Electrical Technician

Astute People Inc; Dunbar; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Overtime

Private medical

Pension

INDPOW

Job summary

Astute's Power Team is partnering with a market-leading Energy company to recruit an Electrical Technician for their Energy from Waste Power Station in Dunbar, East Lothian. The role offers a base salary of £49,129 plus up to 12% bonus, overtime, private medical and a pension, along with other benefits.

You will fault-find and maintain electrical assets, supervise contractors, support outage planning, and keep CMMS records up to date while contributing to plant developments and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Hands-on maintenance experience with PLC systems, motors, VSDs and switchgear.
• Practical knowledge of process plant in heavy engineering environments.
• HV equipment experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Fault finding and maintaining electrical assets including motors, transformers, switchgear, drives and HV/LV plant.
• Assisting in plant developments and projects.
• Supervising and setting to work on site contractors.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records on the CMMS.
• Assist in outage planning, scheduling and coordination.
• Ensure availability of plant spares.

Skills

PLC systems

Motors

Variable speed drives

Switchgear

High voltage experience

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

17th/18th Edition wiring regulation

IOSH or equivalent health & safety qualification

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Astute's Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company to recruit for an Electrical Technician to join their Energy from Waste Power Station in Dunbar, East Lothian.

The vital Electrical Technician role comes with a salary of £49,129 + up to 12% Bonus + Overtime + Private Medical + Pension + Benefits.

Responsibilities and duties of the Day Shift Team Leader role

Reporting to the EC&I Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Fault finding and maintaining electrical assets including motors, transformers, switchgear, drives and HV/LV plant Working in line with maintenance techniques and best practices
• Assisting in plant developments and projects
• Supervising and setting to work on site contractors
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records on the site Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Assist in outage planning, scheduling and coordination
• To ensure the availability of plant spares

Professional qualifications

• Ideally have an NVQ Level 3, or equivalent, qualification in a relevant engineering discipline such as Electrical/Electronic Engineering
• 17th / 18th Edition wiring regulation qualification will be desired
• A health and safety qualification such as an IOSH will be highly advantageous

Personal Skills, Prior Experience and Knowledge

• Hands-on maintenance experience with PLC systems, motors, variable speed drives, switchgear, etc
• 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.
• Prior experience working with high voltage equipment will be highly advantageous
• Royal/Merchant Navy Marine Engineers will also be considered for this opportunity

Salary and benefits of the Electrical Technician role

• A basic salary of £49,129
• Bonus
• Overtime
• Private medical
• Other excellent company benefits
• INDPOW

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.