Senior EC&I Technician

Job Title: Senior EC&I Technician

Location: Liverpool, ideally within 30 miles of Knowsley, UK

Salary: £34,316.98 - £50,826.36 per annum + company vehicle + overtime

Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week (overtime 1.5 after 40 hours)

Site Based - Travel requirements around the UK are part of this role and candidates must be flexible to accommodate this.

Permanent

Start Date: ASAP

An exciting opportunity has opened for a skilled Electrical, controls & Instrument Technician to join our clients expanding engineering team. Ideally the successful candidate should be located within 30 miles of Knowsley, Merseyside, other locations in and around the NW will be considered for the right candidate.

The Electrical Controls and Instrumentation technician will be responsible for designing, developing, installing and commissioning control systems and instrumentation that is used to monitor and control the process at our customers and clients operational depots throughout the UK including faut finding on sites across the country

Responsibilities:

• Installation and service of a variety of systems including safety, security, energy delivery (hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical), communication and process control systems.
• Fault rectification duties on complete electrical installations including measuring and indicating instruments to monitor process control variables associated with PLC's, also electrical which includes motors, valves lighting, gas detection systems.
• Must be able to read and interpret line drawings, P&ID's and FDS documents with relative attachments
• Monitoring of the operation of PLC's and associated equipment.
• Providing out of hours support to our own infrastructure and External customer base
• Detailed review of drawings and documentation from Design and EPC Contractors to ensure that the new facilities are operable and maintainable, and comply with the contractual requirements
• Designing new control systems including development of Functional Design Specifications, control descriptions, etc. consistent with other design documents such as P&IDS, Cause & Effects, etc.
• Attending HAZOP, LOPA & SIL assessment studies
• Developing new standards and drawings for C & I systems, panels and instrumentation as required.
• Assist with commissioning of new facilities.
• Working collaboratively with design engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers as required to deliver the new facilities.
• Liaising with clients, suppliers, contractors and relevant authorities.
• Developing and attending FAT and SAT procedures
• Liaising with the IT department to ensure that the existing and new control systems comply with our clients Cyber Security Management System.

Requirements:

• Electrical installation work
• Siemens TIA Portal knowledge
• SCADA and DCS Knowledge advantageous
• Time served EC&I apprentice
• Level 3 electrical maintenance (as a minimum)
• Level 3 control and instrumentation (as a minimum)
• Knowledge of process communications including MODBUS, Profi-bus and Profi-net.
• Control lifecycle experience
• Working experience of instrument calibration, Inspection and Testing of a wide range of instrumentation: Pressure, level, flow, temperature (Analogue & Digital)
• Document creation (Functional Design Specification (FDS), User Requirements Specification (URS)
• Process Safety knowledge/qualification
• 18th edition
• Compex (essential)

Hybrid Working based in Knowsley Merseyside, other locations in and around the NW will be considered for the right candidate. (ideally 2 days office/home, 3 days remote) and flexibility depending on requirements of the business. Be prepared to work on average 3 weeks out of 4 per month away from home (but very little weekend working).

Benefits

• Salary of £34,316.98 - £50,826.36 per annum, with overtime available (1.5 after 40 hrs)
• 25 days holiday plus statutory, and opportunity to buy 5 additional day
• Pension with contribution from us
• Life assurance up to 4 times salary
• £30 per night payment if working overnight
• Company van, tools and qualification renewal costs covered
• Fully funded eye test and contribution towards glasses
• Opt-in Health Cash plan worth up to £900 per year
• Annual flu vaccination
• Enhanced maternity/paternity benefits
• Training opportunities
• Discounts at 900 retailers
• Employee Assistance Programme including 24/7 helpline
• 1 volunteering day off a year
• Monthly employee recognition awards

Our clients do energy right by hundreds of thousands of customers across Britain who live, work, relax or holiday off-grid. Powered by people like you, they connect them to the energy they need, when and where they need it. With the backing of the global Group DCC, they've grown over the last 35 years to become one of the largest suppliers of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. Now they're investing heavily in new infrastructure and innovations, so they can deliver 100% renewable energy to our customers by 2040 - and a career with a bright future to you.

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