About this role
Our Business px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork, are the reason for px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com The Opportunity We are now recruiting for a Shift Operations Technician. The Shift Operations Technician is a field-based member of the shift team responsible for supporting the safe, reliable, efficient and environmentally compliant operation of Tees REP, a biomass power station. You’ll be supported with personalised on the job training, coaching, mentoring and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain & develop your contributions and competence. • Carry out field rounds, plant inspections and local operations across Fuel Handling Systems, Balance of Plant and auxiliary systems, the CFB boiler, and the Steam Turbine Generator and associated systems. • Monitor equipment condition and process parameters; identify abnormal conditions, alarms, leaks, vibration, noise or deterioration; and take safe first-line action within competence and authority. • Operate plant locally during normal running, start-up, shutdown, testing and abnormal or emergency conditions in accordance with approved procedures and Shift Manager instructions. • Oversee biomass fuel receipt, storage, transfer and feeding activities, including supervision of third-party deliveries and safe management of fuel-handling hazards. • Support control of steam, water, air, electrical, emissions-control, ash-handling and other auxiliary systems required for safe and reliable generation. • Diagnose plant faults, make equipment safe and, where trained and authorised, carry out minor rectification or first-line maintenance. • Raise and update defects in the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), and maintain clear shift logs covering plant status, process changes, defects and planned work. • Apply, remove and prove process and mechanical isolations when trained and authorised, in accordance with the site Safe System of Work and Permit to Work arrangements. • Undertake routine operational checks and functional testing of emergency and non-emergency plant and equipment. • Assist maintenance and engineering teams during planned maintenance, defect rectification, outages and plant return-to-service activities. • Follow the competency-based operator training programme, completing practical tasks, technical learning, assessments and authorisations within agreed timescales. • Develop competence in DCS monitoring, alarm response, plant control and control-room communications, progressing to authorised control-room duties when competence has been demonstrated. • Support the development and review of operating procedures, risk controls and supporting documentation, and contribute to continuous improvement. • Report safety or environmental concerns promptly, control hazards within authority, and work as part of the shift team to minimise operational, health, safety and environmental risk.