Mechanical Engineer - Energy Recovery

SUEZ; Shepperton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading waste management company is seeking a Technical Plant Engineer to provide mechanical expertise for Energy from Waste facilities. The role involves delivering technical support during complex breakdowns, enhancing processes, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Candidates should have a relevant engineering degree, project management experience, and ideally hold or be pursuing Chartered Engineer status. The position requires frequent travel and overnight stays, offering a chance to contribute to sustainability initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a process, power generation, or heavy engineering industry.
• Experience dealing with environmental legislation and management systems.
• Skilled in supervising industrial boiler building/repairs.
• Relevant degree or higher qualification in Engineering or a Management discipline.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Experience overseeing complex lifting operations.
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards it.

Responsibilities

• Act as the go-to mechanical expert for Energy from Waste facilities.
• Provide technical support on breakdowns and process optimisation.
• Assist with breakdown recovery and deliver improvement projects.
• Conduct detailed process analysis to drive changes.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and best practices.

Job description

What will you be doing?

As a Technical Plant Engineer within the SUEZ R&R UK Technical Team, you will be the go‑to mechanical expert for our Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities, providing specialised technical support on complex breakdowns, process optimisation, and continuous improvement initiatives. The more efficiently our Energy Recovery sites operate, the greater the benefits for the environment and our business. You will deliver engineering expertise in operations, maintenance, and improvement projects, supporting Plant Managers, Operations Managers, and on‑site technical teams. This includes assisting with breakdown recovery, delivering optimisation and continuous improvement projects, conducting detailed process analysis to drive changes, and ensuring compliance with legislation, industry standards, best practice, and company Asset Management Standards.

Chartered Engineer status is desired, or we welcome candidates actively working towards it.

This role will require frequent travel with some overnight stays.

What are the requirements?

• Proven experience in a process, power generation, or heavy engineering industry, ideally within Energy from Waste, power stations, or similar sectors
• Experience dealing with environmental legislation and management systems
• Skilled in supervising industrial boiler building/repairs, welding and rectification of pressure parts
• Relevant degree or higher qualification in Engineering or a Management discipline
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Experience overseeing complex lifting operations
• Chartered Engineer (or working towards chartership) with the confidence and knowledge to uphold safety and best practice priorities

Who we are

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK is a forward‑thinking company recognised as one of the top places in the UK to work. We are proud of the fantastic opportunities for personal growth and development we offer our people. As we continue to develop and grow, you can play an important part in the essential work we are doing to make businesses and communities more sustainable.

With a raft of benefits, family‑friendly policies and excellent remuneration packages, there’s never been a better time to join SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. A friendly and supportive place that you will love to work in, we believe creativity, clear communication and our drive for excellence are the keys to our success. If you share our thinking – and have the qualities we’re looking for – you could play a big part in our dedicated team.
We reserve the right to close this role early, should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

*No agencies please*