Senior Electrical Technician – Petrochemical Plant Ops

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

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.