C&I Technician

C&I Technician / Chemicals / Manchester / Contract - minimum 6 months / £negotiable / Inside IR35

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Controls & Instrumentation (C&I) Technician to join an Upper Tier COMAH site. This is a key role supporting the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of high-hazard process plant equipment.

You will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving, control and instrumentation systems, playing a vital part in keeping the site running efficiently and safely. Working within a small, close-knit engineering team, you’ll contribute to both day-to-day maintenance and longer-term improvement projects (Installations).

Key Responsibilities

As a C&I Technician, your responsibilities will include:

* Carrying out planned preventative and breakdown maintenance on instrumentation and control systems within a chemical manufacturing environment

* Diagnosing faults and carrying out corrective repairs to minimise downtime

* Working in full compliance with site health, safety, and environmental standards, including the Permit to Work system

* Managing work orders, preventive maintenance activities, and time recording through the Engineering Management System

* Supporting wider engineering activities across the site as required

* Fault-finding on PLCs, DCS

* Maintenance across field instrumentation (level, temp, flow, pressure).

* Instrument calibrations (Analyser exposure - desirable)

Qualifications & Certifications

Essential:

* NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical Installation or a related discipline

* CompEx Ex01–Ex06 (Desirable)

Benefits:

* We are open to discussing rates

* Minimum 6 months work with likelihood to extend
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed