Senior Utilities Technician

Backed by Swire, Argent Energy is a leading European waste-based biodiesel producer with a vision to help decarbonise transport worldwide. We believe in using waste materials only and continuously search for new waste to be turned into higher value products. We invest in people and their development as well as R&D to drive innovation in products, technologies and operational excellence. We have sites in England and Amsterdam.

The hours of this role are 8am-4pm, 37.5 hours per week. There is also expected participation in a call-out rota and overtime available.

Manage aspects of the utility requirements, including boilers, cooling towers, chillers, air compressors and nitrogen, to ensure they can be operated safely, reliably, and efficiently whilst complying with strict SEPA/PSSR legislation, including becoming BOAS trained and the responsible person for ACOP L8 Legionella compliance.

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  Report and action safety concerns via T-Card/Gen-S/CMMS system

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  Review & Develop SOPs for all utilities.

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  Monitor, trend and report the performance of utilities, so that issues can be detected and addressed before they have an impact on production.

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  Develop improvements that will enhance the reliability and safety of the utilities – implement these as projects or MOC’s. Train & develop Operational and Maintenance personnel

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  Ensure all PSSR actions are completed by their due date. All PM scheduled inspections need to be filtered into the maintenance planning system via Ultimo.

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  Develop spares holding based on criticality and manage their use appropriately. Track all costs and feedback appropriately.

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  Work closely with service providers to ensure we remain compliant with HASWA/SEPA legislation concerning chemical dosing.

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  Ensure service contracts are in place where required and clear scopes are presented by service providers. Monitor the performance of service providers.

• Mechanical Team Leader – direct report

• Maintenance Planner

• Reliability Engineer

• Boiler Service Provider (external)

• Water Treatment Service Provider (external)