Instrument Technician

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

Located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the Wyke Agrichemicals Manufacturing Plant is operated by px Group in partnership with Nufarm. The site is one of the UK's leading crop protection manufacturing facilities, manufacturing crop protection products for Nufarm that support farmers and growers around the world.

Wyke is a Top Tier COMAH site, operating a complex chemical manufacturing environment where safety, reliability and operational excellence are fundamental to everything we do. With a skilled workforce across manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, supply chain and support functions, the site offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals in a highly technical environment

The Opportunity

We are now recruiting for an Instrumentation Technician.

As an Instrumentation Technician at our Wyke site, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability and effective maintenance of plant control and instrumentation systems across our upper-tier COMAH facility.

Reporting to the EC&I Supervisor, you will support the safe and efficient operation of production assets by delivering high-quality planned, corrective, and breakdown maintenance activities. Your expertise will directly contribute to plant availability, process safety, and overall operational performance.

You will be supported through personalised on-the-job training, coaching, mentoring, and twice-yearly development and performance reviews, helping you maintain and further develop your skills, competence, and contribution to the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all Control & Instrumentation maintenance activities (routine, corrective, shutdown, and breakdown) are executed with appropriate Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), risk assessments, and in compliance with the Permit-to-Work system.
• Maximise plant equipment availability through the effective use of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), including Oracle EAM, to manage planned and reactive maintenance activities.
• Maintain and support Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Fire and Gas Detection Systems, Emergency Shutdown (ESD) Systems, and associated cause-and-effect logic.
• Ensure compliance with inspection regimes, flange management standards, and company-defined maintenance strategies.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Production, Engineering, Projects, and external service providers to deliver optimal maintenance outcomes.
• Support maintenance planning, campaign maintenance, and shutdown/turnaround activities in collaboration with the Maintenance Planner and Scheduler.
• Provide regular updates on maintenance progress, risks, and key issues to the EC&I Supervisor to support reporting and decision-making.
• Coach and mentor technicians in support of competency-based training programmes and succession planning initiatives.

Minimum Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Process Safety Management and chemical production operations.
• Expertise in PLC and DCS control loop maintenance, troubleshooting and testing.
• Knowledge of Fire & Gas systems, ESD systems and integrated flow, pressure, temperature and level instrumentation.
• Experience working with CMMS systems (Oracle EAM, SAP) and supply chain/materials management processes.
• Confidence interfacing with OEMs, contractors and project teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to report effectively to line management.
• Experience coaching and mentoring maintenance personnel and working within matrix or functional environments will be highly regarded.

What you will receive from us

• A boosted pension scheme – we’ll match 1.25% to every 1% you pay (up to 8%)
• Simply Health Cash Plan
• Staff Meals
• Onsite parking

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.