Electrical Technician - Teesside

DMW Recruitment; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

DMW Recruitment is seeking an Electrical Technician for a Teesside site on a permanent basis. You will manage maintenance tasks performed by E&I contractors, execute electrical isolations, and prepare risk assessments to ensure safe operations.

The role includes on-call emergency support and stock control of critical electrical parts. Applicants should have 5+ years in petrochemical environments, relevant electrical qualifications, and COMPEX/BS7671 expertise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in petrochemical / chemical environments.
• BTEC/NVQ or time served apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering.
• COMPEX 01, 02, 03, 04 certified.
• BS7671 (18th Edition) compliant knowledge.
• Safety instrumented system awareness.
• Willingness to work at heights and HV awareness (desirable).
• PASMA tower erection (desirable).
• Asbestos Awareness (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of maintenance tasks by E&I contractors.
• Perform electrical isolations and issue isolation certificates.
• Prepare method statements and risk assessments for safe work.
• Maintain stock of critical electrical equipment and assist assessments.
• Provide electrical engineering support and fault finding to optimise plant.
• Part of On-Call rota for emergency engineering support.
• Replace/upgrade lighting fittings, motors and switches.
• Inspect hazardous area equipment and perform remedial work.
• Carry out MCC inspections, IR testing and CP joints.
• Test earthing, lightning protection and bonding.
• Conduct LV wiring DB inspections, RCD tests, and heat tracing tests.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Maintenance planning

On-call support

Education

BTEC/NVQ or time served apprenticeship (Electrical)

BS7671 18th Edition

COMPEX 01-04 certified

Job description

Electrical Technician - Teesside

My client is a bulk liquid storage provider operating terminals strategically placed across the UK. They currently require a mechanical technician to be based at their site multiple sites across Teesside on a permanent basis.

Role:

• Day to day management of ongoing maintenance tasks completed by E&I contractors.


• Perform electrical isolations and complete isolation certificates in accordance with isolation, lockout & tagout policy, procedures & guidance.


• Preparation and review of method statements and risk assessments to ensure compliance with safe system of work.


• Maintaining a stock of critical electrical equipment and assisting in the assessment process.


• Providing electrical engineering support and fault finding to ensure operational performance of plant is optimised.


• Part of On-Call rota providing emergency engineering support to plant.

Main Duties:

• Replacing / upgrading lighting fittings, motors & switches.


• Hazardous area equipment remedial work & inspections.


• Minor panel modifications.


• MCC inspections, IR testing & CP Joints.


• Earthing, lightning protection and bonding testing and inspections.


• RCD testing & electric heat tracing testing.


• LV fixed wiring DB inspection.


• Cause and Effect testing.


• Motor inspections/testing & rotation checks.


• Electric fire pump testing.


• Lighting inspections.


• Generators & UPS testing.

Requirements:

• 5+ Years’ experience working within a petrochemical / chemical industry.


• BTEC/NVQ or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or time served apprenticeship.


• COMPEX 01, 02, 03, 04 certified.


• BS7671 (18th Edition)


• Safety instrumented system awareness.


• Working at heights.


• HV awareness (desirable)


• IPAF 3A & 3B (desirable)


• PASMA mobile tower erection (desirable)


• Asbestos Awareness (desirable)

Salary: £48,205 per annum.