Maintenance Manager - Power Station

Engineering & Maintenance Manager – Energy from Waste

Up to £70,000 + bonus + benefits

Cardiff, Wales

MC Technical Recruitment are currently recruiting for an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to join an energy from waste power station in the Cardiff area. Using state of the art technology this plant processes around 425,000 tonnes of waste per year generating enough electricity to power over 68,000 homes.

As the Engineering & Maintenance Manager you will be responsible for managing and coordinating the maintenance function, including a team of multi skilled technicians, ensuring plant downtime is kept to a minimum.

As the Engineering & Maintenance Manager you will be responsible for:

• Managing and directing a team of mechanical, electrical and C&I technicians to ensure minimum plant downtime and maximum availability
• Planning and executing plant shutdowns/outages
• Managing the departments maintenance budget
• Oversee the management of the maintenance schedule
• Develop and maintain records of plant maintenance including work orders, PPMs and planned and unplanned outages and inspections
• Overseeing on site contractors

To be considered for this role you should have:

• A minimum of a HNC in a relevant engineering discipline, ideally mechanical
• At least 5 years of experience in maintenance/engineering in a relevant heavy process industry, ideally power generation but industries such as chemical production, aggregate or similar. Royal Navy Marine Engineers at Chief PO level will also be considered
• A solid practical understanding of boilers, steam generation, pressure parts and associated equipment
• Ideally experience with managing a department budget
• Experience in a management or supervisory level role
• An IOSH or NEBOSH would be preferred but isn’t essential

Salary & benefits

This is an exciting opportunity to join a business leading the way in the energy from waste sector. The role comes with a basic with:

• A salary up to £70,000 per annum
• A bonus up to 20%
• Company pension
• Private medical
• Holidays
• The chance to join the growing EFW sector

If you are interested in this role, please apply via the link below or contact Steve Utton at MC Technical Recruitment on (phone number removed) / steve@mctechnical.co.uk for a confidential chat.