Job Description
Plant Technician
Swindon
£30K + 15% shift allowance - 12hr working shift, 4 days on (2 days, 2 nights) 4 off + basis to cover a 24/7 rota
Permanent
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My client is a UK technology company and project developer dedicated to providing solutions to the challenges of Net Zero in the production of biofuels.
This role is to support the operations, ongoing engineering development and maintenance of the Compressed BioMethane (CBM) plants in Swindon
Key Responsibilities – Plant Technician
- Ensure that works are undertaken in accordance with safe methods of work, using standard operating procedures, correct PPE, and safety assessments, and help develop these safe methods of work where they do not exist.
- Full understanding of the CBM operation and process and a good understanding of the distributed control system, local controllers, and manual operations.
- Monitor and report progress.
- Support plant maintenance activities.
- Update and maintain accurate records, including audits, inspections, maintenance records, calibration records, plant operations data, turnaround data, documents and drawings relating to the plant. Collating and logging all information appropriately as agreed.
- Measure and record quantities/qualities of all materials produced (including slag, metal, air pollution control residue, effluent, bed sand, other wastes, etc.) using inhouse laboratory techniques and equipment (including XRF, carbon analysis) and external test agents where necessary/cost effective.
- Prepare additives for the process plant based on predicted requirements.
- Contribute to the engineering design, development and implementation of new and existing equipment, and comply with the needs of the change management process for the plant.
- Ensure the working environment is safe and in a clean condition, including organising periodic cleaning of operational and welfare areas.
- Use of the stock management system to ensure that key stocks and consumables are maintained at appropriate levels, reporting any stock shortage or equipment failures or other deficiencies in a timely manner to permit early resolution.
- Preparation of and recording quantities of all materials needed (inc. chemicals, gases, feedstocks, etc.), reporting any deficiencies in a timely manner to permit early resolution.
- Recording quantities of all waste materials produced (including slag, APC residue, effluent, bed sand and others), co-ordinating with the Plant Manager for their safe storage and disposal.
Qualifications & Experience – Plant Technician
- Familiarity with waste, energy-from-waste, or process environments.
- Electrical, Instrumentation/Controls or Mechanical qualifications, experience or skills
- Competency in hot works.
- Experience in similar operational environment
- NEBOSH H&S at Work (or equivalent)
- Qualified under site Safety Rules to appropriate levels.
- Confined Space
- Boiler Training
For more information on this role, please contact Harry Waller on 01453 829778 or send a copy of your CV to harry.waller@omegaresource.co.uk
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