Power and Control Maintenance Technician

EET Fuels; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading oil company in the UK is seeking a Power and Control Maintenance Technician to join their Maintenance Team. The ideal candidate will have a recognised engineering apprenticeship, hold COMPEX certifications, and possess significant experience in the Petro-chemical sector. This role involves maintaining measurement and control systems and requires excellent communication skills and IT literacy. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

10% Company Contribution Pension

25 days Holiday

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Free Secure on-site Car Parking

Qualifications

• Must hold COMPEX certifications in elements 1-4.
• Experience in the Petro-chemical sector is essential.
• Broad understanding of Instrumentation principles.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventative and corrective maintenance on measurement and control systems.
• Deliver scheduled maintenance activities including calibration and fault diagnosis.
• Work as part of a multi-discipline Maintenance Team.

Skills

COMPEX certifications

Quality Measuring Instruments experience

Excellent communication skills

IT literate

Understanding of safety legislation

Education

Recognised engineering apprenticeship (City & Guilds, NVQ, ONC or equivalent)

Job description

Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port

About The Company

Do you want to work for the company that’s playing a leading role in delivering the North West’s low carbon future? EET Fuels (Trading name of Essar Oil (UK) Limited) produces over 16% of the UK’s Road transport fuels, provides key feedstocks to Britain’s petrochemical industry and is investing in developing low carbon fuels.

We are a major supplier in the North West and beyond with customers including most of the major retail brands operated by international oil companies and supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading commercial airlines and the region’s trains and buses.

And we’re central to the innovative HyNet project which is redefining energy to achieve our regional low carbon ambitions and national policy targets.

We employ over 800 expert and engaged colleagues, who are at the heart of everything we do. The company has an embedded safety culture, technically challenging work across all the different parts of the business and some of the best training available in the energy industry.

For more information, please visit www.eetfuels.com

Please note, we work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies, and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list.

The Role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Maintenance team as a Power and Control Maintenance Technician. The role is responsible for carrying out all aspects of preventative and corrective maintenance on our measurement and control systems, our instrument related safeguarding systems and our DCS and PLC systems along with their associated ancillary equipment.

The role is site based as part of a multi discipline Maintenance Team.

The equipment we use is diverse and encompasses both pneumatic and electronic instrumentation covering all aspects of level, flow, pressure, and temperature measurement using a wide variety of techniques. The role incorporates the safe delivery of on-going scheduled maintenance activities including calibration, commissioning, fault diagnosis, repair and data recording.

About You

Our ideal candidate will have completed a recognised engineering apprenticeship (City & Guilds, NVQ, ONC or equivalent) and must currently hold COMPEX certifications in elements 1-4 and have significant experience of working within the Petro-chemical sector. We are seeking candidates with a focus and experience of Quality Measuring Instruments. You should have a broad understanding of Instrumentation principles and significant experience in relation to equipment maintenance, overhaul and repair techniques for instrument related equipment. You should have excellent communication skills and be fully conversant with RCA and defect elimination techniques and processes. You should also be IT literate, have a sound understanding of Safety legislation and quality procedures, and be a self-motivated individual.

Closing Date: Applications will close on Friday 31st October 2025.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 10% Company Contribution Pension rising to 15% with service
• 25 days Holiday, increasing with service
• Private Medical Insurance
• Additional Flex Benefits- including Holiday Purchase
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme with Exclusive access to a range of Discounts
• Free Secure on-site Car Parking