Electrical Engineer - Power Station

EPUKI; Plympton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a skilled Electrical Engineer to lead the maintenance of high and low voltage electrical systems at a leading CCGT power station. This role involves ensuring the integrity and reliability of electrical systems, collaborating with engineering teams, and managing capital projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in power station environments, particularly with HV and LV electrical equipment. Join a forward-thinking company where your expertise will contribute to grid stability and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing HV and LV electrical systems in power stations.
• Strong background in electrical control systems and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage the integrity of HV/LV electrical systems, ensuring reliability and compliance.
• Oversee long-term planning and maintenance of electrical systems and infrastructure.

Skills

HV electrical equipment

LV electrical equipment

Power station experience

Control and instrumentation

Distributed control systems (DCS)

IT/IS skills (e.g., MS Office)

Job description

EP Langage is a CCGT (Combined Cycle Gas Turbine) power station located near Plymouth, Devon in South West England. Total site capacity is 905 MW. High pressure steam system enables market leading efficiency (51.5 %), flexible design is capable of two-shift operation and minimum load, enhancing the plant´s capabilities. The combined cycle provides increased flexibility to National Grid for support and system services helping grid stability.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Electrical Engineer (C&I experience an advantage) to lead and advise the long-term maintenance of the stations HV and LV Electrical systems. Competitive salary and benefits on offer.

Working within the Engineering team at EP Langage Ltd, this role is responsible for the management of the long-term integrity of all HV and LV Electrical systems, ensuring high levels of safety, reliability, technical and legal compliance.

The role will also provide specialist support, guidance and technical advice to the Engineering and Maintenance teams on site electrical systems, as well as oversee long-term planning and through life management (including obsolescence, of site infrastructure and systems).

The role:

• Managing the integrity of HV/LV Electrical, systems onsite including Generators, Transformers, Motors, Electrical control systems, Electrical protection, DC systems, and HV/LV distribution systems.
• Collaborating closely with the EC&I Support Engineer and EC&I Graduate Engineer to distribute responsibilities, ensuring high levels of availability, reliability, knowledge retention, and through life management of Langage DCS systems on both software and hardware, whilst maintaining compliance to relevant internal and external technical standards and legislation.
• Planning and executing electrical inspections activities, both technically and financially, during scheduled outages.
• Developing a longer-term planning view, managing the asset through station life and system obsolescence.
• Ensuring the correct maintenance plans are in place for electrical and control systems, carried out, and the periodicity is correct to maximise reliability.
• Support the Engineering and Maintenance teams in fault finding, engineering solutions, and root cause analysis on electrical and control issues.
• Delivering on and project managing capital projects on electrical and control systems such as upgrades and replacement.

Requirements:

• HV electrical equipment including transmission and distribution (essential).
• LV electrical equipment including transmission and distribution (essential).
• Power station experience (essential).
• CCGT power station experience (desirable).
• HV and LV protection (highly desirable).
• Control and instrumentation experience (desirable).
• Distributed control systems (DCS) experience (desirable).
• Demonstrable competence in use of IT/IS skills (e.g., MS Office).