The INEOS Acetyls UK site at Hull is top tier COMAH registered. The Electrical Technician plays a crucial role in ensuring safe plant operation, meeting regulatory and company safety performance and operational integrity.
Responsibilities
- Act as a role model for safety and uphold the INEOS 20 BEHAVIOURAL & PROCESS SAFETY PRINCIPLES and Life Saving Rules in all activities.
- Perform day‑to‑day electrical technician core tasks: breakdown and preventative maintenance, repair, and installation of electrical equipment.
- Coordinate with maintenance, discipline engineers and operations technicians to address daily plant issues.
- Act as Building Craftsman within the INEOS permit system, perform electrical isolations on the site’s LV systems, fault‑find and resolve equipment failures within specified timescales, and minimise costs by organising spares, labour and third‑party interactions.
- Ensure hazard area equipment inspections and installations comply with IEC60079 and maintain LV and HV systems up to 11 kV.
- Maintain awareness of all relevant E&I codes of practice and advise asset E&I engineers on maintenance issues and field observations for continuous improvement.
- Identify and specify equipment for procurement, consult with suppliers on technical issues, and ensure procured equipment meets design and performance standards.
- Electronic recording of maintenance activities in SAP and other IT systems; initiate maintenance activities, record notifications/work orders, and reorder spares.
- Work within the Control of Work system and accompanying SSO’s.
- Supervise contractors and service providers, facilitate service providers (e.g., UPS servicing), supervise and facilitate job packs or project packs, provide on‑the‑job training and guidance for contractors, apprentices and less experienced staff, and ensure work meets INEOS standards.
Qualifications
- Minimum of a recognised apprenticeship and NVQ3 or equivalent.
- ONC (HNC preferred).
- CompEX modules 01–04 certificate.
- BS7671 (current edition), IET Requirements for Electrical Installation certificate.
Technical Skills
- Maintenance of HV distribution and rotating equipment and associated control systems.
- Safe isolation of electrical systems.
- Maintenance of LV rotating equipment and associated control systems.
- Installation, inspection and maintenance of hazardous area equipment.
- Fault‑finding on electrical equipment and systems.
- Reading and interpreting electrical drawings and schematics.
- Maintenance of plant earthing systems.
- Maintenance of electrical surface heating systems.
- Knowledge of DCS and emergency shutdown systems.
- Maintenance of lighting systems and associated control systems.
- Working knowledge of UPS systems.
- Contribute to the setting up of common electrical control/procedural systems.
- Configuration and maintenance of smart motor control units (advantageous).
- Ability to work at both detailed and overview levels of electrical systems.
