Electrical Maintenance Technician

PX Group; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Eye test & glasses

Online company discounts

Long Service Awards

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible Benefits Package

Onsite parking

Job summary

PX Group is recruiting an Electrical Maintenance Technician to join our Teesside operations.

You will support maintenance planning, inspections, fault finding and contractor coordination, with training and performance reviews as we scale up plant operations using HydroPRS™ technology. This role requires a relevant electrical apprenticeship or NVQ L3 and experience in 24/7 industrial environments.

Qualifications

• Have completed an apprenticeship in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (or NVQ L3 in a relevant discipline).
• Experience in 24/7 industrial process environments with investigations, troubleshooting and planned repairs.
• HV distribution understanding with transformers (S4 qualification ideally).
• Ability to maintain rotating equipment, pumps, piping, valves and associated systems.

Responsibilities

• Support in ensuring E&M processes, systems, and contracts are in place for safe operations.
• Perform programmed maintenance, fault rectification and emergent works on electrical equipment.
• Produce risk assessments and safe method statements; ensure compliance with HASAWA, EAWR and DSEAR.
• Provide guidance for outages, investigations, audits and communications.
• Supervise and develop site personnel and ensure capability to meet technical standards.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Troubleshooting

Risk assessment

Maintenance planning

Safety compliance

Communication

Education

Electrical & Electronic Engineering apprenticeship

NVQ Level 3 (relevant discipline)

Tools

Electrical testing equipment

Job description

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 an Electrical Maintenance 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

• Support in ensuring all E&M processes, systems, reporting mechanisms and contracts are in place for identifying & managing engineering risk in meeting the above requirements. Use the framework of disciplined maintenance as good practice to complete all works in a safe manner with minimal downtime to the plant. Ensuring 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 electrical equipment. Produce risk assessments and method statements that detail the safest method to carry out work. Understand current and key legislation (HASAWA, EAWR, DSEAR) 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. Support in ensuring that competent discipline experts are available to address the technical requirements of the Operating Site. These may be sourced from the incumbent Operating Site team or from head office resource if local organisational arrangements do not allow for this.
• 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
• Have completed an apprenticeship in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (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.
• Appreciation of HV distribution systems including transformers with ideally an S4 qualification
• 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, vehicle fleet management and power transmission & distribution

What you will receive from us

• Contribution towards eye test and glasses
• Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
• Long Service 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.