EC&I Engineer

Join Equans, a leading energies and services contractor and a proud member of the global industrial group, Bouygues. With a rich history of excellence in designing, constructing, and maintaining buildings and critical infrastructure worldwide, we are now offering an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Technician - EC&I Engineer to work at the Huntsman plant in Redcar.

Equans Embedded Energy operates multiple customer sites with large‑scale embedded energy capacity across the UK, providing specialist management of onsite generation for industrial processes and the ability to export to the Grid. We combine multiple technologies to meet our customers’ specific needs, and provide design, build, operate and maintenance services. Our skills and expertise can help industrial businesses to achieve their carbon reduction goals.

We are experts in many technologies, including combined heat and power (CHP), biomass, and energy from waste. By locating generation on customers’ sites we provide our customers with industry leading safety management, reduced energy costs and carbon footprint and assured energy security for their operational needs.

The EC&I Engineer will be responsible for the reliable and continual operation of the plant, including steam boilers, water treatment plant steam compressor and air cooled condensers, and ancillary equipment in line with site load requirements, ensuring the safe operation, and performance of the assets.

• Ensure low levels of breakdowns caused by EC&I component failure
• Competent Person High Voltage beneficial
• Deputise for Regional Operations Manager as required.
• Supervision of the site operation & maintenance team.
• Lead the organisation of complex maintenance tasks.

Ensures compliance with relevant legislation and codes of practice to ensure safe operation of plant.

Maintain records of work and site technical library.

Audit of site stocks.

Responsible for all Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Systems on site.

Plant availability is high as reactive maintenance is carried out in a thorough and timely manner.

Planned outages run smoothly, and breakdown time is minimised through well controlled and available spare parts.

Audits run smoothly through high levels of record keeping of both maintenance activities and any safety documents produced.

Safety levels on site are maintained to a high standard through well controlled work on EC&I systems and timely reaction to unsafe situations.

EC&I work is thorough and complete due to well‑kept and up‑to‑date schematics, SOPs and manuals.

Upkeep of site Computerised Maintenance Management System.

• Recognised Electrical / Controls and Instrumentation specific qualification, HNC / BTEC
• City and Guilds 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
• Computer literacy and basic IT skills
• Proven Operational & Maintenance experience of Utility Plant including Generation Equipment
• Project Engineering experience
• Management of Contractors
• Previous experience in a customer focused environment
• Experience with Low Voltage systems as an Authorised Person (SAP)
• Fault finding on complex systems.
• Use of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems

• 24 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
• Life Cover equivalent to 1 times annual salary
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective / individual training, and personalised support programmes
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in EQUANS), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young Persons Network) and our Disability Network
• 24 / 7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

EQUANS is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of over 17 billion euros.

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