Lead CHP Maintenance Engineer

About Us: ENGIE is a global leader in low-carbon energy supply and services. We have been active in the UK energy market for over 20 years, focusing on energy storage and renewable energy (solar, wind, biogas), while supplying energy to organisations of all sizes. We are reshaping the energy future by reconciling economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. We are looking for individuals committed to helping turn our vision into reality.

Purpose of the Job: Working with the Operations Director, Plant Managers, and plant operations and maintenance teams to ensure the proactive maintenance of the anaerobic digestion facilities. This role is a supervisory one and will include the supervision of the workload of one other CHP Maintenance Engineer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing the preventative and reactive maintenance of the facilities to minimise downtime and maximise plant operations.
• Overseeing the workload of the CHP maintenance team and ensuring that their workload is prioritised.
• Developing and managing proactive preventative maintenance procedures for all plants.
• Develop maintenance strategies to proactively deal with challenges arising from unplanned plant failure.
• Working with the Operations Director and the Plant Managers to prioritise work on the plants CHP’s (Combined Heat and Power) with site maintenance secondary.
• Focusing on preventative maintenance to reduce the amount of reactive work carried out.
• Responsible for overseeing the completion of maintenance to ensure that all work is carried out in critical/set timeframes.
• Site CHP lead engineer working to improve uptime and operational costs associated with the CHPs.
• Investigating complex technical problems relating to critical plant.
• Analytical diagnosis of system and asset faults.
• Root cause analysis and corrective action reports for all faults and breakdowns to be shared with the Operations Director and Plant Managers.
• Responsible for ensuring all plant machinery and hand tools are fit for purpose and H&S compliant.
• Liaising with the Operations Director and Plant Managers regarding improvement and capex works, ensuring outsourcing is limited and maintenance is carried out by our in-house team where possible.
• Working with the Plant Operations teams to ensure that Fiix supports the maintenance requirements of the facilities and is used as an integrated tool for preventative maintenance.
• Developing and improving supplier relationships.
• Ensuring full details for PO’s for maintenance work are passed to the Operations Director/Plant Managers for the creation/management of the PO process.
• Working within the maintenance team to control staffing levels and implement a rota to maintain high performance while minimising overtime.
• Monitoring and maintaining IT control systems and producing required reports, including remote monitoring when off site.
• Recording and communicating downtime resulting from asset failure, including corrective action plans for senior management.
• Alongside the operations team, having responsibility for all elements of health and safety.
• Undertaking plant and site safety inspections to ensure a safe working environment at all times.
• Ensuring enforcement of existing Health and Safety policies through a collaborative and educational manner.
• Reporting all near misses, incidents, and accidents immediately in accordance with company protocols.
• Ensuring all permits to work are provided before any work is undertaken on site.
• Providing support to the Regional Manager to ensure compliance by all staff and overseeing outside maintenance contractors within site boundaries.
• Maintaining site fire systems and checks in collaboration with operations teams on plant.
• Ensuring adherence to standard operating procedures and company policies and guidelines at all times.
• Supporting training programs when required to facilitate knowledge sharing for plant and operations.

If you are a proactive and experienced CHP Maintenance Engineer looking to make a difference in the energy sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our dynamic team at Engie and help us shape the future of energy.

Business Unit: GBU Networks Division: RGE UK Limited Legal Entity: ENGIE RENEWABLE GASES UK LIMITED Contract Type: Permanent Job Type: Full - Time Professional Experience: Skilled (>3 years experience)