Electrical Plant Technician

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What’s Possible 

We are looking for an experienced individual to join our Industrial Gases Business as a Electrical Technician at our facility in Didcot, Oxfordshire. You will work at the Didcot facility as well at various satellite plants located on our customer sites around the South East of England. You will report directly to the Plant Manager and will be crucial to ensuring the safe, legal, reliable, and efficient operation of the production plant at Didcot and associated satellite plants.
 
LOCATION: Didcot, Oxfordshire
EDUCATION: qualifications in Electrical Engineering or recognised electrical apprenticeship or proven skills in this area as a electrical technician
EXPERIENCE: Dealing with electrical equipment on production sites, health and safety focus and ability to read and create respective documentation
CONTRACT: permanent
SALARY: competitive salary + annual bonus + competitive benefits


As the Electrical Plant Technician, you will

• Act as the Plant Manager’s representative in absence of Plant Management, and on-site Air Products representative to internal & external contacts, services, authorities & customers

• Work as part of the operating team to ensure safe, efficient and reliable execution of all aspects of plant operation

• Be responsible for all aspects of safety, health, quality and environmental compliance, site security, and mechanical maintenance

• Be responsible for planning and execution of routine maintenance and shutdowns

• Have shared responsibilities for operation, optimisation, productivity and best practice locally

• To provide out of hours assistance for plant & satellite emergencies and operational/maintenance issues on a call-out basis

• Ensure compliance with safety policies and practices

• Resolve mechanical and process related issues and breakdowns on site and at satellites

• Manage the stock of spare parts and equipment held on site and accurate stock management of the bin locations via SAP

• Maintain record keeping and complete the administrative elements of the role timely and accurately (such as SAP, CREDO and plant logs)

As the Electrical Plant Technician, you already have

• Level 3 external qualification in Electrical Engineering or Completion of recognised Electrical apprenticeship or proven skills in this area.

• Strong safety mindset and focus on operating practices.

• Good interpersonal & team working skills is crucial to working in a small team size.

• Good communication and customer facing skills

• Proactive and self-motivated with a positive attitude to deliver results.

• To be able to work alone on occasions when on site at the Didcot satellites.

• Ability to work under pressure and in an extremely busy environment particularly during major plant turn around maintenance activities.

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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.