Automation Maintenance Technician

PE Global are currently recruiting for Irelands largest Renewable Energy Business Unit for a permanent position as an Automation Maintenance Technician, based at Edenderry Co. Offaly. The successful candidate will be responsible for generating and maintaining assets within small core teams. You will be expected to take responsibility for achieving challenging targets across key areas such as maintenance, engineering, commercial performance, safety, environmental standards, quality, and personal development.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure maintenance plans and targets for the team are achieved safely, economically and within the environmental limits of the Generating Plants. To carry out PM/other works and report to the Maintenance Management System and keep record of all other necessary quality documentation.
• Carry out preventative maintenance on the control and instrumentation systems for all assets; calibrations of process instruments which includes pH measurement and other analytical instruments, pressure, flow, level, and temperature as scheduled by the maintenance management system.
• Nominated person for local support of IT infrastructure including office network, data historian development, ongoing single electricity market system maintenance. Implementation of Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) software systems enabling trading of generating assets in new market.
• Carry out preventative maintenance on stack emission monitoring equipment and ensure the monitoring system is working correctly.
• Install new instruments as required and carry out modifications to Distributed Control System or other plant control SCADA systems as required. Carry out modification to PLC controllers as necessary in response to changes to plant & equipment or operating
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• Assist with contractors to commission new projects. Contact vendors or control equipment suppliers to assist with problems with plant automation.

Requirements

• Automation Technicians should possess appropriate technical qualifications (B.Tech or equivalent), including a recognised apprenticeship.
•  At least 5 years of experience in the maintenance of heavy process industries or power plants.
•  Excellent IT skills, with the ability to think logically and solve problems from first principles.

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV.

Please click the link below to apply, call Emma Knight on 083 009 3553 or alternatively send an up-to-date CV to Emma.knight@peglobal.net

***Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in Ireland***