Instrument Technician (Contract)

Job Title:  Electrical & Instrument Technician (Contract)

Location: Ellesmere Port

Salary: £35.00ph (Umbrella)

Hours: 7.30am-4.00pm Monday-Friday

Contract/Permanent: 6-months minimum contract (likely to extend for the right person)

Site Based/Office/Remote: Site

Start Date: ASAP

Job Overview:

Do you have industrial maintenance experience?  Do have experience working in a COMAH environment? 

We are seeking an Electrical &Instrument Technician for a minimum of 6 months work at a chemical site in Ellesmere Port to respond to planned and reactive maintenance of equipment.

What we do:

• Fuel Specialties – Leading fuel additive technologies to boost efficiency, lower emissions, and support renewable fuel blends
• Oilfield Services – Custom fluid solutions, lab testing, and on-site technical support for global drilling and production operations
• Performance Chemicals – Serving Agrochemical, Personal Care, Construction, Metal Extraction, and Home Care markets with surfactants and expert formulations

You will be required to:

Support the Manufacturing group with a high level of expertise to maintain assets safely and contribute to production targets to being met.  To undertake all routines necessary to maintain the asset reliability and to ensure conformance with all statutory, mandatory and regulatory bodies.

• Install repair and maintain power, lighting, communications and control systems.
• Test, calibrate, install, repair and inspect monitoring and control devices.
• Fault finding on equipment up to 415v.
• Diagnose and trouble shoot process control software issues.
• Test and calibrate spring loaded safety valves.
• Test safety equipment and interlocks
• Conform to appropriate 18th Edition IEE wiring regulations regarding installation of equipment.
• Managing and working to current legislation with high hazard substances including asbestos and lead.

You must have:

• Industrial maintenance experience
• Experience working in a COMAH environment

Ideally you will be:

• A time-served E&I Technician (more likely to be Electrically biased).
• Fully trained and familiar with IEC60079 parts 14 &17 which will mean you are CompEx trained (and in date) for both gas & dust areas.
• 18^th Edition.
• This is a practical and hand-on type role performing repairs on instrument & electrical equipment in hazardous areas.
• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised and as part of a team
• 6 months but likely to be much longer

Rates of Pay: This role is in-scope of IR35 so we can only offer PAYE or Umbrella pay models

Umbrella:£35.00ph

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