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Our associates have spoken and recognised outstanding employee experience. So, when you join our Supply Chain team as an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Maintenance Technician, not only do you get to work for a company that helps change the world, you will also get to work for a company that is committed to creating great workplaces for their associates.

Key Responsibilities:

The Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining all LV, Electrical and Instrumentation equipment and control systems on the Weavergate site. 

The EC&I Maintenance Technician delivers results by having a broad range of technical skills and experience, ideally gained working on a Top tier COMAH chemical manufacturing site.  He/she will have experience of working with process manufacturing equipment, instrumentation and automated packaging equipment.  He/she will also offer flexibility and provide assistance to the Maintenance Manager in planning and scoping of work activities, designing and developing technical improvements and liaising with suppliers and contractors.  He/she will have strong coaching skills.

Organisational Position: The EC&I Maintenance Technician reports to the Maintenance Manager and is a key member of the site maintenance team working together to deliver results.

Hours of Work: The site currently operates 5 days per week (Mon – Fri), from 6:00 – 21:00, with shift 1 operating 6:00 – 14:00, and shift 2 operating 13:00 – 21:00. Current requirement is for a shift-based role, alternating between the shifts weekly. Hours of work for this role however, need to be flexible depending on business need with occasional need for day or weekend work. A suitable notification period will be provided when changing hours of work and remuneration will include the appropriate site shift allowance when on shifts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  After completion of appropriate training and sign off the EC&I Maintenance Technician is required to complete the following duties:

Safety

• Understand and comply with all Site Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) requirements and improvement programmes.

• Carry out Behavioural Safety Observations and give feedback to colleagues.

• Preparation and use of Risk Assessments.

• Address colleagues and 3rd parties when they are not operating in a safe manner.

• Report near misses, incidents, and accidents to site management as soon as possible.

• Proactively make suggestions to improve site SHE.

• Maintain site housekeeping and 5S standards.

• Understand and follow site Management of Change Procedures.

• Ensure compliance with all relevant statutory electrical regulations.

• Site Competent person

• Participate as a member of the site Emergency Response Team, including spill containment / clean up, fire response and casualty search (This may require the use of breathing apparatus and therefore the employee must be clean shaven at all times).

Service

• Knowledge of PLC and SCADA Programming and maintenance.

• Maintenance of automated packaging equipment.

• Instrumentation set up and maintenance.

• Equipment failure root cause analysis.

• Identification and implementation of improvement opportunities to minimise site breakdowns and optimise equipment performance (TPM/Preventative Maintenance).

• Working with suppliers and contractors to self-manage maintenance work.

• Reporting of equipment repairs and inspection conclusions in Computerised Maintenance Management System.

Savings

• Working to weekly maintenance schedules and ensuring activities are undertaken in a timely and efficient manner

• Providing support and training to site operational staff to improve equipment performance through autonomous maintenance.

• Identifying cost effective solutions to engineering problems

• Management of small maintenance improvement, replacement and cost reduction projects.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Time served EC&I technician, minimum ONC, NVQ level 3 or equivalent in an EC&I discipline (suitable alterative experience will be considered).

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience, ideally working on a Top Tier COMAH chemical site.

• Ability to work on own initiative, self-motivated and disciplined.

• Strong communication skills.

• Strong trouble shooting and coaching skills.

• COMPEX trained for hazardous area work.

• Trained in 18th edition electrical wiring regulations.

• Experience of working on Chemical process equipment (instrumentation and control systems).

• Experience of working with hazardous chemicals.

• Experience of working on automated packaging equipment.

• Experience with Computerised Maintenance Management systems.

• Experience of TPM/lean techniques.

• Experience of Root Cause Analysis techniques.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, colour, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.