Plant Engineer

Location: Coventry Salary: Competitive + Car Allowance, Pension identify abnormal pressure, temperature, flow, water quality, noise, vibration, leakage, alarm or equipment condition and take proportionate action. Carry out approved start-up, shutdown, duty and standby changeover, setpoint adjustment and return-to-service activities in accordance with operating procedures and the postholder's competence and authorisation. Respond to loss of supply, network pressure or temperature deviation, plant trip, leak and customer-interface fault; stabilise the system, protect people and assets, and **escalate** promptly where full recovery is not immediately achievable. Support seasonal readiness, planned outages, temporary operating arrangements and new-asset handover while maintaining safe, reliable and resilient heat supply. Planned and reactive maintenance Complete statutory, mandatory, planned and reactive maintenance through the approved CMMS, following the work instruction, risk controls, equipment manual and required testing standard. Inspect, service, adjust and repair pumps, valves, actuators, strainers, heat exchangers, vessels, pipework, seals, bearings, couplings, motors, MCCs, variable-speed drives, control panels, sensors and instrumentation within assessed competence. Diagnose the underlying cause of faults using drawings, P **escalate** repeat failures, obsolete equipment, parts constraints or backlog items that could affect safety, compliance, availability or customer service. Pressure systems, steam and MTHW Operate and maintain steam and relevant MTHW or associated pressure systems that fall within the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR), in accordance with site procedures, defined safe operating limits and the applicable Written Scheme of Examination. Understand the system boundaries, hazards and stored‑energy risks before work begins; prepare plant for inspection or repair through authorised isolation, lock‑off, cooling, depressurisation, draining, venting and proving of a safe condition. Monitor the condition and correct operation of pressure, temperature and level instrumentation, protective devices, relief arrangements and interlocks; never defeat, bypass or adjust safety devices without the required written authority and change control. Treat steam release, water hammer, overpressure, loss of containment, corrosion, abnormal vibration or a defective protective device as a safety‑critical condition; make safe within competence and **escalate** immediately. Support examinations by the appointed PSSR Competent Person, provide safe access and records, and complete or coordinate required remedial work. The role does not act as the PSSR Competent Person unless separately assessed and formally appointed. Safe systems and technical appointments Plan and carry out work under the clients safe systems, including approved RAMS, permits, isolations, lock‑out/tag‑out, test‑before‑touch, confined‑space, work‑at‑height, lifting, COSHH, hot‑work and task‑specific controls as applicable. Exercise stop‑work authority where conditions, competence, documentation or controls are inadequate, and place plant in a safe condition before seeking further instruction. Undertake electrical isolation, mechanical isolation, steam or pressure‑system duties, gas work or other controlled activities only where trained, assessed and appointed for that specific scope. Maintain high standards of housekeeping, access, guarding, labelling and plant‑room security, and report any fire, flood, asbestos, structural or customer‑interface hazard identified during routine work. Controls, BMS, instrumentation and metering Provide first‑line fault finding on BMS/SCADA, field sensors, actuators, control panels, communications, meters, MCCs and variable‑speed drives, confirming that the physical plant condition agrees with the displayed graphics and alarms. Use point‑to‑point checks, trend data and functional testing to identify failed sensors, poor control response, recurring alarms, sequencing issues or communications faults and **escalate** software or specialist controls work when required. Support optimisation of plant sequencing, pump operation, network differential pressure, customer return temperature and system delta‑T without compromising safety, service conditions or approved control philosophy. Protect approved settings, software backups and cyber‑security arrangements. Do not make unapproved logic, setpoint‑range, alarm, interlock or graphics changes; use the formal management‑of‑change process. Maintain and verify operational instrumentation and heat‑metering data within the role's scope, raising data‑quality, calibration or customer‑billing concerns promptly. Contractors, work quality and asset information Support and, when delegated, supervise specialist contractors by checking site induction, competence, RAMS, permits, isolations, work boundaries and reinstatement requirements before work starts. Monitor workmanship and progress, challenge unsafe or poor‑quality work, witness testing where competent to do so, and ensure defects, waste, temporary arrangements and documentation are resolved before close‑out. Support commissioning, snagging and operational handover of repaired, modified or new assets, ensuring drawings, O