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Job Title: Control & Instrumentation Technician
Job ID: 32353
Location: Middlesborough
Salary: £50,000 base salary depending on experience
Hours: 35 hours per week
Shifts: Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm
Contract / Permanent: Permanent Vacancy
Site Based / Office / Remote: Site Based
Start Date: ASAP
Job Overview:
Our client offersunique storage solutions for crude, petroleum, chemical, bitumen, liquefied gas and biofuel products. Their terminals are pipeline-connected to local chemical manufacturing facilities and gas processing plants and each facility is an Upper Tier COMAH Site.
They are looking for a Control and Instrumentation Technician to join the Maintenance team to ensure safe operation and reliability of terminal control and safety systems and competent, safe and accurate completion of all allocated tasks is required to maintain the quality performance of the company.You will provide technical support, leadership and guidance to projects, operations, and maintenance.
Key responsibilities:
Produce engineering and maintenance technical instructions for new systems.
Execute safety critical equipment routines ensuring correct installation, checks and precautions are taken
Ensure that all contractors working on the site comply with site safety rules and regulations.
Recommend and ensure actions on incident reports are recorded on the terminals reporting system
Monitor and report on consumable stock levels
Ensure inspections, defects and repairs are recorded on the site maintenance control forms
Day to day responsibilities:
Complete scheduled maintenance activities, including but not limited to:
Instrument calibrations
Tank Gauging Calibrations
Cause & Effects Testing
SIF Proof Testing
F&G Calibrations and routine testing
Instrument air packages
Switch room inspections/panel/MCC inspections
Supervision of external calibrations e.g meter proving and weighing equipment
CompEx inspections
Management of calibration of test equipment
Providing instrumentation engineering support and fault finding to ensure operational performance of plant is optimised.
Troubleshooting communications/OT networking
Basic PLC troubleshooting/diagnostics
Instrumentation
Access control systems
Completed corrective work/unplanned works
Replacing / upgrading instruments
Hazardous area equipment remedial work
Instrument tubing/impulse line replacements and repairs
Access control systems
Minor panel modifications
Ability to read Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
Perform isolations and complete isolation certificates in accordance with Navigator Isolation, Lockout & Tagout Policy, Procedures and Guidance.
Day to day management of ongoing maintenance tasks completed by C&I contract companies
Ensuring suitable competency of all electrical contractors working onsite.
Assist with the writing of procedures and permits required to ensure a safe system of work
Review Risk Assessments and Method Statements
Maintaining a stock of critical instrument equipment and assisting in the assessment process.
Project assistance of assigned projects within the guidelines and set out in the UK Project Management Policy
Execution of all assigned Eventis actions to the agreed timeline
Part of On-Call rota providing emergency engineering support to plant
Competent, safe and accurate completion of all allocated tasks is required to maintain the quality performance of the company.
Any other tasks that may arise in the day-to-day functionality of this position.
Other Accountabilities:
Ensure the UK policy and procedure on site security is adhered.
Provide input as required to various audits carried out on the Terminal.
Assistance to Terminal emergency response as detailed in the emergency plan.
Provide input on method statements, risk assessments and identify potential hazards.
Ensure all amendments to terminal drawings and documentation are redlined and issued for update
Attending HAZOP meetings, when requested, and completion of relevant actions.
Attend Factory Acceptance Testing
Assist with Site Acceptance Testing and commissioning activities
Participate in safety audits and safety observation rounds.
Assist with data collection for maintenance and alarm management KPI reporting
Contribute to identifying the root cause of failures
All assigned training to be completed on time.
What you will need:
HNC/NVQ or equivalent in Instrument Engineering discipline or time served apprenticeship.
CompEx Units Ex 01 to 04 (Electrical).
BS7671 18th Edition
Safety Instrumented System awareness
Experience with PLCs, SCADA and DCS
5+ Years' experience working within a Petrochemical / chemical industry as an E&I technician.
Installation of small-bore tubing assemblies
Computer literate, including the use of Microsoft Office suite
IPAF 3A & 3B
PASMA mobile tower erection
Working at Heights
Salary & Benefits
Basic Salary
£50,000 pa
Probation Period
6 months
Notice Period
2 months
Pension Scheme
Employer contribution 9%,
Employee contribution minimum of 5%
Defined Contribution scheme, with Royal London
Complies with auto-enrolment after 3 months' service/salary sacrifice option available to opt-in
Annual Performance Bonus
Payment of up to one week's salary, paid in November, subject to business performance (pro-rata'd for new joiners)
BUPA Healthcare
Option to join - Cover available for employee, partner and dependents. Members gain access to My BUPA app with additional health and wellbeing services, including digital access to BUPA GPs. Excess payable on first claim in each policy year.
Westfield Health Cashback
Option to join - Health cashback plan that allows staff members to claim money back, up to specified limits, towards the cost of essential healthcare as well as providing access to valuable health benefits and wellbeing services.
Discount/Voucher scheme
Access to discount/voucher and wellbeing platform, provided by Reward Gateway
Annual Leave
25 days from joining + Bank Holidays, rising to 30 days with service
Life Assurance
4 times basic salary
Cover commences from date of joining until 70th birthday, at which time cover ceases
Permanent Health Insurance
Entitlement to be added to this cover once five years' service is achieved. Policy provides financial assistance to eligible employees if they are unable to work due to ill health (subject to policy criteria) for 5 years or until state retirement age/leaving service
Staff Medicals
Pre-employment and annual health surveillance carried out by Company's occupational health practitioners
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