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ob Advertisement: Shift Electrical and Instrumentation (E and I) Technician
Location: Thurrock / Grays, Essex
Position Type: 12-Month Full-Time Contract
Salary/Rate: Up to GBP63,501 per annum (GBP30.53 per hour inclusive of shift allowance)
Shift Pattern: 12-hour shifts (Alternating pattern of days and nights)
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled, proactive Shift E and I Technician to join our site operations team at a major manufacturing and distribution facility in Thurrock. Working in a fast-paced, high-volume production environment, you will be responsible for executing breakdown repairs, planned preventative maintenance, and instrumentation calibrations across advanced manufacturing lines.
This is a dynamic, hands-on role combining rigorous electrical execution with automated system diagnostics to keep critical infrastructure running at peak optimization.
Key Responsibilities
- Fault Finding and System Automation: Diagnose and rapidly solve issues on production machinery by reading logic inside PLCs and control systems.
- Electrical Maintenance: Repair, rebuild, install, and commission 415V motor control circuits, coordinated drives, DOL starters, actuators, and solenoids.
- Instrumentation and Calibration: Verify and calibrate automated process instruments including flow, level, temperature, pressure, and radar devices.
- Asset Tracking: Utilize computerized maintenance management systems (SAP PM) to accurately log, track, and close out maintenance work orders.
- Cross-Functional Operations: Work directly alongside production technicians to support emergency repairs while proactively learning and assisting with mechanical maintenance tasks when required.
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Position Requirements
Must-Haves (Strict Criteria):
- Qualifications: Minimum HNC / NVQ Level 3 (or City and Guilds Part III / ONC) in a time-served Electrical Engineering apprenticeship.
- Industrial Background: Proven electrical maintenance experience within a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), food processing, beverage, or high-volume automated manufacturing environment.
- Technical Software/Controls: Direct hands-on experience troubleshooting with PLC systems (preferably Allen Bradley) and SCADA frameworks.
- Power Circuits: Complete comfort working with 415V motor control circuits and complex machine-coordinated drives.
- Communication: High accountability and the fluent ability to read, speak, and write technical reports in English.
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Nice-to-Haves:
- Experience working in ATEX-rated hazardous areas (Compex certifications).
- Active experience logging data or running predictive maintenance routes within SAP PM.
What's on Offer
- Competitive, top-tier compensation packaging including paid operational breaks.
- Fully supplied, site-specific high-grade Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
- A highly collaborative, safety-first culture with an industry leader.
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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