Overview:
We are recruiting for an ELECTRICAL UTILITIES & GAS SERVICES COORDINATOR on behalf of our client, an international Chemical Manufacturing company based in Teesdale.
This role offers full time hours (37.5 hours per week), 5 days per week (including 1 in 3 weekends) on a rotating pattern of day shifts, running between 08:00 - 16:30.
Salary on offer is £19.70 per hour and the initial contract is available until December 2020 with possibility of extension.
Brief:
The successful candidate will coordinate the gas services and utilities; providing specialist Electrical or Mechanical support in the operations, maintenance and troubleshooting of site utility equipment across Teesdale in a safe, cost effective and efficient manner to meet customer and legislative requirements.
Assumes the "Site Incident Controller" responsibility and is a member of the Chilton Emergency Response Team (all work to be carried out during regular shifts - no out of hours work required).
Duties:
- Owning and operating essential site utility equipment including all gas services (both bulk and speciality gases, including the large-scale preparation of high pressure single and mixed gas supplies), utilities plant and equipment.
- Maintaining operations to ensure safe and uninterrupted essential services for 24/7 operation.
- Site Incident Controller responsibility and member of the Emergency Response Team for Chilton, as per the Site Emergency Plan.
- Performing compliance testing of site utility equipment, including safety critical system inspection and calibration to meet the requirements of company safety policy and legislative guidelines & be Responsible for the sign-off of inspection test records.
- Diagnosing and troubleshooting non-optimal utility services, monitoring of site usage, acting upon changes and working with customers to improve OEE, minimise production costs and ensure transparency in utility cost allocation.
- Managing external suppliers to deliver bottled and bulk gases to maintain an uninterrupted service and working pro-actively with R&D customers to meet gas supply requirements.
- Maintaining appropriate relationships with contractors, tenants, suppliers and the research communities.
- Responsible for the management of contractors and third-party organisations on behalf of Site Services and Projects Teams.
- Ensuring operations, projects and maintenance work is executed to Site Safety Requirements.
- Supporting the annual maintenance site shutdowns (throughout Teesdale) to ensure essential works are carried out with minimal disruption to business and experimental operations.
- Issuance of high hazard permits as well as monitoring high hazard activity operations including asbestos removal, lifting operations and hot work & "permits to work".
Ideal Candidate:
- Will be a qualified Electrical Engineer - HND, BSc, Apprentice Trained etc.
- Experience as an Electrical Utilities & Gas Services Coordinator or equivalent
- Significant hands on Electrical Engineering experience; troubleshooting, inspection, testing and repairing
- Experience working with HV infrastructure
- Experience working within Oil & Gas, Chemical Manufacturing or Pharmaceutical industries
Guidant is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
