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Senior Electrical Engineer
Location: Langage Power Station, Plymouth
Salary: up to £75,000 per annum plus 10% flexitime bonus on top.
Hours: 37 hours per week with flexible working hours.
Contract / Permanent: Permanent
Site Based / Office / Remote: 75% office / 25% Plant work typically
Job Overview: Langage Power Plant are looking to recruit an experienced Electrical Engineer to lead and advise the long-term maintenance of the stations Electrical, Control and Instrumentation systems.
Working within the Engineering team, this role is responsible for the management of the long-term integrity of all HV and LV Electrical systems on site ensuring high levels of safety, reliability, technical and legal compliance.
The role will also provide specialist support, guidance and technical advice to the Engineering and Maintenance teams on site EC&I systems, as well as oversee long-term planning and through life management (including obsolescence, of site EC&I infrastructure and systems).
Benefits
- Basic salary up to £75,000 (based on experience) plus 10% uplift of basic salary as a flexi payment.
- Flexible working
- No on call work
- Excellent role to be able to develop new skills
- Company Pension Scheme
- Cash Health Plan
- Access to Benefits & Wellbeing Hub
- Car benefit Scheme & Cycle to Work Scheme (after qualifying period)
- Free onsite car parking
Primary Responsibilities
- Managing the integrity of HV/LV Electrical (EC&I) systems onsite including large Generators, Transformers (up to 400kv), Motors, Electrical control systems, DC systems, and HV/LV distribution systems.
- Collaborating closely with the EC&I Support Engineer and EC&I Graduate Engineer to distribute responsibilities, ensuring high levels of availability, reliability, knowledge retention, and through life management of Langage DCS systems on both software and hardware, whilst maintaining compliance to relevant internal and external technical standards and legislation.
- Planning and executing electrical inspections activities, both technically and financially, during scheduled outages.
- Developing a longer-term planning view, managing the asset through station life and system obsolescence.
- Ensuring the correct maintenance plans are in place for electrical and control systems, carried out, and the periodicity is correct to maximise reliability.
- Support the Engineering and Maintenance teams in fault finding, engineering solutions, and root cause analysis on electrical and control issues.
- Delivering on and project managing capital projects on electrical and control systems such as upgrades and replacement up to £10 million.
- Contributing to budget planning across 5 year rolling business plan period for electrical systems. Oversee and manage within year delivery and phasing of electrical budgets.
- Managing electrical contracts through identification, budgeting, specification and execution.
- Leading on management of Electrical works ensuring high levels of quality management and documentation at all stages.
Requirements
- The role is 75% office / 25% plant work typically but during outage periods can flip to 25% office and 75% plant
- HV (up to 21kv) and LV Electrical equipment including transmission and distribution.
- Control and Instrumentation experience (essential).
- Distributed Control Systems (DCS) experience (desirable).
- A strong positive attitude to build and influence relationships.
- Ability to adapt quickly to changes, cope with pressurised situations, flexible approach to changes in priority and adhering to deadlines.
- High motivation, self-direction and self-awareness.
- Ability to integrate and actively participate within in a positive safety culture.
- Training plan to work towards HV SAP (High Voltage Senior Authorised Person) desirable.
- Experience in any of the following industries: Petrochemical, Power Stations, Industrial, Energy from Waste.
Qualifications
- Degree and/or HND/HNC in an Electrical Engineering discipline with extensive industrial experience.
- Membership of a professional institution or working towards membership or chartership.
Apply now to be considered for our clients innovative and dynamic team. Join this exciting journey towards a future where your skills and passion will make a significant impact!
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