Instrument Technician in Billingham

Instrument Technician

CF Fertilisers UK Limited, a subsidiary of the multinational group CF Holdings, a leading Fortune 500 Company, are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Instrument Technician to join our progressive and positive values driven Maintenance Group at our Billingham Manufacturing site in the UK.

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably.

Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management.

By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge, and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas.

You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions.

Our Maintenance team are at the centre of our industry leading safety and reliability.

They work with our Engineering teams to ensure that our facilities remain best-in-class.

Every day, they solve problems across our sites so that we can keep our plants performing exceptionally.

On successful appointment you will undertake routine maintenance and perform fault finding and repairs on all aspects of instrumentation.

Perform the installation and commissioning of plant modifications and improvement projects both on-line and during turnarounds and events so that plant on-line availability is maintained, defects resolved, and routines are completed on-time.

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes, bonus scheme, exceptional pension scheme contribution and life assurance, employee assistance programme and health care scheme.

CF Fertilisers UK Limited is an Equal Opportunities, Affirmative Action employer.

We support and enable each other to deliver and succeed placing equal value on all individual perspectives.

Embracing a diverse and inclusive culture are at the forefront of our company values;

We Do It Right - We Do It Well - We Execute as a Team, and We Take a Long-Term View.

Responsibilities

EHSQ

1.

Ensure all maintenance tasks are carried out in accordance with company and statutory, environmental, health and safety standards including compliance with PPE requirements, permits and isolation procedures, the use of Risk Assessments, Method Statements and pre job hazard checks for all tasks.

Maintenance Execution

1.

The assembly, installation, removal and replacement, disassembly, test functionality and operability, maintenance and repair of instrumentation systems and their associated system components.

Such systems can be of an electronic, electro-mechanical or pneumatic technology which may be used to indicate, record, and control a wide variety of equipment, plant and machinery across the Billingham, Portrack and North Tees sites.

2.

Pre commissioning, trip testing and fault finding on instrumentation systems and the associated system components.

3.

Raising, releasing, and completing Work Orders and updating databases as required.

4.

Raising requests for materials for the routine execution of work.

5.

Inspection and record keeping or updating as part of a preventive maintenance programme.

6.

To assist in the upkeep of plant drawings and documentation by reporting errors to supervision.

7.

To participate in training in order to enhance skills to enable you to meet the company’s competency requirements.

8.

Reviewing and helping in the upkeep of Technical Data and manuals.

9.

Be willing to work outside of normal hours on a planned or call-in basis to meet the needs of the business.

Turnarounds and Events

1.

Carry out turnaround maintenance tasks safely, on schedule, and according to the work packs, company standards and good practice.

2.

As required, and when selected, execute tasks associated with the shutdown Tech Team.

Essential Requirements

Experience

An integral aspect of the instrumentation technician is the ability to locate and identify faults in a timely manner to restore plant and equipment to acceptable conditions.

The wide range of possible equipment and systems also require a good knowledge of, and the ability to effectively use, an equally wide range of test and measuring equipment.

Instrumentation technicians need a good understanding of engineering theory, the functions of components within systems and the effect on system operation of failure.

Skills and Competencies

• Knowledge and understanding of legislative requirements in a COMAH top tier site and a detailed understanding of how CF complies with these through site procedures, rules, and expectations.
• Detailed understanding of instrument control systems, including but not confined to pressure, temperature, level, flow, analysis equipment, machine instrumentation system i.e., Bentley Nevada and DCS systems with an ability to diagnose equipment fault and related system problems.
• A sound understanding of process plant and computerised maintenance management systems.
• Proficient user of MS office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.) and must have well developed written and oral communication skills.