Senior Maintenance Technician (High Pressure Specialist)

at  SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corp

Job Title: Senior Maintenance Technician (High Pressure Specialist)
Grade: SA91 Grade 9, Days 07:30 until 16:30 Monday to Friday, working a nine day fortnight on a rota
Location: Teesside, Wilton International

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The successful candidate will be part of a small team of senior mechanical technicians, primarily, responsible for critical spare refurbishments associated to the Hyper-compressor and other high-pressure equipment, whilst also supporting the SABIC operational areas, with other machine based activities. This position will aid delivery of safe, efficient and high quality maintenance activities.
This position will require a sound level of technical competency in reading and interpreting engineering documentation, Technical & Quality instructions and Engineering drawings. Knowledge of reciprocating compressors is desired but consideration will be given to experience within the petrochemical/Power generation Industry.
The desired candidate(s) will ideally have field service engineer experience, however, consideration will be made to candidates who can demonstrate evidence of leading teams within a rotating plant/ workshop environment.

QUALIFICATION/REQUIREMENTS:

• Qualified trade technician (Minimum NVQ L3 or equivalent/ HNC desirable) with experience in a maintenance work delivery role within the petrochemical industry.
• 3+ years’ Experience operating in a field service role servicing/repairing Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) machinery.
• Ability to operate within a small team, work collaboratively and flexibly in support of business critical asset (breakdown/outages).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and build positive relationships with others.
• Have or are willing to gain relevant competency, skills, licenses and approvals to fulfil all of the role accountabilities.

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

• The delivery of high quality refurbishment activities within the LDPE refurbishment workshop facility to meet the operational and risk reduction needs of LDPE plant and wider Teesside assets.
• Comply with the integrity, compliance guidelines and champion SABIC EHSS standards and values to promote a safe working environment for all.
• Work collaboratively with the Total Maintenance Contract community delivering high quality maintenance activities which aid the continuous operation of our Teesside assets.
• Act as the custodian of technical and engineering standards and support delivery where specialist knowledge and capability is required.
• Support reactive breakdown recovery and out of hours working, either as team lead, technical lead or delivery technician supporting the repairs.
• Maintain stringent maintenance records for all work being undertaken. All work delivery is carried out to the specific specification ensuring all key parameters are accurately recorded in quality documentation at all times.
• Competently operate the sites CMMS (SAP) in the delivery of the activities they are responsible for; Identify and order materials, create and complete SAP tasks, own individual workload progress autonomously.
• Be a qualified Work Control Permit Acceptor and ‘Task Owner’ to facilitate work delivery under their control. Complete all associated activities with regards to task ownership - specification review, risk assessment, stage checks, documentation reviews, vendor coordination etc.
• Support the technical and maintenance engineering team in the development and updating of maintenance procedure.
• Have an understanding of the whole High Pressure Maintenance team’s operation and be able to deputise for the maintenance supervisor if required.
• Complete all training and validation specified for job role in order to optimize full capability and potential. Specialist training will include, high-pressure jointing, machinery specific training, high-pressure valve training and machining training to basic standard (lathe, grinder, milling machines).