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E C & I Technician - Expiring soon!

Sector:
Engineering Professionals
Job Type:
Permanent
Location:
Scotland
Area:
Berwickshire
Town:
Chirnside, The Scottish Borders
Salary:
£50,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted:
21 Oct 2025
Job Ref:
ECT

Here at Ambitek we have a wealth of experience in helping people find the right role within Manufacturing, Engineering, Distribution and Construction. We try to deal with clients that can offer our candidates a great place to work and a chance of an exciting career.

Our client

Our client is a global engineering firm with sites across the UK and worldwide. They are a specialist firm within the materials processing industry.

The role

Working within our Maintenance Team you will ensure maintenance work is executed efficiently and on time to drive plant reliability supporting operational efficiency. As an EC&I Technician, you will be responsible for developing, installing, managing, and maintaining equipment used to drive, monitor and control engineering systems across the plant. You will play a crucial role in optimising the performance of our plant assets safely whilst staying up to date with the latest industry standards and best practices.

Pay/Shifts/Perks

8am-4pm with half an hour unpaid lunch break daily

Salary is between £50000 and £65000

What is required from you?

Providing technical support, including the installation and fault diagnosis of instrumentation and control equipment, and systems specific to paper mill operations;
Carrying out planned proactive tasks in accordance with shutdown plans.
Carrying out reactive tasks as required by the needs of the business.
Disciplined adherence to all safe systems and processes;
Developing new control systems tailored to paper mill operations, as well as test, maintain and modify existing systems to ensure safety and efficiency;
Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, quality standards, and environmental guidelines across all C&I and asset management activities.
Ensuring compliance with the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.
Participating in the development and execution of OPEX and CAPEX budgeted activities and projects related to paper mill electrical, control and instrumentation and asset management;
Developing and executing asset maintenance and replacement plans to optimise asset performance, minimise downtime, and reduce overall maintenance costs;
Reviewing and implementing planned maintenance programmes to meet statutory, OEM, and industry-specific requirements for paper mills;
Audit the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS-MaintainX) to ensure maintenance history is accurate and up to date, focusing on paper mill-specific equipment and processes;
Other duties specified by the Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Supervisor and Engineering Manager to support operational requirements.
A Recognised apprenticeship with at least 5 years experience in a similar role
Experience of SCADA
Ambitek is a traditional value recruiter who look for the following from all candidates who wish to apply for a permanent or temporary role:

2 Work references
A solid work history in the relevant role you have applied for
Excellent time keeping and attendance
If you have been unsuccessful with this vacancy we will always keep your details on file to try and find a role that may suit more and will be in touch as soon as the right role comes up. Please make sure your CV is up to date so we can find the right roles for you, if a CV is out of date it makes it harder to find the right role.

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Core Values

Taking OWNERSHIP and full ACCOUNTABILITY of our actions

Treating EVERYONE with RESPECT

Giving 110% to every task we undertake and being PASSIONATE

Always being FRIENDLY and DOWN TO EARTH

Admitting when we have been WRONG and doing our utmost to put it RIGHT

When you TALK we stop and LISTEN

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT - Knowledge is endless

Always ACCESSIBLE - Day or Night, if you need us we will be there

SELF MANAGEMENT - We operate a flat line structure where everyone has a role to play from the Administrator to the MD

HONESTY and INTEGRITY at ALL times - Even when you may not want to hear what we say

PEOPLE are ASSETS not NUMBERS - Every person has a skill, we do our best to understand these skills and match them to the best environment

What Candidates Say

I'd also like to take the chance to thank you for all your help during my time with Ambitek. I have always been paid on time and any worries I had were sorted out incredibly quickly either by yourself or your colleagues. Thank you for making my time as a contractor as painless as possible. I would certainly have no qualms about being employed by your agency again sometime in the future. Although obviously not any time soon!!!!

I contacted Ambitek last year about employment. They quickly responded and helped me get a job! I now have a full time job thanks to Ambitek and their staff. They have always paid me on time and have always been there to help me if I needed any advice! Now me and my family are doing great all thanks to Ambitek.

"Hi, hope your all set for Xmas just wanted to say thanks to you and all the staff at Ambitek. You have all been ace this year sorting out my wages and holiday pay and the rest, it's been a real pleasure working for you this year and can't thank you enough for getting me the job in the first place it really pulled me out of it when I was down and to say I appreciate it is an understatement

Hi, thank you for having me work for Ambitek, it’s been a pleasure

Hi, just wanted to say thank you for all your help placing me, as today I signed a permanent contract. The agency have been fantastic and in the future I wouldn't hesitate in contacting you if I need a job or recommending you to others. Once again, thank you and I would like to wish you all the best for the future. (One happy customer!)

Hi, don't know if they informed you but I got a full time contract this week, thanks to you and your team for everything mate I'd be nowhere without Ambitek.

Wish everyone looked after us like you.

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