Mechanical Supervisor - Steam Turbine

Siemens Energy; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday (29 with service)

Flexible benefits package

Career development

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Mechanical Supervisor - Steam Turbine to support planned maintenance outages across UK and overseas. You will lead site teams or perform hands-on mechanical work on large steam turbines and generators, ensuring safety and quality on site.

In this role you’ll coordinate with site management, craft technicians and customers, balancing priorities and delivering scope on time. The position requires robust mechanical expertise and strong communication, with travel to

Qualifications

• HNC/HND in engineering or an engineering apprenticeship completed.
• Around five years’ technical experience in field service or site-based engineering, with team supervision.
• Strong knowledge of large steam turbines and combined-cycle power plant technology.
• Experience with mechanical maintenance, disassembly, inspection and reassembly of turbine equipment.
• Ability to lead craft technicians and subcontractors safely while managing multiple workstreams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills; willingness to travel UK/overseas.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned preventative maintenance at UK and overseas sites, leading teams or performing mechanical work.
• Support safe execution of outage and maintenance on large steam turbine equipment.
• Provide technical guidance on disassembly/reassembly within scope of supply.
• Manage daily site priorities, emerging work, risks and mitigations.
• Represent Siemens Energy in customer meetings and supplier discussions with internal teams.
• Support work package execution, planning and compliance with safety standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Steam turbine knowledge

Field service

Mechanical maintenance

Education

HNC/HND in engineering

Engineering apprenticeship

Job description

Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa are becoming Omterra. "We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Newcastle up Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Company

Siemens Energy Limited

Organization

Gas Services

Business Unit

Service Europe & Africa

Full-time

Experience Level

Professional / Experienced

As a Mechanical Supervisor - Steam Turbine, you will support Siemens Energy customers during planned maintenance outages at power plant sites across the UK and overseas. You will lead site teams or carry out hands-on mechanical work yourself, ensuring large steam turbine and generator equipment is safely disassembled, inspected, reassembled and returned to service.

You will work closely with Site Management, Site Leads, craft technicians, subcontractors and customer representatives. As a key technical contact on site, you will provide practical advice, manage changing priorities and make sure work is delivered to the agreed scope, schedule, quality and safety requirements.

This is a site-based field service role suited to someone who combines strong mechanical knowledge of steam turbines and combined-cycle power plants with the confidence to supervise teams, communicate with customers and manage technical issues as they arise.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Deliver planned preventative maintenance contracts at UK and overseas customer sites, leading teams of Siemens Energy personnel, customer staff and subcontractors, or completing mechanical work directly.
• Support Site Management and Site Leads with the safe, effective execution of outage and maintenance activities on large steam turbine and equipment.
• Provide technical guidance to customers on the disassembly and reassembly of steam turbine equipment within the agreed scope of supply.
• Manage daily site priorities, emerging work, technical issues, risks and mitigations, ensuring work remains aligned to customer specifications, plans and outage deadlines.
• Represent Siemens Energy in customer meetings and supplier discussions, maintaining effective working relationships with customers, subcontractors and internal teams.
• Support work package execution, project planning and documentation, while driving quality, continuous improvement, health, safety and environmental compliance, and the development of site personnel.

What You Bring

• An HNC/HND in an engineering discipline and/or a recognised engineering apprenticeship.
• Ideally around five years’ technical experience in a field service or site-based engineering role, including experience supervising teams.
• Strong practical knowledge of large steam turbines and combined-cycle power plant technology.
• Experience of mechanical maintenance, disassembly, inspection and reassembly activities on large steam turbines.
• The ability to lead craft technicians and subcontractors safely, while managing multiple workstreams and responding effectively to emerging issues.
• Strong communication, organisation and stakeholder-management skills, with flexibility to travel and work at customer sites in the UK and overseas.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. We bring together gas turbines, steam turbines, generators and digital service solutions under one roof. Through modernization, digitalization and innovative service offerings, we support customers worldwide in improving reliability, efficiency and sustainability.

You will join a field service team supporting customers with planned maintenance and outage work on large steam turbine and generator equipment. The team brings together technical expertise, practical mechanical capability and site leadership to deliver safe, high-quality work in demanding power plant environments.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably.

The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy:

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character, no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

• 26 days holiday, increasing to 29 days with time served.
• Access to a flexible benefits portal, including private medical cover and cycle-to-work schemes.
• Career development and continuous learning opportunities.
• Varied projects involving steam turbines, gas turbines and generators.