Senior Engineer - Electrical in London

Our Senior Electrical Engineer plays a key role developing our electrification strategy and Heathrow’s future electrical infrastructure, enabling Heathrow’s Carbon program and our sustainability team in delivering our ambitious carbon reduction targets. This role will also drive continuous improvement from our existing infrastructure assets over their whole life by implementing and assuring asset system strategies, standards, and plans to meet our future energy needs.

Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too.

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

Joining our Engineering team means being at the heart of a complex operation whose size, scale and reputation for innovation are unique. We make sure the airport is always running smoothly and keep passengers and planes moving. Our team touches all aspects of airport life – from water to energy, rail to roads, baggage systems to runways. The scope and variety of what we do is vast, spanning mechanical, electrical, water, civil, rail and environmental disciplines.

You’ll be part of a close-knit, driven team, taking on work that you can take real pride in and feel passionate about. It’s an exciting place to be, where every day, you’ll discover a world of fresh possibilities and you’ll be mentored by world-class experts every step of the way.

Qualifications:

• Degree qualification in a relevant discipline or demonstrable equivalent experience and expertise.
• Incorporated Engineer in relevant discipline, relevant asset management qualification.
• Knowledge and experience of maintenance practices, methodologies and strategies.
• Knowledge of whole life cost principles and experience of their application.
• Understanding of assets within specialist area.
• Proven experience developing contingency plans and resilience analysis within large operational and infrastructure organisations.
• Experience of developing business cases, ability to translate data and technical knowledge in a meaningful way to demonstrate strong business benefits.
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to use data and judgement effectively to drive continuous improvement and develop robust solutions to business problems.

Own the development and upkeep of Asset Plans and Asset Standards that reflect the Asset System Strategies. Develop detailed asset maintenance strategies, asset renewal plans and asset refurbishment/ life extension plans in accordance with the asset management framework. Create and deliver continuous improvement plans for the assets under consideration that are aimed at improving short, medium and long-term performance and shareholder value. Ensuring the asset system strategies, plans and standards are understood and applied effectively within the business, reviewing requests to deviate. Carry out assurance activities on delivery teams within maintenance and development to ensure asset plans are being robustly applied. Ensure the technical requirements for new equipment and systems are correctly specified and are reflected in the supply chain category strategies and are supported by life cycle analysis. Provide expert engineering support to the Development and Maintenance teams to ensure the assets, as designed and operated, are fit for purpose. Support the Development Team with development and execution of their Quality Plans.