Controls, Instrumentation and OT Technician

Astute's Power Team is partnering with a leading UK energy company to recruit a Controls, Instrumentation and Cyber Security Technician for their site in Cheshire.

This role offers a salary of £53,000 to £60,000, plus 12% pension contributions, 26 days' annual leave, and private medical and dental insurance.

If you're a Controls and Instrumentation Technician with heavy industrial experience and an understanding of OT cyber security, submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities of the Controls, Instrumentation and Cyber Security Technician

Reporting to the Engineering and Maintenance Manager, you will:

Support the Lead C&I Engineer in delivering the site's control and instrumentation maintenance and engineering strategy
Carry out planned and corrective maintenance across C&I and industrial automation systems
Investigate, diagnose and resolve faults on field instrumentation and control equipment
Support the OT Security Engineer with routine OT security activities, including patching, antivirus updates and application control
Support the operation and maintenance of OT security infrastructure, implementing corrective actions from audits and assessments
Provide technical support during OT and cyber-related incidents, including fault finding and corrective actions
Maintain OT asset inventories, network diagrams and technical records
Prepare maintenance orders and deliver packages of work within your area of competence

Required qualifications and experience

To be considered, you must have:

Level 3 technical apprenticeship, or equivalent experience, in C&I, automation, control engineering or cyber security
Proven C&I, instrumentation or industrial automation maintenance experience in a heavy industrial environment
Hands-on experience with sensors, actuators, signal conditioning equipment and industrial control systems
Working knowledge of DCS and process control, and of OT security, including network segmentation, access control, patching and logging
Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, panel schematics, loop drawings, logic diagrams and cause-and-effect charts

Desirable experience

It would be an advantage, but is not essential, to have:

Experience troubleshooting PLC and DCS systems, particularly ABB 800xA
CompEx certification
Functional safety experience
DSEAR experience

Salary and benefits

Salary: £53,000 to £60,000
Location: Cheshire
Pension: 12% contributions
Holiday: 26 days' annual leave
Benefits: private medical and dental insurance#LI-RW1
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