Job Title: Operations Technician
Location : Snetterton
Days of work: This role is a shift role and shift allowance is built into the salary. The pattern is a 5 cycle of 2days, 3night then 4 off. 3 days, 2nights then 5 off. 2 days, 2 nights then 12 off.
Salary range £33-37k
ARC Industrial are recruiting on behalf of one our clients, for a Skilled Operations Technician in Snetterton.
The Role :
- Ensure the plant is operated with respect to safety, environmental and operational limits at all times, whilst maximising availability, reliability and efficiency. This will be applied during all steady state, start up, shutdown and emergency situations, working from either the Control Room and/or plant as required.
- Operate the plant to allow it to be dispatched in line with the PPA/DNO requirements.
- Ensure through correct operation and monitoring, compliance with all aspects of the Environmental Permit; reporting any potential and actual incidents to the Shift Team Leader.
- Undertake routine plant inspections, operational routines, adjustments and testing alongside the collecting and recording of plant data.
- Undertake general defect rectification, planned and first line reactive maintenance and fault finding, to achieve availability and reliability targets required.
- Monitor plant performance, identifying and taking proactive measures to improve performance shortfalls.
- Adopting and enacting role(s) within the site safety rules, including the isolation of mechanical plant and electrical apparatus and associated HV switching up to 33kV, as per site designated authorisations.
- Support the STL/ASTL with the testing of the site emergency/abnormal condition plans and undertaking associated identified role(s), to manage all site emergencies safely and in line with local procedures.
- Provide operational support for the maintenance and fuel handling teams to maximise plant performance and safety, particularly during fuel delivery and by-product removal periods.
- Provide support for the receipt of all plant operational chemicals onto site.
- Assist STL in maintaining an accurate and comprehensive shift log and ensuring all defects/works are recorded within the sites CMMS.
- Adhere to health, safety and environmental management policies and assist in the creation/development of all site operations procedures, so they remain accurate, suitable and sufficient.
- Provide operational support for all planned outages as required, which may require periods of ‘Day working’.
- Adhere to all Company Policies & Procedures (including but not limited to) those specified in the Employment Handbook, H&S Policy, IMS System and any financial/accounting systems.
Education :
ONC / C&G / NVQ level 3 in a craft(Mech/Elec/C&I) skill is essential, along with a high level of practical thermal/process plant operational experience. (Qualifications below this may be acceptable if accompanied by suitable experience).
A good understanding of all HSE aspects is a fundamental requirement, with IOSH Managing safely a preferred requirement.
Benefits package would include :
- Salary range £33-37k
- Free Parking
- All overtime at 1.5 times
- 25 days holiday plus 8 statutory holidays
- Salary sacrifice pension, company pay 6% employee pays 3%
- Death in service of 3x annual salary
- An annual professional institution subscription
- Annual site and UK group performance related bonus of up to 25%
Please contact our Industrial specialists on 01603 512 295 and speak to Natalie or Peter if you are available for this position or send your CV to apply
