O&M Technician

RWE is the largest power producer in Wales, and the country’s number one renewable energy generator. We are currently involved in over 3 GW of energy in Wales across 12 sites, of which around 1 GW is renewable. Our existing renewable energy portfolio already generates around a quarter of Wales’ renewable energy production. We directly employ around 300 people in Wales in specialised offices in Baglan and Dolgarrog, as well as onsite at our power stations. RWE operates five hydro power stations in North Wales from the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub at Dolgarrog, providing 45 MW of power and with a total energy storage capacity of 4,800 MWh.

About The Role

The purpose of the role is to plan, control and carry out work on a hydro-electrical generating plant. You will provide knowledge and technical skills, ensuring risk-based maintenance techniques are applied to deliver safe, flexible and reliable plant. Utilising your background knowledge and experience in the field of modern industrial plant systems, you will be expected to provide a high level of asset‑specific technical knowledge and proficiency to the Operations and Maintenance team, supporting your team leader and your colleagues to deliver challenging operational, technical and commercial targets. This involves creating, managing and delivering work scopes, including during outages and including planned and unplanned work, so that work is planned and controlled safely. You need to be able to deal with and prioritise competing demands, placing safety first, to ensure maintenance is completed on time and in budget. As well as carrying out maintenance tasks yourself, you will also manage contractors to deliver maintenance work. You will plan and coordinate your work, and the work of any contractors you manage. You will also be expected to work in the control room in desk operations from time to time. Maintain regular communication and continued collaboration and cooperation with the O&M leadership team.

Job Requirements And Experience

You should have an HNC with appropriate experience in a technical engineering discipline. You need to be able to plan and manage your own work and the work of a small team, to the highest standards of safety and attention to detail. You have experience of working with SAP to create safe systems of work. Experience in a process or engineering environment, involving power generation, with an intensive focus on safety. Experience in accessing process information using SCADA control systems is desirable but training will be given. You should also have experience of formal systems for making electrical and mechanical equipment safe to work on, through systematic isolation and removal of hazards. The role involves acting as a Contract Manager, so you need to be able to develop productive working relationships with our contract partners and secure optimal commercial outcomes. You also need to be able to manage costs, ensuring maintenance expenditure is within approved budgets and plans, and manage resources effectively. As the business is a 24‑hour‑a‑day operation, you should be comfortable working outside core hours, ensuring safe and efficient operation of the business. A full and current driving license is essential.

Your Benefits

• £45-55 per annum DOE
• A personal retirement savings plan – if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10%, and you will get life assurance worth 4 x annual salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro‑rata
• Company Paid Private Medical Insurance
• Enhanced parental leave from day 1 of you joining #TeamRWE – For primary caregivers, weeks 1‑29 will be fully paid, and weeks 30‑39 will be paid via SMP. For secondary caregivers, you’ll get 12 weeks of fully paid leave.
• Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme
• Up to 2 days volunteering a year
• An exciting, varied, and challenging role and in the complete lifecycle for RWE projects; close interaction with the other departments and stakeholders within RWE.
• Within the pan‑European organisational structure, you will have the opportunity to work closely with your manager, colleagues and customers within the organisation as we power the energy transition.
• Besides expectations to travel and join physical meetings when needed, you will generally have the possibility to perform your work mainly from the RWE office location and in combination with your home office.