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Salary: Salary from £40,991 to £49,419 inc. allowances
Closing Date: 2025-12-12
Location: Preston, Lancashire
The salary range for this position is £40,991 to £43,108 (Grade 5A).
If you have any queries regarding the position itself please contact Andrew Parkinson.
Please be aware that all new appointments will be made in-line with the PLC ‘New’ terms & conditions. Therefore, if you are not already on PLC ‘New’ terms & conditions and you are selected and accept this role, there will be changes made to your contractual terms. The terms and conditions of the role will be made clear in the offer letter.
If you have any queries about the impact of applying for this role on your terms & conditions, pay, pension or benefits, please contact the HR Support Team.
Job Description for Instrument Technician:
There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At UKNNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career.
We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at UKNNL, anything is possible.
To be part of the electrical & instrumentation engineering team for building maintenance and breakdown issues. Also, to support the installation and commissioning of improvement and customer projects.
Main Responsibilities for Instrument Technician:
* Performing routine Examination, Inspection, Maintenance and Testing on plant and equipment including:
o Calibration checks of field instrumentation.
o Stroke test of pneumatic, hydraulic and motor-operated valves.
o Loop-checks and troubleshooting.
o Receipt verification and bench checks of instruments.
o Interlocks, alarms and controls performance verification.
o Installation inspection against design documentation.
o Use of calibration and testing instruments to inspect, test and perform troubleshooting and diagnose faults.
o Communicate design discrepancies and issues to the site supervisor / engineer.
o Leading on resolving breakdown and recovery maintenance on plant instrumentation equipment.
o Providing support to the installation, modification and commissioning of instrumentation equipment for project and improvement works.
o Installation, modification and commissioning of instrumentation equipment.
o Completing job reporting in accordance with site standards to ensure that a good quality maintenance history is recorded.
* Ensuring that:
o Maintenance, breakdown and project tasks are always covered by an appropriate Safe System of Work (SSOW) and the requirements are always complied with.
o Appropriate workplace standards are always maintained.
Essential Criteria for Instrument Technician:
* Recognised apprenticeship in an instrumentation control engineering discipline.
* Demonstrable experience in maintenance of process plant and equipment.
* Ability to interpret engineering drawings and work with maintenance documentation.
* Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience.
* Team player with effective communication skills.
* Flexible approach to learning new skills and self-development.
* Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).
Desirable Criteria for Instrument Technician:
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