Instrumentation Technician – Plant Reliability & Safety

px Group; Bradford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension match

Simply Health Cash Plan

Staff Meals

Onsite parking

Job summary

px Group is seeking an Instrumentation Technician for their Wyke site in Bradford. You will maintain and reliably operate plant control and instrumentation systems within a high-hazard, regulated environment.

You will report to the EC&I Supervisor and deliver planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance to enhance plant availability, process safety and overall performance. On-site training, mentoring and performance reviews are provided.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Process Safety Management and chemical production operations.
• Expertise in PLC and DCS control loop maintenance, troubleshooting and testing.
• Knowledge of Fire & Gas systems, ESD systems and instrumentation.
• Experience with CMMS systems (Oracle EAM, SAP) and supply chain processes.
• Ability to interface with OEMs, contractors and project teams.
• Strong communication skills reporting to line management.
• Experience coaching and mentoring maintenance personnel in matrix environments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all maintenance activities (routine, corrective, shutdown, breakdown) follow JHA, risk assessments and permit-to-work.
• Maximise plant availability using CMMS for planned and reactive maintenance.
• Maintain and support DCS, PLC, Fire & Gas, ESD systems and related processes.
• Ensure inspection regimes, flange management and maintenance strategies compliance.
• Coordinate with Production, Engineering, Projects and external service providers.
• Assist maintenance planning and outages with the Planner and Scheduler.
• Provide progress updates to the EC&I Supervisor for reporting.
• Coach technicians and support competency-based training and succession planning.

Skills

Process Safety Management

PLC & DCS maintenance

Fire & Gas systems

CMMS systems (Oracle EAM SAP)

OEMs/Contractors interface

Effective communication

Mentoring maintenance staff

Job description

px Group is seeking an Instrumentation Technician for their Wyke site in Bradford. You will maintain and reliably operate plant control and instrumentation systems within a high-hazard, regulated environment.

You will report to the EC&I Supervisor and deliver planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance to enhance plant availability, process safety and overall performance. On-site training, mentoring and performance reviews are provided.