Equipment Technology Project Technician

Hutchison Ports have an exciting opportunity for an Equipment Technology Project Technician to join the team.

Location: Felixstowe, Suffolk

Salary: £57,896 per annum (depending on our skills framework and experience)

Job Type: Full time, Permanent, day shifts

About Us:

The Port of Felixstowe is Britain’s biggest and busiest container port, and one of the largest in Europe. The port handles more than 4 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) and welcomes approximately 3,000 ships each year, including the largest container vessels afloat today - crucially, the port provides some of the deepest water close to the open sea of any European port. Around 17 shipping lines operate from Felixstowe, offering 33 services to and from over 700 ports around the world.

Together with its unrivalled rail and road links connecting the port to distribution hubs in the Midlands and elsewhere in the UK, Felixstowe plays a pivotal role in keeping the UK’s trade moving, and delivers real benefits to customers, the community and the industry.

Equipment Technology Project Technician - The Role:

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, directly supporting the port’s projects to deliver our Net Zero targets which will include working on the highly sophisticated automation systems implemented at the Port, supporting autonomous vehicles and remote operated container handling cranes. Diagnosing, rectifying, and repairing faults on electrical and electronic based control and drive systems on Port container handling equipment.

Equipment Technology Project Technician - Key Responsibilities:

- Ensuring all the maintenance repairs, modification and project work is carried out effectively and safely

- Working to ensure electrical/ electronic control, drive and Automation systems are cost effectively repaired and maintained in a safe manner with the minimum operational disruption and to improve the equipment reliability to meet our internal and external customer requirements

- Identifying key areas for improvements and coordinate staff, equipment and all necessary resources to complete within the agreed time frame

- To provide best mean time-to-repair response time to all customer requests

- Supporting network communications, terminal operating system interface and positioning systems

Equipment Technology Project Technician - You:

- HNC in Electronic/ Electrical Engineering (working towards or equivalent)

- IOSH Managing Safely (or willing to work towards)

- An in-depth knowledge of various Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming languages, control logic data communications, positioning systems and the interface with all ancillary control equipment to include terminal operating systems

- Full UK Driver’s License

Equipment Technology Project Technician - Benefits:

- 24 Days Annual Leave

- Generous Pension Contribution & Life Cover

- Private Health Care

- Exclusive Company-wide Mobile Discounts

- Discretionary Bonus

- Enhanced Maternity / Paternity Pay

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Employee Assistant Programme

- Long Service Awards

- Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

- Employer Supported Volunteering Programme

To submit your application for this exciting Equipment Technology Project Technician opportunity, please click 'Apply’ now.