Job Description
Terminal Operating Technician
Location: Canvey Island
Work Type: Full-Time
Salary: £33,000 - £35,000 + London weighting allowance
Shift Pattern 6 week rota
Week 1
Week 2
Monday & Tuesday: Day Shift – 05:30–17:30 (12 hours)
Wednesday: Night Shift – 17:30–05:30
Wednesday & Thursday: Day Shift – 05:30–17:30 (12 hours)
Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Night Shift – 17:30–05:30
Week 3
Week 4
Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Day Shift – 05:30–17:30 (12 hours)
Monday & Tuesday: Night Shift – 17:30–05:30
Finish Wednesday morning following the night shift
5 days off
Week 5
Week 6
Monday–Friday: Day Shifts – 8 hours
Monday–Thursday: Day Shifts – 8 hours
About Us:
Calor is at the forefront of the energy industry, delivering innovative and sustainable solutions to our customers. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of safety, reliability, productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Terminal Operating Technician to join our team at the Canvey Island Terminal.
Role Overview:
As a Terminal Operating Technician at Calor's Canvey Island Terminal, you will be responsible for operating process plant and equipment to safely manage ship unloading operations, the storage of Liquified Propane Gas (LPG), and the export of LPG via road tankers, reloading ships, and the Coryton pipeline system. Your role ensures the continued safe and reliable operation of Calor's LPG Terminal assets through efficient operation and routine maintenance, meeting the stringent requirements under the CoMAH Regulations 2015.
You will undertake a range of duties on the LPG plant and equipment, pressure systems, cryogenic plant, and associated utility systems, including steam, nitrogen, and compressed air. This includes routine low-level maintenance and inspection, supporting site-specific modifications, conducting site isolations, performing workplace audits, and assisting in the decommissioning of site material.
Your responsibilities will also include recording and logging plant operations, general site activities, safety system overrides, and plant and equipment defects. You will present essential and complex information in a clear and concise manner for handover to others, ensuring effective knowledge transfer and understanding.
Being proactive in all aspects of site operations and maintenance, you will communicate with the Shift Lead to support and enable satisfactory completion of plans, maintaining business performance targets. You will undertake process isolations to ensure the safe setting to work for employees or contractors and act as the site contact under the terminal's Safe System of Work.
In the event of a site emergency, you will play a supporting role and maintain an incident log, ensuring the safety of yourself and others. You will contribute to the development, review, and update of emergency, security, safety, and operational plans, procedures, and risk assessments to ensure the safe and cost-effective operation of plant and equipment.
Given that Canvey operates 24/7, 365 days a year, you will be required to work shift patterns. The role also involves working in all weather conditions, at height over land and water.
Key Skills, Experience & Knowledge:
* A wide range of practical skills.
* Technical process knowledge required or the ambition to learn, relating to safety aspects of an upper-tier COMAH site and proven ability to respond appropriately to abnormal or emergency situations.
* Ability to respond appropriately to environmental hazards and incidents with a sound understanding of due care and attention.
* An understanding of or willingness to learn, operational policies, procedures, and processes, or awareness of safe working practices and legislation relating to process plant operations.
* A self-help approach to common work-related problems.
* Proficiency in using IT and IS systems to undertake day-to-day duties.
* Ability to understand and follow the company’s performance management process, including personal development.
What we can offer you!
* Private medical insurance
* 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
* Cycle to work scheme
* Life Assurance of 4x salary
* Matched pension contributions of 4.5% rising to 7.5% after 2 years service
* Retailor discounts and many, many more!
For a full list of our benefits visit: https://about-us/careers
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