Senior Mechanical Engineer

Astute’s Power Team is recruiting a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support a fleet of Biomass and Energy from Waste power stations across the UK.

This role offers a competitive salary plus a bonus opportunity, training and professional development, and a comprehensive benefits package. Working in a newly created role within the centralised Fleet Engineering Team, you’ll act as the senior mechanical authority on assigned projects, from concept and proposals through detailed design, execution, commissioning and modifications.

If you’re a Senior Mechanical Engineer with experience on solid-fuel power plant and want to shape reliability and maintainability across a UK fleet, submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities of the Senior Mechanical Engineer

You will:

• Develop and continuously improve mechanical maintenance systems, processes and practices across the UK fleet
• Provide mechanical engineering expertise for plant modifications, maintenance activities and critical operational interventions
• Drive improvements in plant reliability, maintainability and operational performance
• Lead and take part in root cause analyses and technical investigations
• Carry out technical surveys, inspections and condition assessments to identify opportunities to improve reliability and maintenance performance
• Ensure plans and activities align with agreed standards and guidelines, identifying and removing obstacles to their implementation
• Prepare technical specifications, co-ordinate contractors and suppliers, and support the delivery of engineering solutions

Required qualifications and experience

To be considered, you must have:

• 3+ years’ supervisory experience in an engineering, fleet or asset role
• Experience on solid-fuel power plant such as Energy from Waste or biomass, or other power generation
• Experience managing projects and outages
• Working knowledge of LOLER, PUWER and PSSR, safe systems of work, safety rules and permit to work systems
• NEBOSH or IOSH qualification, or equivalent

Desirable experience

It would be an advantage, but is not essential, to have:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
• Chartered Engineer status, or working towards it, through a recognised engineering institution

Salary and benefits

• Salary: Competitive
• Location: UK-wide, supporting power stations across the fleet
• Benefits: bonus opportunity, training and professional development, and a comprehensive benefits package

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.