Electrical Engineer

Job description
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Electrical Engineer for our Energy from Waste Plant in Bridgwater.
Permanent Role
Competitive Salary
Vitality Benefits Package
Role:
Responsible for the performance and maintenance of all electrical apparatus including High Voltage (HV) and Low Voltage (LV) and C&I, instrumentation and DCS at the facility. As a technician, the role is to make sure that these systems and processes are maintained to a high standard and assisting the Maintenance Manager and Operations team in ensuring reliability and safety of the plant.
Key Responsibilities:

• Abide by all company and site safety policies and procedures.
• Report all health, safety and environmental concerns, near misses and incidents via the site reporting system.
• To maintain, inspect and test all equipment as directed by the Maintenance Manager, and report any defects or incorrect operation.
• Assist in co-ordinating Mechanical maintenance activities and assist other disciplines where necessary during planned or unplanned shutdowns.
• To work toward the safe and timely repair of failed equipment.
• To investigate and rectify Electrical and C&I faults and minimize plant downtime.
• To recommend plant spares holdings to the Maintenance Manager.
• Assist the Maintenance Manager to manage statutory inspections ensuring all documentation is completed and up to date.
• Support the wider maintenance department and site teams as situations dictate.
• To ensure that all Electrical and C&I equipment is correctly operated, maintained and tested.
• Carry out planned maintenance in accordance with the maintenance schedule and report any irregularities.
• Interact with Operations personnel regarding fault finding, test, modification to process equipment, updating of drawings and carry out defect rectification in line with the defect reporting system.
• Liaise with contractors as the need arises.
• Assist with stores and stock control.
• Setting up service contracts.
• Apart from the duties summarised in your job description, the company reserve the right to include other reasonable duties which are part of, and incidental to, this type of work.

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�Essential Characteristics:

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills: ability to communicate effectively at different levels of the hierarchy.
• A strong ability to be adaptable and flexible.
• Highly motivated, results oriented, driven.
• Ability to work well within a team and independently.
• Computer literate.
• Ability to prioritise workload with strong analytical, decision making skills.

Experience for the role:

• Extensive operations experience in the power generation sector. This can include Energy from Waste, CCGT, Oil, Coal or Biomass or time served maintenance discipline.
• Exposure to working in demanding and dynamic environments, with a proven ability to remain calm and offer consistent leadership.
• Knowledge of all relevant facility consents, H&S legislation, safe working environments, safety rules and outages.

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