Maintenance Technician - Telecommunication

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About your team: At Centrica Energy Storage, our mission is to store it. Our onshore and offshore teams are united in their goal, to boost the UK’s energy security and drive down bills for customers. Rough, our North Sea storage facility, currently provides half of the UK’s gas storage – enough to heat 2.4 million homes over winter. But we’re not stopping there. We’ve set our sights on transforming it into the world’s largest hydrogen storage facility and creating a Net Zero connected energy hub in the Humber.

Maintenance Technician – Telecommunication forms part of the Offshore Maintenance Team within Centrica Energy Storage (CES), an integral part of the wider Offshore Organisation. You will be responsible for maintenance of all operational communications, surveillance, meteorological and welfare entertainment systems.

Key Accountabilities:

• Enactment of the scheduled work.
• Assistance with the development of the schedule of work.
• Ensure enactment and compliance with Discipline Specific Legislation.
• Ensure maintenance is executed in line with standards and strategies.
• Provide technical discipline input into operational risk management, including deferral of SECE Maintenance.
• Support & participate in HS&E improvement initiatives.
• Participate in root cause analysis and technical reviews to solve safety & reliability issues.
• Contractor and vendor supervision.
• Participate in the Permit to Work system in accordance with current procedures.
• Complete task risk assessments utilising outcomes to assess any impact with respect to major accident prevention and to workplace safety and environmental precautions.

Knowledge And Experience:

• Experience in maintenance and troubleshooting offshore telecommunications & radar systems.
• Meteorological weather equipment.
• Knowledge of PAGA systems, critical telephony and emergency communication infrastructure.
• Understanding of management of electrical equipment in hazardous environments.
• Technical knowledge and experience in maintenance procedures and methods.
• Extensive knowledge of CMMS and SSoW with regards to planning, risk assessment, and enactment of work scopes.
• Ability to complete concise but accurate reporting and communication both written and verbally to colleagues in a responsive and effective way.
• Attention to detail and organised approach to work.
• Ability to reach a conclusion using relevant information and data and to determine the best course of action in a timeframe consistent with business requirements.
• Ability to access and utilise materials and supply spare parts systems.
• High levels of self‑drive and motivation.
• Strong organisational, communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with all levels of the organisations.
• Required to join the platform emergency response team, which will include basic firefighting and personnel rescue training.

Qualifications:

• ONC or HNC in an Engineering discipline.
• Ideally completed a recognised apprenticeship covering telecommunications.
• Offshore certification – BOSIET/MIST.
• CompEx Ex01‑Ex04.

Why should you apply?

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If you’re full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non‑negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority. Help us, help you.