Maintenance Technician (Electrical)

Backed by Swire, Argent Energy is a leading European waste-based biodiesel producer with a vision to help decarbonise transport worldwide. We believe in using waste materials only and continuously search for new waste to be turned into higher value products. We invest in people and their development as well as R&D to drive innovation in products, technologies and operational excellence. We have sites in England and Amsterdam.

This role is Mon-Fri, 8am to 4pm. There is an on-call rota at a rate of £305 per week and overtime available.

Main Purpose of the Role

Working as part of a multi-skilled maintenance team responsible for making sure that all maintenance activities are carried out safely, efficiently and to a high standard to ensure we deliver a reliable production unit which maximises its output. Ensure both preventative and corrective maintenance is carried out in a timely manner and complies with both Argent policies / standards and external standards e.g. EA, HSE and EAWR. Perform all requested engineering duties to include modifications and re-engineering of plant as required. 

What you will be doing:

• Inspect & Execute planned/preventative maintenance on Electrical and Instrumentation hardware across the production units.

• Actively monitor the CMMS (Ultimo) to ensure reactive and schedule jobs are completed and closed out.

• Ensure compliance with electrical regulations and safety rules.

• Prepare isolations & RAMS in accordance with the site Permit to Work system

• Support, assist and deputise for the Team Leader where necessary.

• Participate in the EI on-call rota and support critical out of hours breakdowns.

• Support the planning of EI scopes for capex projects/improvements and shutdowns.

• Follow correct processes e.g management of change and critical spares.