Instrument/Electrical Maintenance Technician

Guidant Global; Clitheroe; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial maintenance company in Clitheroe is seeking an Instrument/Electrical Maintenance Technician to support multiple catalyst technologies plants. The role involves diagnosing faults, ensuring maintenance records, and performing routine preventative tasks. Candidates must have completed an NVQ Level 3 apprenticeship and be familiar with health and safety in a chemical environment. This position requires experience with CMMS systems like SAP PM and offers a structured working rota.

Qualifications

• Completed an Instrumentation/Electrical maintenance apprenticeship.
• High awareness of health and safety in chemical environments.
• Familiarity with lock-out tag-out procedures.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve faults in instrumentation or electrical systems.
• Enter all maintenance activities into the CMMS system.
• Support Maintenance team leader in effective maintenance.

Skills

General health and safety awareness

Experience with CMMS

Familiarity with permit to work systems

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Overview

Job Description: As one of the Instrument/Electrical Maintenance Technician's, you will join the existing Maintenance team consisting of Electrical and Mechanical Technicians based on the Clitheroe site. The Maintenance teams' purpose is to support the several catalyst technologies plants, ensuring a high level of plant availability through reactive repairs, and carrying out the preventative maintenance program.

Responsibilities

• Respond to plant breakdowns as required to diagnose and resolve faults of an instrumentation or electrical nature.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are entered into the CMMS system, ensuring that job records are completed timely, with all the required detail, and updating information as required such as spares holding.
• Provide support to Maintenance team leader in delivering an effective maintenance function.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance, as per the CMMS schedule, mainly consisting of safety critical instrumentation testing.
• Contribute towards equipment reliability improvements, through failure mode effects analysis and RCA program
• Participate in delivering site targets including EHS, Quality and OEE

Requirements for the role

• Completed a recognised Instrumentation/Electrical maintenance apprenticeship and have attained NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
• Have a high level of general health and safety awareness appropriate to a chemical environment.
• Should be familiar with formal permit to work systems including lock-out tag-out procedures.
• Have experience working on process plants ideally in the Chemical or oil and gas industry.
• Experienced in using a computerised maintenance management system, such as SAP PM.

Note

There is a day rota, working 7:30 - 15:35 Monday to Friday and shift rota working a 12-hour pattern with additional shift disturbance payment with positions available on both rotas.