Instrument Technician M/F/D

Vacancy details

General information

Company / Establishment

A long-established Specialty chemicals producer with a Platinum Ecovadis rating based in the North East of England, supplying over 400 customers via 2 manufacturing sites with its own R&D facilities
Our 4 key businesses are: Personal Care, Proprietary Reduced Environmental Impact products, Solvent Recovery, Custom Manufacturing to serve sectors including Cosmetics, Oil & Gas, Homecare, Animal Nutrition, Lubricants

What makes the difference?
- We are a top tier COMAH site where Health and Safety is at the core of how we operate, we pride ourselves on an excellent health and safety record and work hard to ensure the safety of all

- Our people are our biggest asset and we have long been a champion of the Better Health at Work programme having gained ‘maintaining excellence' rating for many years. This also extends to a strong ethos of support and opportunity for progression of our staff

Would you like to join an innovative group with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a culture of excellence?
The Seqens story began in 2003 in the Lyon, France area. Since then, the group has grown steadily to become a major global player in pharmaceutical solutions and specialty ingredients. We offer our customers contract manufacturing services and a broad portfolio of active ingredients and pharmaceutical intermediates. Today, Seqens employs nearly 3,300 people across 3 continents and 9 countries. With 16 production sites and 9 R&D centers, we support over 1,500 customers worldwide  

Reference

2024-1397  

Position description

Job Family / Sub-family

Industrial - Maintenance

Contract type

Permanent

Job title

Instrument Technician M/F/D

Position Context:

To process I, C & E maintenance activities at both sites safely and efficiently to agreed work plans, safety management systems and best working practices in accordance with Health & Safety regulations and Business Objectives to ensure that the performance and availability of I, C & E systems meets the standards required to achieve safety, production and environmental targets.

Main tasks :

Under limited supervision, utilising technical skills to repair, maintain, calibrate and install electronic and electrical systems to current standards

Conducting personal risk assessments and performing work activities under permit to work system

Adhering to safety and environmental policies and procedures

Providing technical reports and feedback via the computerised maintenance management system

Solving instrumentation and electrical problems from initial fault diagnosis through to corrective action and implementation

Completing routine scheduled inspection, testing and calibration procedures and associated documentation

Modification and commissioning of both existing and new equipment

Working as part of a team with other maintenance department personnel, operations personnel and management

Being part of an on call rota system

Assisting in the training and development of less senior I&E personnel

Required skills :

Required 

The successful candidate should have a recognised apprenticeship or instrumentation/engineering qualification
Must have experience in all aspects of instrumentation systems
Must be eligible to work in the UK
Good communication and interpersonal skills

Desired 

Recognised electrical qualifications would be an advantage
Exposure to a chemical manufacturing environment and CompEx training would be an advantage
Experience of IEC61508/61511 and safety instrumented systems would be an advantage, as would a knowledge of DCS/PLC
Good I.T. skills to utilise various department software systems

Position location

Job location

United Kingdom, England, Middlesbrough