Electrical Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Engineer

Ylem Energy Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Pension (employer 5.5%)

Death in service 4x salary

Subsidised Private Health Scheme

25 days holiday

Job summary

YLEM Power is seeking an Electrical O&M Engineer to support a nationwide portfolio of power generation assets and customer facilities. The role focuses on safe, efficient operations, planned and reactive maintenance, and root-cause remediation.

The ideal candidate will lead fault diagnosis, maintain compliance, and develop robust electrical documentation while ensuring customer satisfaction and adherence to H&S requirements across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge and experience of Electrical asset maintenance, Control Systems, and industrial Plant Commissioning.
• Experience with electrical controls from 12V DC to 415V AC 3Ø.
• Advanced fault location, system diagnosis, and remediation.

Responsibilities

• Utilise and improve operations and maintenance procedures, manuals, record keeping and stock control.
• Perform complex fault diagnosis, service, modification, replacement across generation assets.
• Interpret control logic and telemetry to resolve operational issues.
• Provide daily reports of work and observations.
• Coordinate with managers to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Develop and supervise staff to increase responsibility for electricals and control systems.
• Ensure safe, timely progress of electrical works.
• Coordinate NICEIC accreditation framework.
• Oversee Fire & Gas testing in line with regulations.
• Create fault finding and maintenance guides for electrical equipment.
• Quality control and fault reporting on installed plant.
• Supervise installation & commissioning tests and retain records.

Skills

Electrical asset maintenance

Control systems

Industrial plant commissioning

Fault diagnosis

Gas engine control

Job description

About Us - YLEM Power

YLEM Power is the Group’s specialist operations and maintenance business, providing technical, engineering and asset support services to owners and operators of distributed energy infrastructure across the UK.

The business brings together experienced field engineers, technical specialists, account managers and remote monitoring capabilities to help customers maximise plant availability, operational efficiency and asset life. Its services include planned and reactive maintenance, engine servicing, fault diagnosis, performance optimisation, remote monitoring, compliance support and long-term asset management.

YLEM Power supports a range of energy technologies and operational environments, including flexible generation, combined heat and power, landfill gas, battery energy storage and other decentralised energy assets. Employees within YLEM Power work in a technically focused, service-led environment where safety, reliability, responsiveness and customer performance are central to the business.

Role Overview

The Electrical O&M Engineer is key to the delivery of safe, efficient, and commercially successful operations, maintenance, and comprehensive operational support across the Company's expanding portfolio of nationwide Power Generation assets and customer facilities.

The role ensures that all planned and reactive maintenance, technical fault response, critical repairs, and core operational activities are performed safely, on time, within agreed commercial parameters, and to precise customer requirements.

The ideal will deliver engineering service excellence using a proactive strategy to target & identify the root causes of faults (both known or potential) and implement structural, efficient methods of remediation.

Location - Nationwide but would prefer candidates to be located around the Midlands/ South area of England

Key Responsibilities

• Utilisation, compliance and improvement of the company’s operations and maintenance procedures, manuals, record keeping and stock control systems.
• Day to day operations and maintenance including (but not limited to); complex fault diagnosis, service, modification, replacement, and rectification across all generation assets and auxiliary equipment.
• Interrogate and decipher control program logic, software sequence shortfalls, or telemetry signal faults to resolve plant operational anomalies.
• Submit accurate and detailed daily accounts of work undertaken utilising standard documentation, including any observations beyond the core task.
• Communicate with your line manager and equipment manager prior to the end of each working day, to ensure update of works and customer satisfaction.
• Development and supervision of operations staff with the intention of increasing direct responsibility (where this is cost effective) for all aspects of electricals and control systems.
• Maintain progress on all electrical works to ensure works are carried out in a safe, timely, and efficient manner.
• Coordinate the corporate NICEIC accreditation framework.
• Coordinate the Fire & Gas protection testing of all units and operating sites in accordance with current statutory regulations.
• Develop fault finding, control and replacement manuals/guides for electrical equipment in conjunction with the other electrical staff.
• Quality control and fault reporting of adopted plant and equipment.
• Supervise and or undertake all necessary installation & commissioning tests and ensure that records are accurate and retained.
• Ensure all work and practices are conducted in accordance with current H&S legislation and the Company H&S/Quality policy and procedures.
• A commitment to continuous enhancement of skills and knowledge, and that of the engineers collaborating with you.

Key Tasks

• Ensure detailed inspection and maintenance of site LV electrical equipment.
• Supervise and undertake operation of HV switchgear systems.
• Replace and Upgrade obsolete Control Systems and telemetry hardware.
• Scoping of Electrical Engineering jobs producing clear recommendation for additional works to be conducted.
• Prepare, develop and deliver Electrical training in conjunction with other staff.
• Preparation of commissioning and testing strategies and setting of standards in conjunction with the Service Manager.
• Provide 24-hour call out support cover to respond to operating matters as per agreed rota.
• Prioritisation and coordination of your own workload.
• Provide support, guidance, and train staff on fault finding, commissioning, inspection, rectification, and remediation.
• Attendance at all relevant operational and alignment meetings.
• Any reasonable task required by the management in the exercising of its goals.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Extensive knowledge and experience of Electrical asset maintenance, Control Systems, and industrial Plant Commissioning.
• Experience with electric/electronic controls spanning 12v DC to 415v AC 3ø configurations.
• Advanced fault location, system diagnosis, and physical rectification of systems, PLC frameworks and sequential logic controllers.
• Demonstrable proactive experience of “finding out” and research for unfamiliar equipment, its operation, maintenance, common faults and repair.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671) and Electrical Inspection & Testing Certification (EIT 2391:52 or equivalent).
• HV AP/SAP status (High Voltage Authorised Person / Senior Authorised Person) or actively working towards certification.
• Gas Engine Control, Performance Optimisation, and Commissioning (across core platforms including CAT, Perkins, MAN, MWM, MTU, Mercedes, Scania, etc.).
• Gas Safe Accreditation is standard for industrial O&M engineers (or holding a clear, verified pathway to finalise the credential within the initial onboarding probation period).
• Prioritisation and advanced professional organisation
• Current UK Legislation and industrial environmental standards.

Personal Qualities

• Computer literate with proficiency in modern asset management and logic configuration software.
• Proactive ability to use own initiative to deliver field service excellence.
• Ideal role for an individual who has significant, specialised reciprocating power generation industry exposure.
• Self-Motivated and safety-oriented leader.
• Ability to adapt to fast changing priorities, new challenges and committed to customer delivery.
• Self-Motivated and safety-oriented leader.
• Ability to follow clear instructions.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Proven ability to meet tight contract agreed deadlines.
• Flexible approach to a varying national workload, regular commercial travel, overnight stays (UK driving license and passport required).

Our Benefits

• We value our employees and encourage a work life balance for everyone. We are keen to make sure that our employees are supported in both their work and personal life and our benefits reflect this.
• Annual Company Performance related bonus scheme
• Pension (5.5% employer, 3.5% employee contributions)
• Death in service 4x salary
• Subsidised Private Health Scheme
• Subsidised Health cash Scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Extra annual leave option to buy or sell up to 5 days
• 2 extra days holiday after 3 years service
• Birthday leave
• Company Sick Pay
• Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay
• Discounts scheme
• Refer a friend
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Charity Work Day
• Social Committee for Company Events