Assistant IE Maint. Engineer

Job Title: Assistant Engineer, Area Maintenance I (& E)

Grade: Hay 32

Location: North Tees (Logistics North)

Job Purpose:

To provide detailed engineering and equipment reliability input and to support the planning/specification of maintenance work, in accordance with engineering standards and SABIC Operational Management Standards (OMS) workflow processes. The job role is supporting instrument and electrical aspects of maintenance; however, it is preferred for the candidate to have an instrument background.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for a range of activities, including but not limited to:

• Provide engineering expertise, diagnose equipment malfunction and identify appropriate actions, in order that EHS & Production risks are effectively mitigated.
• Develop a good understanding of the plant Instrument and Electrical compliance program and workload, work with the Instrument and Electrical Technical Engineering team to optimize content and frequencies where appropriate.
• Support the Engineer, Maintenance with Compliance management, including driving compliance work completion and recognizing and developing postponement justification (Risk Assessment and case document) to protect compliance position.
• Support the identification and optimization of maintenance interventions and ensure that sufficient time is available for planning and resourcing of work.
• Provide detailed engineering scope and specification including supporting documentation, in order to allow the work delivery teams to provide competent cost-effective delivery of the work.
• Identify and quantify priority activities to support L1 and L2 delivery teams.
• First line support to L1 and L2 delivery teams with respect to Technical query and fault diagnosis.
• Collate and analyze equipment reliability and maintenance expenditure data in order to help identify and deliver maintenance improvement opportunities.
• Practitioner in SABIC CMMS (SAP) and other electronic database systems.
• Support Ordinary Maintenance Revenue (ORM) budget control, by providing robust governance in line with Plant Maintenance Order release.

Skills & Knowledge:

The successful candidate will possess or be willing to obtain the following attributes:

• Demonstrate a proactive attitude to work and an ability to learn and share technical knowledge – Good communication skills and emotional maturity.
• The role will involve the use of SAP, DRS, trip testing management programme and other computer-based systems and therefore a good level of IT literacy is required.
• The successful applicant will have a broad background in Instrument and/or Electrical maintenance activities, some experience in engineering design and application of IE standards, with 2-5 years prior experience working on COMAH-registered plants, possibly as a Technician or First Line Manager.
• Able to demonstrate sound decision-making.
• Excellent communication, coaching and influencing skills, as many of the job accountabilities are achieved through the influencing of others.
• Able to demonstrate a high concern for relevant standards.
• Have a ‘Can Do’ attitude.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to identify and lead improvement projects and processes.
• Full UK Driving License.
• Shall hold a minimum of HNC in an Instrument (or Electrical) discipline or equivalent qualification. Extensive experience in a similar role may be considered.
• Will be or is willing to work towards - incorporated status within an accredited Academic Institute.
• A sound understanding of preventative maintenance methodologies and processes is beneficial.

Benefits:

• An attractive salary within the well-paid Petro-Chemical sector.
• Performance Related Bonus Scheme.
• Excellent Defined Contribution Pension Scheme.
• Roster Days – 10 days per annum to be taken.
• An additional 24 hours as part of Extended Working Week (TOIL hours).
• Holiday Bonus – 38 Hours or 2.3% of Salary.
• Private Health Insurance.

Further Information:

Interested in this position? Please apply online by sending us your CV and motivation letter in English. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email.

The application closing-date is 28th October 2024.

Please be informed that a reference check, an employment verification and E-assessment are part of our recruitment process. A Certificate of Good Conduct can be requested depending on the level of the role in our organization and/or function, allowing us to request depending on local regulations.

Responses from employment agencies will not be considered.

About SABIC:

SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We manufacture on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals. We support our customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. Our production in 2020 was 60.8 million metric tons.

We have more than 33,000 employees worldwide and operate in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, we have 9,000+ global patent filings, and significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.

In Europe, we have over 6,000 professionals running multiple world-scale production sites and 4 technology and innovation centres. We are present in almost every European country. Major locations within our broad network of innovation, production and marketing are: Teesside (UK), Cartagena (Spain), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Geleen (the Netherlands), Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) and Genk (Belgium).

SABIC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and as such will not discriminate in its employment practices, including recruiting and hiring practices, based on a person’s race, colour, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.