Astute's Power team is partnered with a leading Energy company, who operate several Energy from Waste Power (EfW) Stations across the UK, to recruit for an Outage Engineer to join their EfW in Runcorn, Cheshire.

The vital Outage Engineer role comes with a salary of £55,614 + up to 10% Bonus + Benefits.

If you're an Outage or Mechanical Engineer and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.


Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Coordinating, scheduling, and plan maintenance activities during planned and unplanned shutdowns of the plant
• Create engineering plans for all maintenance outages, ensuring all stock items are available along with the correct resources.
• Create detailed scopes of work and engineering specifications ready to be sent out for tender.
• Manage statutory inspections ensuring all documentation is completed and up to date.

Full job spec available upon request



Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• A minimum HNC (or equivalent) qualification in relevant engineering discipline
• Ideally a formal Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH (or equivalent)

Personal skills, knowledge and experience:

The Outage Engineer role would suit someone who has:

• Prior experience delivering outages in a heavy process engineering environment such as Power Generation (Energy from Waste, Biomass, Coal, CCGT, CHP, etc), Refineries, COMAH Sites, Steel, Paper Mills, ets
• Knowledge of PSSR regulations
• Prior knowledge of steam turbine maintenance and support
• Experience in managing contractors on site
• Experience working with CMMS systems
• Willingness to work extra hours during times of outages

Salary and benefits of the Outage Engineer role

• Basic salary of £55,614
• Up to 10% Bonus
• Other benefits

INDPOW

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