Industrial Electrical & Controls Technician (PLC/DCS) – Safe Ops

Discover Recruitment; Workington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Discover Recruitment is seeking an Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Technician for a busy industrial site in the UK. The role focuses on preventative and reactive maintenance to keep electrical, control and instrumentation systems safe, reliable and compliant.

You will fault-find PLC/DCS and instrumentation, support permit-to-work and risk assessments, and work with a multi-disciplinary team to drive reliability and continuous improvement across plant operations.

Qualifications

• Electrical, Control & Instrumentation apprenticeship or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in regulated industrial manufacturing environment.
• Experience in hazardous areas (ATEX/DSEAR desirable).
• Strong fault-finding on PLC, DCS, control and instrumentation systems.
• Familiarity with CMMS.

Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical, control and instrumentation maintenance to a high standard.
• Fault-find on electrical systems including 415V three-phase systems, PLC/DCS control systems, and instrumentation.
• Conduct inspections, testing, preventative maintenance, and reliability-based maintenance activities.
• Support permit-to-work, isolation, risk assessment, and safe system of work processes.
• Assist with plant modifications, upgrades, and new equipment installations.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Support training and mentoring of colleagues where required.

Job description

Discover Recruitment is seeking an Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Technician for a busy industrial site in the UK. The role focuses on preventative and reactive maintenance to keep electrical, control and instrumentation systems safe, reliable and compliant.

You will fault-find PLC/DCS and instrumentation, support permit-to-work and risk assessments, and work with a multi-disciplinary team to drive reliability and continuous improvement across plant operations.