Requirements
The role requires hands-on experience with DCS, PLC, and SCADA systems, including version control, access restrictions, and testing; experience with Siemens, Schneider, and ABB platforms is preferred. Candidates should understand process control, plant operations, alarms, P&IDs, loop diagrams, and safe systems of work, with the ability to troubleshoot hardware and software faults.
Job Description
Our Business
px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork, are the reason for px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com
The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for an Instrument Technician to join the day team on a 12 month fixed term basis.
The Instrument Technician is responsible for the repair and maintenance of all C&I assets. You will be responsible for the Inspection, Maintenance and testing of all Control and Instrumentation systems within the TeesREP power plant. You will carry out calibrations on C&I equipment and components which will include repairing, tuning, and replacement of C&I Components.
Key Responsibilities
- Complete installation, calibrations, adjustments, troubleshooting and repairs on various types of power plant C&I Equipment and DCS, PLC control systems.
- Provide consistently high levels of supervision of contractors at the site.
- Uses test equipment including, but not limited to: field communicators, calibrators, voltmeters, ammeters, phase indicators, multi-function testers, and oscilloscopes, and able to calibrate Controllers.
- Ensure that all controls are operating and calibrated according to the manufacturer specifications and ensure they have been documented.
- Through research, prescribe preventative maintenance requirements for all C&I equipment for validation by engineering.
- Conduct preventive maintenance of C&I Assets and assure the quality of executing all PM tasks including recording detailed information in the CMMS.
- Ensure reliability/availability of all C&I equipment by monitoring preventive maintenance requirements on plant items. Following P&ID’s, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications.
- Respond effectively to emergency fault conditions, when required.
- Perform and direct complex fault diagnosis on all plant equipment and control systems. Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem.
- Test control systems and continuity of circuits in hardware wiring, equipment, and fixtures, using testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, and oscilloscopes, to ensure compatibility and safety of system.
- Ensure that all reporting within the Computerised Maintenance Management System is effective and followed through to completion promptly.
- Ensure all activities within the plant are carried out in a safe manner to prevent environmental impact ensuring this is in line with site Health, Safety and Environmental procedures and all legislative obligations.
Minimum Requirements
- Strong background of working hands-on with DCS, PLC and SCADA systems including version control management, access restrictions and testing. Preferably experience with Siemens, Schneider and ABB platforms.
- Foundational understanding of Alarm Management practices.
- Foundational understanding of the use of radioactive isotopes.
- Good understanding of plant processes and how electrical supports generation availability; preferably in a thermal power plant.
- Good knowledge and be able to demonstrate proficiency in process control, maintenance and troubleshooting of Plant DCS/PLC equipment.
- Good understanding of associated limits and alarms and ability to troubleshoot and correct faults within hardware or software related systems.
- Knowledge of working with a Safe System of Work and permit to work system.
- Knowledge of reading P&IDs, process and loop diagrams.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.
Skills
About px Group
px Group is a fully integrated infrastructure solutions business which delivers net zero and stakeholder success through elite performance in the safety, availability, reliability and efficiency of energy infrastructure, industrial processes and related commercial activities - unlocking value for our customers as a trusted partner. Part of the Ara Partners portfolio of companies, Ara Partners is a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments. Operating on a 24/7 basis, providing services at this level requires professionalism and competence coupled with a safety and environmentally conscious mind set to deliver operational excellence. This capability has been shaped by a 25 year history in managing, operating and maintaining some of Europe’s most significant industrial infrastructure including two of the UK’s largest and most strategic gas processing facilities. px Group also owns Saltend Chemicals Park at the heart of the UK’s Energy Estuary in the Humber, home to several world-leading manufacturing businesses such as Mitsubishi Chemicals, INEOS, and Vivergo Fuels and the location for Equinor’s hydrogen production plant with carbon capture, the anchor project for Zero Carbon Humber. This introduction of hydrogen at our Saltend Park, and our continuous search with all current and new industrial users for further synergies in energy and resource use will help to transform the park into a future proof Green Energy Park. We are committed to the Energy Transition, and reducing emissions across all our operations, including the sites we manage and operate on behalf of our clients. We are growing internationally and are involved in some of the newest flagship waste-to-fuels projects including ReNew’s plastic recycling plant in Teesside and GIDARA Energy’s advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam which will convert non-recyclable waste into bio-methanol.
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