Electrical Technician

Astute's Power Team is partnered with a market-leading Energy company, to recruit an Electrical Technician for their Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Station in Rochester, Kent.

The vital Electrical Technician role comes with a basic salary up to £51,484 + Bonus + Overtime + skills shortage allowance + other excellent benefits.

• Fault-finding and maintaining electrical assets including motors, switch gear, transformers, variable speed drives, HV plant, etc.
• Working in line with maintenance techniques and best practices.
• Undertaking/assisting in plant developments/projects.
• Setting to work and supervising contractors.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records on the sites CMMS.
• Ensuring HSE compliance at all times.

• Ideally apprentice trained with an NVQ Level 3 minimum qualification in an Electrical related discipline.
• A Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH would be advantageous.
• 18th Edition Wiring regulations would be preferred.

• Prior Electrical Engineering experience working in heavy process engineering environments such as Power Stations, Paper Mills, Top Tier COMAH sites, Refineries, Petrochemicals, etc.
• Experience working with High Voltage (HV) systems up to 400kV would be ideal.
• Experience working with relevant electrical equipment such as motors, generators, switchgears, etc.

• Starting basic salary of up to £51,484.
• Performance related bonus.
• Monthly skills shortage allowance.
• Overtime.
• Other excellent benefits.

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative.