Electrical, Controls and Maintenance Technician

ASTUTE Technical Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Technician for a new Energy from Waste facility in the United Kingdom. This role involves maintaining essential electrical and instrumentation assets, conducting fault-finding, and supporting commissioning activities. Candidates should have at least 5 years of hands-on experience, relevant qualifications, and familiarity with high-voltage equipment. The position offers a competitive salary, site bonuses, and opportunities to work on innovative projects.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Site bonus up to 12%

Overtime

Contributory pension

Opportunity to work on a new energy project

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of hands-on maintenance experience with electrical systems.
• Practical knowledge of heavy engineering environments like power generation.
• Experience with High-Voltage equipment such as transformers or switchgear.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pre-planned and reactive maintenance on electrical assets.
• Fault finding and maintaining electrical systems and instrumentation.
• Supervise 3rd party contractors and assist in plant developments.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Fault finding

Instrumentation calibration

High-Voltage equipment

Education

Electrical / C&I apprenticeship

NVQ / ONC / HNC in Electrical, Control or Instrumentation engineering

IOSH or NEBOSH qualification

Tools

SCADA

DCS

PLC

Job description

Astute’s Power Team are working with one of the country’s leading Waste Management companies and supporting the recruitment of their newest Energy from Waste facility. The Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant is currently under construction, and when complete will be exporting ~70MW of electricity to the grid, processing circa 600,000 tonnes of waste per year.

We are looking for an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Technician to join the Maintenance Team of this exciting project. As an EC&I Technician, you’ll be responsible for carrying out reactive and preventative maintenance across a variety of critical EC&I assets. You’ll also be involved with supporting commissioning activities and working towards the plants operational handover.

If you’re interested and have the right skillset then please apply.

Responsibilities and duties of the Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Technician role

Reporting directly to the EC&I Team Leader, as an EC&I Technician, you will be responsible for:

• Pre-planned and reactive maintenance duties on all electrical, controls and instrumentation assets across the power station
• Fault finding/maintaining mostly electrical system; motors, drives, single phase & three phase equipment, switchgear, high/low voltage plant etc. and Instrumentation (pressure, temperature, level & flow) and control systems
• Calibrating instrumentation
• Conducting continuous improvement activities, plant modifications and design work
• Supervising 3rd party contractors
• Working in line with maintenance techniques and best practices
• Assisting in plant developments and projects
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records on the site CMMS
• Assist in outage planning, scheduling and coordination.
• To ensure the availability of plant spares

Professional qualifications

• Ideally qualified in a recognised Electrical / C&I apprenticeship in a heavy process industry
• A relevant technical qualification such as an NVQ / ONC / HNC in Electrical, Control or Instrumentation engineering or a similar discipline
• IOSH or NEBOSH would be advantageous

Personal skills

• At least 5 years of hands‑on maintenance experience with motors, switchgear, instrumentation (flow, level, pressure, temperature etc) and control systems (SCADA, DCS and PLC)
• Practical knowledge of process plant and equipment gained in a heavy engineering environment such as power generation, petrochemical, steel works, CHP plant, paper mill etc. Royal Navy Marine Engineers will also be considered.
• Experience with High‑Voltage equipment such as transformers / switchgear will be advantageous.

Salary and benefits of the Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Technician role

• A competitive salary
• Site bonus up to 12%
• Overtime
• A contributory pension
• Opportunity to work on one of the newest Energy from Waste plants in the UK

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.