Maintenance & Project Engineer

Scinergy Recruitment; Larkhill; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Company pension

Training and development

Job summary

SCINERGY Recruitment is recruiting a Maintenance & Project Engineer for an Energy from Waste site near Kidderminster. The role combines maintenance systems improvement with project delivery to enhance plant reliability and efficiency.

You will lead maintenance activities, coordinate plant modifications, and work with operations to optimise site processes while ensuring safety and compliance. A rewarding, hands-on engineering position with ongoing development.

Qualifications

• Experience in energy from waste or similar heavy process environments
• Supervisory experience managing contractors and maintenance activities
• Multidisciplinary engineering knowledge with process plant maintenance
• Experience using and improving CMMS and maintenance processes
• Knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation and permit-to-work
• Experience delivering engineering projects and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ability to interpret P&IDs, drawings and technical specifications
• Commercial awareness including budgets, procurement and cost control
• Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in IT tools; Excel; MS Project desirable

Responsibilities

• Monitor and improve maintenance performance, systems and processes for safe, efficient plant operation
• Act as CMMS super user to improve tasks, priorities, planning and delivery
• Coordinate plant modification projects and update technical documentation
• Investigate equipment failures, perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
• Drive asset management, equipment reliability and obsolescence initiatives
• Support preventative maintenance planning and outage preparation
• Coordinate maintenance of fire systems, civil infra and air conditioning with service providers
• Manage contractors and ensure safety rules and permit compliance
• Review stores and procurement, support stock checks and cost control
• Produce technical reports, verify assets and P&IDs, support audits

Job description

Maintenance & Project Engineer - Energy from Waste

Excellent salary + benefits

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

SCINERGY Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Maintenance & Project Engineer to join an Energy from Waste power station near Kidderminster.

This established facility operates around the clock, recovering energy from residual waste and supporting the region's waste and resource management infrastructure.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you will drive improvements in maintenance systems, asset reliability and plant performance. You will also coordinate plant modification projects, support maintenance planning and work closely with the operations and maintenance teams to improve site processes.

The Role

Key responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring and improving maintenance performance, systems and processes to support safe, efficient and reliable plant operation
• Acting as a super user for the Computerised Maintenance Management System, improving work tasks, priorities, planning and delivery
• Coordinating plant modification projects, managing the change process and ensuring technical documentation is updated
• Investigating equipment failures, undertaking root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions
• Driving improvements in asset management, equipment reliability and obsolescence management
• Supporting preventative maintenance planning and annual outage preparation
• Coordinating maintenance of fire systems, civil infrastructure and air conditioning, including managing specialist service providers
• Managing contractors and supervising maintenance activities in line with site safety rules and permit requirements
• Reviewing stores and procurement processes, supporting stock checks, budget monitoring and commercial improvements
• Producing technical reports, verifying assets and P&IDs, and supporting compliance inspections and audit readiness

About You

You will ideally have:

• Engineering and/or maintenance experience within Energy from Waste or a comparable heavy process environment - steel works, cement, petrochem, utilities, paper mill etc
• Supervisory experience, including managing contractors and coordinating maintenance activities
• Multi-disciplinary engineering knowledge and an understanding of process plant maintenance
• Experience using and improving Computerised Maintenance Management Systems and maintenance processes
• Knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation, safe systems of work and permit-to-work procedures
• Experience delivering engineering projects, plant modifications and continuous improvement initiatives
• The ability to interpret P&IDs, engineering drawings and technical specifications
• Commercial awareness, including experience supporting budgets, procurement and cost control
• Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence colleagues and manage third parties
• Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, with Microsoft Project experience desirable

What's on Offer

• An excellent salary depending on experience
• Overtime
• Company pension
• A varied engineering role combining project delivery, maintenance systems and asset improvement
• The opportunity to influence plant reliability and maintenance performance at an established Energy from Waste facility
• Ongoing role-specific training and competency development