C&I Maintenance Technician

Do you have a specialism within Control & Instrumentation engineering discipline?
Do you thrive within a team environment and possess a safety conscious mindset?

The Opportunity

At Torness Power Station, the maintenance department is responsible for preventative and defect response maintenance at the power station, ensuring that the daily operations of the station run smoothly and offer best performance possible.
Torness power station plans to be generating power until at least 2028 when it will enter the defueling and ultimately decommissioning stages of its life cycle. We are therefore keen to recruit talent into our teams where you can help shape the exciting vision for the future of Nuclear Generation.

Pay, Benefits and Culture

The salary range associated with this role is between £37,169 to £60,826 with terms and conditions covered by the EDF Nuclear Generation Company Agreement. However, the starting salary for this appointment and role will be within the range of £37,169 to £46,963 dependant on the successful candidate's competence, experience and qualifications.
We offer incredible benefits at EDF, not least the bespoke training programmes, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, incremental and competency-based progression and a Company pension scheme.
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We would like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We are a disability confident employer, and we'll do all we can to help with your application, adjusting as you need.
We will value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you will be doing

Being appointed into this position, you will be required to complete the following roles to ensure the smooth operations on site. These include:

- Carrying out routine maintenance on the power station.
- Reporting safety, environmental and plant issues in a timely manner using station processes
- Ensuring maintenance activities do not adversely affect the environment.
- Carrying out maintenance activities safely and updating procedures as required, feeding back on plant condition pre and post maintenance to improve the effectiveness of the maintenance programme.
- Actively participating in personal performance appraisals and delivery of personal development plans
- Working flexibly within teams under the daily direction of the Maintenance Team Leader.
- Reporting issues of an operational/reportable nature directly to your Supervisor or control function.

Who you are

As our next Maintenance C&I Technician, we are looking for you to have previous experience in the following areas

Calibrating and overhauling equipment associated with the main area principles (pressure, flow, level, temperature).
- Setting up and calibrating control valves and associated control circuits.
- Fault finding on our station systems.

Our key requirement from new technicians is a 'can do' attitude towards your daily workload and a team-work approach to their day, overcoming challenges together and finding the best solution.
You will also be required to perform in Emergency Scheme duties where you will receive full training for any emergency should occur. This means you will need to live within a 45 min radius of the station.
Candidates that have completed a recognised Electrical or Control and Instrumentation apprenticeship, plus relevant experience in the discipline of Control and Instrumentation may have an advantage.

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. We're the UK's largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain, the largest supplier to British businesses and we employ more than 13,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We are playing a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK to secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees.