Electrical Technician

Job description

Instrument / Electrical Maintenance Technician

Location: Clitheroe

Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract

Pay Rate: £24 per hour

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Instrument / Electrical Maintenance Technician to join a leading chemical manufacturing company at their Clitheroe site. This role is part of an established, multi-disciplinary Maintenance Team supporting several key production plants.

You will play a critical role in maintaining safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations through both reactive maintenance and planned preventative maintenance activities. The site is a large, complex industrial environment with significant ongoing investment, offering varied technical challenges and strong development opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond to plant breakdowns, diagnosing and rectifying instrumentation and electrical faults.
• Accurately record all maintenance activities in the CMMS, ensuring timely and detailed updates.
• Support the Maintenance Team Leader in delivering a compliant and effective maintenance function.
• Carry out routine preventative maintenance, including testing of safety-critical instrumentation.
• Contribute to reliability improvement initiatives, including FMEA and Root Cause Analysis.
• Support site performance targets relating to EHS, Quality, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

Requirements

• Completed a recognised Instrumentation or Electrical Maintenance apprenticeship with NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of health and safety practices within chemical or industrial environments.
• Experience working with Permit to Work systems and Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) procedures.
• Background working on process plants, ideally within chemical, oil & gas, or heavy manufacturing sectors.
• Competent user of CMMS systems, such as SAP PM.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Clitheroe

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

09-02-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English