Integrity / Plant Engineer (Pressure Systems)

Risktec Solutions; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Flexible home-working

Job summary

Risktec Solutions in the United Kingdom is seeking an Integrity / Plant Engineer (Pressure Systems) to join our team in the Conventional Power and Clean Energy Industries.

You will deliver integrity assessments, develop risk-based inspection strategies, provide technical client support, and produce formal reports while staying within budgets. Some travel may be required.

Qualifications

• BEng degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• Incorporated Engineer or working towards professional registration is desirable.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Delivering power plant integrity assessments.
• Assisting in developing risk-based inspection strategies.
• Providing technical support and advice to clients.
• Producing formal technical reports and other project deliverables on time and to budget.
• Creating proposals and tender return documents and developing new business.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of standards, legislation and good practice.

Skills

Integrity assessment

Legislative compliance

Power plant inspection

Materials selection

Damage mechanisms

Life assessment

Mechanical engineering

Operations & maintenance

Education

BEng degree in mechanical engineering

Incorporated Engineer status desirable

Job description

Integrity / Plant Engineer (Pressure Systems)

Conventional Power and Clean Energy Industries (Biomass and Energy from Waste).

Requirements

• Integrity assessment of defective power plant components – low and high temperature (e.g. reverse code calculation, fracture mechanics, finite element analysis).
• Legislative compliance e.g. the UK PSSR.
• Power plant inspection (e.g. steam and water pressure parts, boiler tube surveys, support surveys), with an understanding of materials selection, damage/degradation mechanisms and life assessment.
• Power plant mechanical engineering.
• Power plant operations and maintenance.

In addition, you will have excellent organisational, problem solving, communication and report writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Delivering power plant integrity assessments.
• Assisting in developing risk-based inspection strategies.
• Providing technical support and advice to clients.
• Producing formal technical reports and other project deliverables on time and to budget.
• Creating proposals and tender return documents and developing new business.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of standards, legislation and good practice.

The role will involve site visits, both within the UK and occasionally abroad, to meet project requirements.

Qualifications and experience

• BEng degree or equivalent in engineering related topic preferably mechanical engineering.
• Incorporated Engineer or working towards professional registration is desirable.
• Minimum of 3 – 5 years of relevant experience.

Rewards

• A competitive package of salary and benefits is offered for permanent staff, including bonus, private medical insurance, and contributions into a pension scheme.
• Flexible home-working arrangements, but with minimum of three days in the office / week.