EC&I Technician: PLC/DCS Troubleshooter & Plant Reliability

Discover Recruitment; Workington; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension plan

33 days annual leave

Overtime pay

Job summary

Discover is recruiting an EC&I Technician to join the engineering team in Workington, Cumbria. You will maintain, troubleshoot and improve critical plant equipment, spanning electrical, control and instrumentation systems to ensure reliability and safety.

Hours: 39 per week with overtime rates. Salary £49,000 plus bonus and overtime (total package ~£58,500). Pension, 33 days leave and additional benefits are included.

Qualifications

• Time-served EC&I technician with apprenticeship in Electrical, Control and Instrumentation or equivalent.
• Experience in industrial manufacturing environment.
• Willingness to undertake additional training and certification.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across electrical, control and instrumentation systems.
• Diagnose and resolve faults involving electrical equipment, PLC/DCS systems and industrial instrumentation.
• Conduct inspections, testing and preventative maintenance to minimise downtime and improve plant reliability.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety procedures, including permit-to-work systems, isolations and risk assessments.
• Support plant modifications, equipment upgrades and new installations.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

PLC/DCS maintenance

CMMS experience

Industrial safety

Education

Apprenticeship in EC&I

Job description

Discover is recruiting an EC&I Technician to join the engineering team in Workington, Cumbria. You will maintain, troubleshoot and improve critical plant equipment, spanning electrical, control and instrumentation systems to ensure reliability and safety.

Hours: 39 per week with overtime rates. Salary £49,000 plus bonus and overtime (total package ~£58,500). Pension, 33 days leave and additional benefits are included.