Operations Technician

An opportunity has arisen to recruit an Operations Technician within the Operations team at EP South Humber Bank Ltd. The successful candidate will operate and/or maintain the asset as required by the location to achieve the safe production of electricity to meet customer requirements, best business value and compliance with company and statutory requirements.

The shift operational activities of a single or dual fuel CCGT power plant comprise a complex and diverse range of equipment operating 24/7/365 in a stop-and-start regime, including industrial Gas Turbines (GT), Steam Turbines (ST), Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG), electrical generators, high-voltage equipment, and plant control systems. The Operations Technician must be capable of operating with minimal supervision. This position is part of a rotating shift schedule that provides 24/7/365 coverage to meet business needs. Shifts may fall at any time between 00:01 on Monday and 00:00 on Sunday. The role averages 37 working hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Operates and/or maintains (as required by the location) all plant areas (inside and outside duties) with a focus on Health, Safety and Environmental (HS&E) compliance and availability, taking actions to deliver customer satisfaction and achievement of business plan.
• This role may be required to act as a delegate person for the Shift Engineer on a short-term basis from time to time, for operational reasons.
• This role is required to ensure that health, safety and environmental standards are maintained by providing direct supervision of work activities, carrying out the delegate person responsibility to assist in ensuring site compliance and elements of the Business Management System reflect the site practices.
• Assist the Shift Engineer in operating the Permit to Work (PTW) system as a senior authorised person with the application of the safety rule in all plant areas and single-ended feeds (not interconnected systems), including the release and emergency procedures to ensure compliance.
• Develop, communicate, and implement complex and multiple task plans, including resource management and scheduling.
• Responsibility for the technical specification and delivery of lower-value contracts, monitoring performance and developing action plans for review by the operations/maintenance team leader.
• Performs routine maintenance, inspections, testing of plant items to ensure efficient production, environmental and safety compliance subject to relative competency and asset requirements.
• Responsible for accurately maintaining station and operating logs in a timely manner for statutory compliance purposes.
• Manage the commercial data and liaise with EPUKI Traders and National Grid throughout the shift, including undertaking the gas nomination process and notifying EPUKI Traders of the position.
• Ensures full awareness of the technical condition of the asset and is proactive in ensuring that any issues that may affect the HS&E, production capability availability are properly notified and acted upon.
• Collects operational and HS&E data for inclusion into station logs and formal reports for use by internal and statutory bodies (e.g. the Environmental Agency) and ensuring that a comprehensive and thorough handover takes place between shift teams to maintain continuity of safe operations and ensure ongoing knowledge of work activities.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Background

• Demonstrable experience within the power generation industry (essential).
• Senior Authorised Person in all plant areas and single-ended feeds (not interconnected systems) (essential).
• Experience of laboratory analysis equipment and techniques (essential).

Behaviours

• Good numeracy, literacy and problem-solving skills (essential).
• Demonstrable competence in use of IT/IS skills e.g. MS Office (essential).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (essential).
• Identify improvements and take initiatives to the betterment of the business (essential).
• Flexible approach adapting quickly to new things, changes in the job and work environment and who enjoys being fully involved in ensuring the business is a success (essential).

Qualifications

• Minimum of ONC (or equivalent experience) in an appropriate engineering subject (essential).
• Possess a HNC or equivalent in an Engineering discipline (desirable).
• Completed a recognised formal training programme or apprenticeship to achieve technician status (C&G parts I, II & III) (desirable).
• Member of recognised professional institution (desirable).