Astute's Power team is partnered with a leading Energy company, who operate several Energy from Waste Power (EfW) Stations across the UK, to recruit for an Outage and Projects Engineer to cover their EfW sites in Scotland, which includes Glasgow and Dunbar. There will be occasions you are asked to support with other sites across the UK so flexibility with being asked to travel will be required.

The vital Outage and Projects Engineer role comes with a salary of £62,000 + car allowance + up to 10% Bonus + overtime + Benefits.

If you're an Outage or Mechanical Engineer and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties
Reporting to the National Outage and Projects Manager, you will be responsible for:

Coordinating, scheduling, and plan maintenance activities during planned and unplanned shutdowns of the plants
Create engineering plans for all maintenance outages, ensuring all stock items are available along with the correct resources.
Create detailed scopes of work and engineering specifications ready to be sent out for tender.
Manage statutory inspections ensuring all documentation is completed and up to date.
Support site Engineering Managers in the day-to-day delivery of the outage period to ensure target completion dates and critical path tasking remains on schedule
Conduct RCM reviews of mechanical maintenance procedures to deliver increased equipment availability
Full job spec available upon request

Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:

A minimum HNC (or equivalent) qualification in relevant engineering discipline
Ideally a formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH (or equivalent)

Personal skills, knowledge and experience:
The Outage and Projects Engineer role would suit someone who has:

Prior experience delivering outages in a heavy process engineering environment such as Power Generation (Energy from Waste, Biomass, Coal, CCGT, CHP, etc), Refineries, COMAH Sites, Steel, Paper Mills, etc
Knowledge of PSSR regulations
Good knowledge on steam boilers systems is a necessity
Prior knowledge of steam turbine maintenance and support
Experience in managing contractors on site
Experience working with CMMS systems
Willingness to work extra hours during times of outages

Salary and benefits of the Outage and Projects Engineer role

Basic salary of up to £62,000
Car allowance
Overtime
Up to 10% Bonus
Other benefits

INDPOW

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