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The postholder will troubleshoot equipment failures, maintain accurate records, and contribute to reliability, compliance, and continuous improvement objectives in line with site procedures and applicable regulatory requirements, including COMAH, PUWER, DSEAR, ATEX, the Electricity at Work Regulations, and the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations.\nJob Responsibilities\nMaintenance & Repair\nCarry out planned preventive maintenance, inspection, calibration, testing, and corrective maintenance on electrical, instrumentation, control, and automation systems.\nDiagnose and rectify faults on motors, drives, control panels, instrumentation loops, transmitters, sensors, actuated valves, safety systems, and associated field devices in a safe and timely manner.\nSupport mechanical maintenance activities within competency, including basic inspection, first-line fault finding, equipment condition checks, and assistance with repairs where required.\n\nEnsure work is completed in accordance with site safety procedures, permit-to-work requirements, electrical isolation standards, lockout-tagout requirements, and applicable UK legislation.\nPlant Operation Support\nRespond promptly to breakdowns, control system faults, instrument failures, trips, alarms, and process interruptions.\nSupport operations teams during safe start-up, shutdown, testing, recommissioning, and commissioning of plant equipment, instrumentation, and control systems.\nParticipate in root cause analysis for recurring electrical, instrumentation, control, and equipment failures.\nCompliance & Documentation\nEnsure maintenance activities comply with COMAH, DSEAR, ATEX, Electricity at Work Regulations, PUWER, and site electrical safety requirements.\nComplete accurate maintenance, calibration, inspection, and test records in the site CMMS.\nSupport statutory inspections, hazardous area compliance activities, instrument proof testing, audits, and insurance-related requirements.\nContinuous Improvement\nIdentify and support reliability improvements for electrical, instrumentation, automation, and wider plant equipment.\nParticipate in improvement projects, shutdowns, turnarounds, equipment upgrades, control system modifications, and instrument rationalisation activities.\nContribute to the development and review of maintenance procedures, calibration routines, SOPs, electrical standards, and safe systems of work.\nTeamwork & Communication\nWork collaboratively with operations, engineering, contractors, mechanical technicians, and technical teams.\nProvide technical support and mentoring to apprentices and less experienced technicians on electrical, instrumentation, and control systems topics, where appropriate.\nAttend toolbox talks, shift handovers, and team meetings as required, ensuring effective communication of maintenance status, risks, and follow-up actions.\n\nLocal specific requirements for the role\nAbility to work safely on a COMAH upper-tier chemical manufacturing site involving hazardous substances, pressurised systems, hazardous area equipment, and high-risk energy sources.\nParticipation in the applicable shift pattern and on-call rota, as required by site arrangements.\nCompetent use of site permit systems, including permit to work, confined space, hot work, process and electrical isolations, first breaks, and lockout-tagout.\nAbility to wear all required PPE, including respiratory protection where required and subject to face-fit requirements.\nKnowledge of site utilities, plant electrical distribution, instrument air, control systems, alarms, trips, and safety-related devices.\nExperience working with process equipment and associated electrical and instrumentation systems, including reactors, agitator drives, heat exchangers, temperature control loops, storage tanks, level instrumentation, overfill protection, transfer systems, pumps, motor starters, variable speed drives, boilers, burner controls, pressure instrumentation, safety interlocks, sensors, analysers, and control loops.\nFunctional Competencies\nElectrical & Instrumentation Competencies\nCompetent in electrical fault finding, inspection, testing, and maintenance of industrial plant equipment.\nAble to read and interpret electrical drawings, loop diagrams, cause and effect charts, P&IDs, and control schematics.\nExperienced in maintenance and fault finding on motors, starters, variable speed drives, control panels, sensors, switches, transmitters, actuated valves, solenoids, and field instrumentation.\nSkilled in calibration, loop checking, proof testing, and functional testing of pressure, flow, level, temperature, analytical, and safety-related instrumentation.\nUnderstands hazardous area equipment, Ex inspection requirements, DSEAR/ATEX expectations, and associated maintenance controls.\nApplies electrical isolations, safe systems of work, test-before-touch principles, and lockout-tagout requirements effectively.\nMaintains working knowledge of PLC, DCS, SCADA, alarm, trip, and interlock systems, supporting fault diagnosis within site authorisation limits.\nMechanical Support Competencies\nMaintains practical mechanical awareness of pumps, vessels, pipework, valves, rotating equipment, and mechanical seals.\nSupports mechanical technicians with equipment inspections, first-line fault finding, safe isolation, and recommissioning activities within competency limits.\nUnderstands pressure systems and the interface between mechanical assets and electrical/instrumentation controls.\nSafety & Compliance\nDemonstrates strong understanding of process safety, including COMAH, DSEAR, ATEX, and electrical safety requirements.\nApplies knowledge of the Electricity at Work Regulations, PUWER, COSHH, hazardous area controls, and permit-to-work systems.\nUses effective hazard identification, risk assessment, energy isolation, and electrical testing safety practices.\nOther Competencies\nCompetent in the use of the site CMMS, including SAP where applicable.\nStrong problem-solving, diagnostic, and analytical skills.\nAble to work independently and collaboratively as part of a cross-functional team. \nCommunicates clearly and professionally with operations, engineering, maintenance, contractors, and support functions.\n\nEducation & Experience\nEssential\nTime-served electrical, instrumentation, control systems, or E&I apprenticeship, or equivalent NVQ Level 3 qualification.\nDemonstrable experience as a maintenance technician in a chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, or comparable heavy industry environment.\nStrong electrical and instrumentation skill base, with practical mechanical awareness and the ability to support mechanical maintenance activities within competency limits.\nExperience working with hazardous area equipment, regulated environments, permit-to-work systems, and safe isolation practices.\nDesirable\nHNC/HND or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation & Control, Process Control, Automation, or a 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