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To be part of the electrical & instrumentation engineering team for building maintenance and breakdown issues. Also, to support the installation and commissioning of improvement and customer projects.
Main Responsibilities for Instrument Technician:
- Performing routine Examination, Inspection, Maintenance and Testing on plant and equipment including:
- Calibration checks of field instrumentation.
- Stroke test of pneumatic, hydraulic and motor-operated valves.
- Loop-checks and troubleshooting.
- Receipt verification and bench checks of instruments.
- Interlocks, alarms and controls performance verification.
- Installation inspection against design documentation.
- Use of calibration and testing instruments to inspect, test and perform troubleshooting and diagnose faults.
- Communicate design discrepancies and issues to the site supervisor / engineer.
- Leading on resolving breakdown and recovery maintenance on plant instrumentation equipment.
- Providing support to the installation, modification and commissioning of instrumentation equipment for project and improvement works.
- Installation, modification and commissioning of instrumentation equipment.
- Completing job reporting in accordance with site standards to ensure that a good quality maintenance history is recorded.
- Ensuring that:
- Maintenance, breakdown and project tasks are always covered by an appropriate Safe System of Work (SSOW) and the requirements are always complied with.
- Appropriate workplace standards are always maintained.
Essential Criteria for Instrument Technician:
- Recognised apprenticeship in an instrumentation control engineering discipline.
- Demonstrable experience in maintenance of process plant and equipment.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and work with maintenance documentation.
- Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience.
- Team player with effective communication skills.
- Flexible approach to learning new skills and self-development.
- Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years worth of UK residency).
Desirable Criteria for Instrument Technician:
- IPAF 3a & 3b.
- CompExEx1 Ex4 or IECEx equivalent.
- IET 18th Edition BS: 7671.
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