Group Senior Electrical Engineer

Astute People; Knottingley; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Full benefits package

Job summary

Astute People is partnering with enfinium to recruit a Group Senior Electrical Engineer to oversee electrical integrity and performance across EfW assets. The role emphasises HV/LV systems, transformers, switchgear and generators, with responsibility for risk-based lifecycle planning and outage scope.

The position requires Chartered Engineer status or progress towards, extensive experience in power generation environments, and a track record of leading technical standards and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Substantial electrical engineering experience within power generation, Energy-from-Waste, utilities, process plant or another safety-critical industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of HV/LV electrical systems, including distribution, protection, switchgear, transformers, generators, motors, drives and earthing.
• Experience in electrical design review, asset condition assessment, fault investigation, maintenance strategy, lifecycle planning and delivery of engineering improvements or capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of electrical health and safety legislation, with experience managing budgets, contractors and suppliers.
• Chartered Engineer status or progress towards professional registration is required.

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior technical authority for electrical engineering, providing technical leadership across operational sites.
• Develop, review and maintain electrical engineering standards, specifications, philosophies and guidance in line with legislation and good practice.
• Provide specialist technical support across HV and LV systems, including distribution, protection, switchgear, transformers, generators, motors, drives, earthing and control interfaces.
• Lead complex electrical fault investigations, root-cause analysis and reliability improvement activities across the portfolio.
• Assess electrical asset condition, criticality and obsolescence, developing risk-based inspection, maintenance, renewal and lifecycle plans.
• Lead the electrical scope for outages, plant modifications, capital projects and commissioning activities, including design reviews, testing and handover.
• Monitor electrical asset performance, failure trends and condition data to identify opportunities to improve reliability and whole-life cost.
• Identify critical electrical spares and investment requirements, developing robust technical and commercial business cases.
• Manage electrical engineering budgets, forecasts and expenditure, while overseeing contractors, suppliers and services.
• Ensure compliance with electrical legislation and promote a strong electrical safety culture.

Skills

Electrical engineering knowledge

HV/LV systems

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered Engineer status or progression

Job description

Astute's Power team is exclusively partnered with enfinium to recruit a Group Senior Electrical Engineer to work across their Energy from Waste (EfW) assets.

This role will be focusing on the long-term strategy relating to integrity and performance of Electrical assets with a focus on the high voltage generators, switchgear and transformers.

enfinium currently have five fully operational EfW facilities which export c.315 MW of electricity to the grid, with a further site due to be fully operational soon which will take the combined electricity export to c.358 MW.

The Group Senior Electrical Engineer comes with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Responsibilities and duties of the Group Senior Electrical Engineer role

• Act as the senior technical authority for electrical engineering, providing technical leadership, governance, assurance and risk management across operational sites.
• Develop, review and maintain electrical engineering standards, specifications, philosophies and guidance in line with legislation and recognised good practice.
• Provide specialist technical support across HV and LV systems, including distribution, protection, switchgear, transformers, generators, motors, drives, earthing and associated control interfaces.
• Lead and support complex electrical fault investigations, root-cause analysis and reliability improvement activities, ensuring lessons learned are implemented across the portfolio.
• Assess electrical asset condition, criticality and obsolescence, developing risk-based inspection, maintenance, renewal and lifecycle plans.
• Lead the electrical scope for outages, plant modifications, capital projects and commissioning activities, including design reviews, testing and technical handover.
• Monitor electrical asset performance, failure trends and condition data to identify and prioritise opportunities to improve reliability, availability and whole-life cost.
• Identify critical electrical spares and investment requirements, developing robust technical and commercial business cases to protect asset availability.
• Manage electrical engineering budgets, forecasts and expenditure, while specifying and overseeing contractors, suppliers and engineering services.
• Ensure compliance with electrical legislation, corporate standards and safe systems of work, while coaching site teams and engineers and promoting a strong electrical safety culture.

Professional qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Substantial electrical engineering experience within power generation, Energy-from-Waste, utilities, process plant or another safety-critical industrial environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of HV/LV electrical systems, including distribution, protection, switchgear, transformers, generators, motors, drives and earthing.
• Demonstrable experience in electrical design review, asset condition assessment, fault investigation, maintenance strategy, lifecycle planning and delivery of engineering improvements or capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of electrical health and safety legislation, with experience managing budgets, contractors and suppliers
• Chartered Engineer status or progress towards professional registration is required.

Personal Skills

The Group Senior Electrical Engineer role would suit someone who is:

• Analytical and solutions focused. Able to investigate complex technical issues, interpret data and develop practical, risk-based solutions.
• Proactive and independent. Takes ownership, challenges existing practices constructively and identifies opportunities to improve safety, reliability and performance.
• Strong communicator and collaborator. Confident communicating with engineers, site teams, contractors and senior stakeholders, with the ability to influence across a multi-site organisation.

Salary and benefits of the Group Senior Electrical Engineer role

• Very competitive starting salary
• Full benefits package including private medical insurance
• Opportunity to join a leading Energy from Waste company (#LI-RW1)