Electrical Engineer in Middlesbrough, North East

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The Opportunity

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer at our new energy from waste infrastructure, Port Clarence biomass facility in Teesside. In this role, you will oversee all electrical maintenance activities ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable execution. You will collaborate closely with Control and Instrumentation and Mechanical Engineers to optimise plant equipment, enhance performance, and maximise asset availability. By doing so, you will contribute to the long-term health and value of the plant, while ensuring strict adherence to health, safety, and environmental standards.

The Role

• Deliver and maintain high standards relating to health and safety performance and culture, environmental compliance and site housekeeping.
• Comply with and actively participate in Company rules, procedures, initiatives, particularly those relating to Health, Safety, environmental management, quality systems and continuous improvement.
• Comply fully with corporate safety rules, site safety rules and associated safe systems of work, PTW, LOTO, RAMS & authorization procedures.
• Assist with the development, maintenance and implementation of operating and emergency instructions and procedures following OEM operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ensure conformance to relevant statutory requirements.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organisation's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsible for efficient planning and execution of all Electrical maintenance activities.
• Act as Site Control Person interfacing with Area Grid Operator.
• Investigate any accidents or near misses in conjunction with management team.
• Report and communicate incidents as per the incident reporting systems.
• Attend team safety meetings and lead meetings where necessary.
• Keep abreast of changes to safety and environmental legislation and all relevant Company policies.
• Ensure that a work order, risk assessment and method statements are produced for each activity.
• Assist in the delivery of improvements by identifying issues, making recommendations and implementing plans.
• Assist with investigations into plant and process issues including root cause analysis.
• Ensure that the plant is maintained in accordance with the prescribed O&M guidelines.
• Work with team leaders and engineers to ensure that first line diagnosis and maintenance activities are carried out.
• Responsible for planning and managing electrical maintenance activities during plant outages.

The Person

• Have a background in engineering or process operations and hold HNC/HND level or above in an Electrical Engineering discipline.
• A minimum of 5 years progressively responsible experience in the power generation environment, Energy from Waste, or similar industry.
• IOSH or NEBOSH Managing Safely general certificate or similar safety qualification required.
• Professional memberships and certifications from groups such as the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE), Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), or similar professional bodies.
• In-depth knowledge of power generation equipment, electrical design, maintenance, and repair issues.
• Knowledge with reading PIDs, electrical drawings, control and process diagrams.
• IT literate and competent to manage MS Project & complex excel-based spreadsheets.
• Knowledge and experience of working under CDM regulations will be an advantage.
• Understanding of continuous improvement philosophy and techniques and environmental compliance standards is desirable.

Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/or merit.