.

The role

You will minimise plant downtime by monitoring equipment performance, diagnosing faults, determining repair methods and completing the required maintenance. Alongside responding to breakdowns, you will support plant start‑ups, testing, commissioning and ongoing reliability improvements.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the response to electrical, instrumentation and control equipment breakdowns, coordinating with the relevant Shift Lead.
• Call out and coordinate additional engineering personnel where required.
• Monitor asset health, identifying and rectifying defects before they affect production.
• Provide technical guidance to production teams during start‑ups and major plant disturbances.
• Carry out functional and evaluation testing on instrument and electrical systems, maintaining accurate quality assurance records.
• Use plant control systems, including Mod300 and DeltaV, to support fault diagnosis.
• Maintain clear electronic logs, accurate SAP records and detailed shift handovers.
• Test and commission new or modified instrument and electrical systems.
• Apply root cause analysis and recommend improvements to plant stability, uptime and product quality.

What we’re looking for

• HNC/HND, NVQ Level 3 or an equivalent qualification in Electrical, Instrumentation, Control Engineering or a related discipline.
• Significant electrical and instrumentation maintenance experience within chemical, process, manufacturing or heavy industry.
• Experience leading technicians or undertaking maintenance supervisory responsibilities.
• Strong practical knowledge of electrical, instrumentation and control systems.
• Proven fault‑finding, testing and commissioning capability.
• Experience using SAP PM or an equivalent maintenance management system.
• Sound knowledge of safe systems of work, permit‑to‑work arrangements and statutory compliance requirements.

Desirable experience

• COMAH site experience.
• DeltaV, Mod300 or equivalent control systems.
• Reliability‑centred maintenance.
• CompEx, HV/LV authorisation or relevant specialist qualifications.
• Shutdown and turnaround planning.

Why consider this opportunity?

You will have the opportunity to use your technical expertise, lead engineering responses on shift and make a visible contribution to the reliability of Tioxide’s Greatham operations