Electrical Technician

INEOS Acetyls; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

INEOS Acetyls UK site at Hull seeks an Electrical Technician to provide day-based engineering support and maintain electrical systems to meet safety and regulatory expectations.

You will work with a team of operations, instrument, electrical and mechanical personnel to maximise asset reliability, resolve maintenance issues and uphold safety and SHE targets.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a recognised apprenticeship and NVQ3 or equivalent.
• ONC (HNC preferred).
• CompEX modules 01 – 04 certificate.
• BS7671 (current edition) IET Requirements for Electrical Installation certificate.

Responsibilities

• Breakdown and preventative maintenance, repair and installation of electrical equipment.
• Interact with maintenance coordination team, discipline engineers and operations technicians.
• Carry out electrical isolations on LV systems within permit system and manage downtime to minimise costs.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

HV/LV systems

Fault finding

SAP

Education

NVQ Level 3

HNC preferred

CompEX 01–04

BS7671 certification

Tools

MS Excel

Word/Outlook

Job description

The INEOS Acetyls UK site at Hull is top tier COMAH registered, and the Electrical Technician has a key role in ensuring the plant is operated safely to meet the company’s and the regulator’s expectations with safety performance and operational integrity.
The Electrical Technician will provide a day-based engineering support service to the Acetyls asset at the INEOS Hull site. They will be required to work with minimal supervision as part of a team of operations, instrument, electrical and mechanical personnel and have the ability to maximise the reliability and availability of the INEOS assets and ensure SHE targets are met. This requires the application of practical and organisational skills to resolve maintenance issues.

Accountabilities include

Act as a role model for safety and uphold the “INEOS 20 BEHAVIOURAL & PROCESS SAFETY PRINCIPLES” & “Life Saving Rules” in all activities undertaken.
To undertake the day-to-day electrical technician core role activities including:

• breakdown and preventative maintenance, repair, and installation of electrical equipment,
• interact with the maintenance coordination team, discipline engineers and operations technicians to be advised of, and understand daily plant issues.
• act as Building Craftsman within the INEOS permit system and carry out electrical isolations on the sites LV systems. Fault finding following equipment failure, identifying problems and then have the ability to resolve these within a specified timescale whilst minimising costs. This may include organising spares, labour, and third-party interaction upfront to minimise downtime

To be competent in the operation, maintenance, and installation of electrical systems in accordance with appropriate standards and procedures:

• Hazardous area equipment inspections and installations to the IEC60079 standard
• Maintaining the sites LV and HV systems up to 11000V
• Maintain awareness of procedures, rules and regulations that apply to electrical activities. To be conversant with all E&I codes of practice
• To advise the asset E&I engineers on maintenance issues and field observations to achieve continuous improvement
• Identify and specify equipment requiring procurement. To consult with suppliers on technical issues and ensure that procured equipment will meet standards of design and performance

Electronic recording of maintenance activities and interacting with IT Systems, including:

• Knowledge and use of SAP, MS Excel, Word, Outlook, Power point, and navigating the network drives
• Initiating maintenance activities and recording thereof in SAP (Notifications and workorder feedback)
• Recording and re-ordering of spares

Working within the Control of Work system and accompanying SSO’s
Supervision and facilitating of people and work where required, including:

• Supervision of contractors and service providers if required
• Facilitating and assisting service providers when required (e.g., UPS servicing)
• Supervise and facilitate job pack/project packs when required e.g., maintenance of LV/HV distribution equipment, 3rd party hazardous area equipment inspections
• Provide on the job training and guidance for contractors, apprentices, and less experienced staff
• Ensure work carried out by contact staff meet INEOS standards

Role requirements

• Minimum of a recognised apprenticeship and NVQ3 or equivalent
• ONC (HNC preferred).
• CompEX modules 01 – 04 certificate.
• BS7671 (current edition) IET Requirements for Electrical Installation certificate.

Technical Skills

• Maintenance of HV distribution and rotating equipment and associated control systems.
• Safe isolation of electrical systems.
• Maintenance of LV rotating equipment and associated control systems
• Installation, inspection, and maintenance of hazardous area equipment.
• The ability to fault find on electrical equipment and systems.
• Read, understand and fault find using electrical drawings and schematics
• Maintenance of plant earthing systems.
• Maintenance of electrical surface heating systems.
• Knowledge of DCS and emergency shutdown systems.
• Maintenance of lighting systems and associated control systems.
• Working knowledge of UPS systems.
• Contribute to the setting up of common electrical control/procedural systems.
• Configuration and maintenance of smart motor control units would be advantageous.
• The ability to work at both the detailed and overview level with regard to electrical systems.