Instrumentation Field Service Engineer

Salary - £38,462

Work Type - Onsite

Job Location - Poaka Beck Water Treatment Works, Moor Road, Marton, Nr Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0NW

Role Type - Permanent

Employment Type - Full Time

Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week

United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.

We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.

We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities.

Benefits:

• A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
• Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
• A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
• MyGym Discounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
• Best Doctors
• Salary Finance
• Wealth at Work courses
• Deals and discounts
• EVolve Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Mental health first aiders
• ShareBuy
• MORE Choices flexible benefits
• Enhanced parental leave schemes

Job Purpose:

You will be responsible for Instrumentation maintenance and technical support to the Water Production team to repair and maintain Water assets. You will be working in a fast paced modern maintenance environment, providing proactive, planned and reactive support in all aspects of your field of expertise, whilst ensuring compliance with company, statutory and regulatory requirements and minimising environmental impact. You'll also have the opportunity to provide input into capital and operational projects to ensure assets fully meet operational and maintenance requirements.

As the role can require lone working you will need to be comfortable working alone or as part of a team. Please note, this role will also include working in confined space and will include participation in an out of hour's standby rota.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Implement an efficient Instrumentation maintenance and installation service.
• Analyse faults, rectify and ensure correct Instrumentation and systems-based equipment.
• Perform planned and proactive maintenance activities.
• Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety regulations and internal company policies.
• Maintain required financial control of a pre-defined budgets.
• Provide reliable, accurate and complete asset performance and repair information for entry into corporate systems.
• Analyse and recommend solutions to recurring maintenance problems.

Technical Skills & Experience:

To be considered for this role you must have:

• The ability to work in a team but also alone, be resilient, self-motivated, with strong problem solving skills and possess the required technical competence.
• Able and willing to diversify into specialised areas of maintenance, as required, such as but not limited to chlorine gas systems and high voltage installations.
• Diagnostic, organisational, planning, communication and computer skills.

Industry Experience:

This role may not be eligible for the visa sponsorship.

Qualifications:

To be successful in this role you must be a time served apprentice or have equivalent working experience. HNC or ONC in Instrumentation. Ability to maintain the necessary skills, competence, and up-to-date knowledge in all relevant areas throughout your career. Where appropriate, possess a sound working knowledge of Simocode, Profibus and similar industrial technology systems. Experience of PLC, HMI and SCADA systems and associated networks to perform fault diagnostics, assist with disaster recovery and small system modifications.

Additional Information:

We are currently seeking a skilled Instrumentation Engineer to join our team, with a clear and supported pathway to develop electrical engineering capabilities. This role is offered initially as a single-skilled position, with the opportunity to upskill into a flexi-skilled role through our in-house technical training programme. Upon successful completion of training and competency sign-off in the secondary discipline, the role will transition to a flexi-skilled position. The starting salary for this role is £38,462, with progression to £44,320 once fully trained and signed off in the secondary skill. This is an excellent opportunity for career development within a supportive and forward-thinking engineering environment.

We rely on every employee to ensure our customers receive the best possible service, day in, day out. In return, we ensure that you will be well rewarded for your efforts, from an excellent salary through to development opportunities that will really kick start a thriving career here at UU.