Instrumentation Engineer, North Yorkshire.
Employment type: Permanent
The experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.
Are you a Instrumentation Engineer with Heavy Process Industry experience?
Are you looking to work for an established but continually growing company where you can continue to develop new skills and build on your career? If so we would like to hear from you.
Our client has grown to become one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of wheat derivatives such as starches, sweeteners, proteins and alcohol for major food and industrial sectors worldwide.
They are looking for an experienced Instrumentation Engineer to join their growing Engineering maintenance and operations team.
This individual will provide instrumentation; repair and maintenance service, and will operate the Electrical Generation Plant, Peaking Generators, Steam Raising Plant and Water Treatment Plant in an efficient, safe manner monitoring plant conditions and keeping operating costs to a minimum.
Key activities and Responsibilities of a Instrumentation Engineer:
- Run the day to day operations of Boilers, Gas Turbines (CHP plants) and Reverse Osmosis skids
- Monitoring boiler and water treatment plant and adjusting settings as conditions require.
- Monitoring running conditions of the burning of process gas and adjusting fuel combinations
- to suit steam requirements and process gas availability. Planning by liaison with Production regarding the steam availability and requirement and under certain conditions the level of electricity which is available for site usage.
- Liaison with Engineering and Production departments regarding breakdowns and routine maintenance.
- Effectively carry out planned, predictive and reactive electrical maintenance of the plant, ensuring that all equipment is maintained correctively and in a timely manner in order for production to operate efficiently
- Fault finding, Testing, Calibration, Installation & Commissioning of our broad range of process instrumentation
- Carry out fault diagnosis and rectification solutions.
- Electrical installation and commissioning of new and repaired machinery and equipment;
Skills & Knowledge of a Instrumentation Engineer:
- A recognised C&I engineering apprenticeship ideally gained in a heavy process industry
- Higher National Certificate (HNC) in an instrumentation discipline is desirable or the ability to demonstrate suitable experience in a similar role
- Instrumentation diagnosing/fault finding
- Carrying out instrumentation repairs/replacement
- Experience in an instrumentation maintenance
- HV switching and operations experience or willingness to learn it (training provided)
- Experience in running operation on CHP plants or willingness to learn it (training provided)
What's in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Healthcare scheme
- Monday to Friday, 08.00 – 16:30
- Expectation to join call out system once fully competent in role (Weekly £250 indemnity paid plus advanced rates for call outs)
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