Boiler Combustion Engineer

Astute People; Risley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical

Bonus opportunity

Hybrid work

Job summary

Astutes Power Team is recruiting a Boiler Combustion Engineer to support a fleet of Biomass and Energy from Waste Power Stations across the United Kingdom. The role comes with a competitive salary and benefits including private medical and bonus opportunity.

If you're a Mechanical Engineer or Combustion Specialist, join a team that values integrity and people, and enjoy a hybrid working arrangement with travel across the UK.

Qualifications

• Mechanical or Marine Engineer with a strong interest in thermodynamics.
• Prior experience with boiler and combustion systems in power plants or energy facilities.
• Full, clean UK Drivers License and willingness to travel UK wide.

Responsibilities

• Optimise boiler and plant operations to deliver safe, stable and efficient performance while meeting environmental and operational standards across the fleet.
• Analyse plant performance and operational data to identify anomalies, efficiency losses and opportunities for improvement.
• Investigate boiler fouling, erosion and operational challenges, provide technical solutions and support root-cause investigations and troubleshooting activities.
• Support plant performance and maintenance activities across the fleet, including outage inspections, performance testing and the development of recommendations to improve reliability and availability.
• Develop and enhance engineering tools, models and methodologies, while sharing knowledge, lessons learned and best practices across the team.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Good verbal and written communication

Education

HNC / HND / OND or Degree in engineering

Job description

Astutes Power Team are recruiting for a Boiler Combustion Engineer to support a fleet of Biomass and Energy from Waste Power Stations across the United Kingdom.

The Boiler Combustion Engineer role comes with competitive salary and benefits including private medical and bonus opportunity.

If you're a Mechanical Engineer or Combustion Specialist and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does,

Responsibilities and duties of the Boiler Combustion Engineer role

• Optimise boiler and plant operations to deliver safe, stable and efficient performance while meeting environmental and operational standards across the fleet.
• Analyse plant performance and operational data to identify anomalies, efficiency losses and opportunities for improvement.
• Investigate boiler fouling, erosion and operational challenges, provide technical solutions and support root-cause investigations and troubleshooting activities.
• Support plant performance and maintenance activities across the fleet, including outage inspections, performance testing and the development of recommendations to improve reliability and availability.
• Develop and enhance engineering tools, models and methodologies, while sharing knowledge, lessons learned and best practices across the team.

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Mechanical or Marine Engineer with a strong interest in thermodynamics
• A HNC / HND / OND or Degree qualification in a relevant engineering field
• Prior experience with boiler and combustion systems in power plants or other energy facilities.
• Full, clean UK Drivers License and willingness to travel UK wide

Personal skills

• Strong analytical skills
• Good verbal and written communication and the ability to work collaboratively

Salary and benefits of the Boiler Combustion Engineer role

• Competitive basic salary
• Bonus opportunity
• Hybrid working from office based in Warrington with UK wide travel
• Full benefits including private medical

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation.

We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK.

Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative.

We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.