Instrumentation Field Service Engineer
Company
Location
Oswestry, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
5/23/2025
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Description
Salary - £38,462
Work Type - Onsite
Job Location - Oswestry Water Treatment Works, Broomhall Lane, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7HQ
Role Type - Fixed Term Contract
Employment Type - Full Time
Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week
United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.
We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.
We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you work with a team that shares your vision or join a network of peers with similar interests, you will find a welcoming and supportive organisation to be part of.
We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution.
Benefits
You will be responsible for Instrumentation maintenance and technical support to the Water Production team to repair and maintain Water assets.
You will be working in a fast paced modern maintenance environment, providing proactive, planned and reactive support in all aspects of your field of expertise, whilst ensuring compliance with company, statutory and regulatory requirements and minimising environmental impact. You'll also have the opportunity to provide input into capital and operational projects to ensure assets fully meet operational and maintenance requirements.
As the role can require lone working you will need to be comfortable working alone or as part of a team.
Please note, this role will also include working in confined space and will include participation in an out of hour's standby rota.
Accountabilities & Responsibilities
To be successful in this role you must be a time served apprentice or have equivalent working experience.
A desire to work towards flexi skilling leading to an accredited qualification or standard that is relevant to your role is preferred.
To be considered for this role you must have:
Qualifications
We rely on every employee to ensure our customers receive the best possible service, day in, day out. In return, we ensure that you will be well rewarded for your efforts, from an excellent salary through to development opportunities that will really kick start a thriving career here at UU.
Work Type - Onsite
Job Location - Oswestry Water Treatment Works, Broomhall Lane, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7HQ
Role Type - Fixed Term Contract
Employment Type - Full Time
Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week
United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.
We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.
We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you work with a team that shares your vision or join a network of peers with similar interests, you will find a welcoming and supportive organisation to be part of.
We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution.
Benefits
- A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
- A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
- Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
- A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
- MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
- Best Doctors
- Salary Finance
- Wealth at Work courses
- Deals and discounts
- EVolve Car Scheme
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Mental health first aiders
- ShareBuy
- MORE Choices flexible benefits
- Enhanced parental leave schemes
You will be responsible for Instrumentation maintenance and technical support to the Water Production team to repair and maintain Water assets.
You will be working in a fast paced modern maintenance environment, providing proactive, planned and reactive support in all aspects of your field of expertise, whilst ensuring compliance with company, statutory and regulatory requirements and minimising environmental impact. You'll also have the opportunity to provide input into capital and operational projects to ensure assets fully meet operational and maintenance requirements.
As the role can require lone working you will need to be comfortable working alone or as part of a team.
Please note, this role will also include working in confined space and will include participation in an out of hour's standby rota.
Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Implement an efficient Instrumentation maintenance and installation service.
- Analyse faults, rectify and ensure correct Instrumentation and systems-based equipment.
- Perform planned and proactive maintenance activities.
- Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety regulations and internal company policies
- Maintain required financial control of a pre-defined budgets.
- Provide reliable, accurate and complete asset performance and repair information for entry into corporate systems.
- Analyse and recommend solutions to recurring maintenance problems.
To be successful in this role you must be a time served apprentice or have equivalent working experience.
A desire to work towards flexi skilling leading to an accredited qualification or standard that is relevant to your role is preferred.
To be considered for this role you must have:
- The ability to work in a team but also alone, be resilient, self-motivated, with strong problem solving skills and possess the required technical competence
- Able and willing to diversify into specialised areas of maintenance, as required, such as but not limited to chlorine gas systems and high voltage installations
- Diagnostic, organisational, planning, communication and computer skills
- Industry Experience
Qualifications
- HNC or ONC in Instrumentation.
- Ability to maintain the necessary skills, competence, and up-to-date knowledge in all relevant areas throughout your career.
- Where appropriate, possess a sound working knowledge of Simocode, Profibus and similar industrial technology systems.
- Experience of PLC, HMI and SCADA systems and associated networks to perform fault diagnostics, assist with disaster recovery and small system modifications
We rely on every employee to ensure our customers receive the best possible service, day in, day out. In return, we ensure that you will be well rewarded for your efforts, from an excellent salary through to development opportunities that will really kick start a thriving career here at UU.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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