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Generator Technician

FULL TIME

job description

Pay Rate: £18.56
Location: Portlethen (AB12 4YS) – onshore with ad hoc offshore

8am-5pm Monday -Friday,
Overtime very likely @ x 1.5
Ad Hoc offshore (12hr days) – additional £225 Mon/Fri & £342 Sat/Sun daily
Duration: 6 months – ideally temp to perm

Additional Information:
Interview will be in person, including written test.
Offshore survival ticket desirable.
Electrical/Mechanical technician min 2 years’ experience.
Electrical experience preferred.

Our new Generator Technician (electrical) will take responsibility for supporting and servicing all products and clients for NOV’s Portable Power business within Europe. Your existing knowledge within electrical servicing of diesel driven generators and ancillary equipment will be critical to your success in this role. As Generator Technician the key to this role will delivering technically competent installations, commissioning, servicing and maintenance support to our customers. Based at Portlethen workshop, with travel to offshore/onshore sites at short notice when required

RESPONSIBILITIES:
-Undertake operations of rental/sale packages in line with NOV procedures, including but not limited to:
-Scheduled maintenance
-Repairs
-Enhancements/Refurbishment
-P&ID walk downs
-Electrical completion checks
-Factory acceptance tests
-Function/loop checks
-Instrument checks
-Site acceptance tests
-Liaise with Workshop Supervisor, Project teams, Management, Clients and Vendors relating to their operational activities
-Prepare, review and fulfil work orders required for these operational activities
-Under management direction, provide after sales services including inspections, spares, advice/recommendations, liaising with engineering departments as necessary.
-Participate in out of hours on-call rota, providing industry leading service support

QUALIFICATIONS:
-City & Guilds 2382-18 18th Edition (desirable)
-City & Guilds HV Switching & System Control 0672 (desirable)
-COMPEX (desirable)

EXPERIENCE:
-Electrical knowledge within installation, commissioning, servicing and maintenance environments include offshore (essential)
-Interpretation and marking up of engineering drawings (essential)
-Deep Sea control systems (desirable)
-PLC programming skills (desirable)
-Cummins, Iveco, Perkins engine experience (desirable)

SKILLS:
-Knowledge of industry standards (essential)
-Diesel driven generators (desirable)
-Gas driven generators (desirable)

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Name Company

Dexters Recruitment Ltd

Job Title

Generator Technician

Location

Portlethen (AB12 4YS) – onshore with ad hoc offshore

Salary

£18.56 per hour

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