Outage Planning Engineer – Power Generation & Major Projects

Rullion; Rochester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private medical insurance

Bonus

Incentive plan

25 days' holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Rullion is seeking an experienced Outage Planning Engineer to join the Wider Engineering Team. You will be responsible for planning, coordinating and delivering major planned outages, inspections, maintenance campaigns and engineering projects.

The role requires a Maintenance Planning background, ideally with exposure to power generation or related industries. You will work closely with site outage teams, contractors and stakeholders to develop and manage integrated outage programmes, ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience in outage, project or maintenance planning within large-scale industrial environments.
• Experience planning major outages, shutdowns, inspections or overhauls, ideally within power generation or process industries.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety, CDM and environmental legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and coordination of major planned outages to achieve safety, programme, cost and quality KPIs.
• Develop and manage integrated outage schedules with milestones, critical paths, resources and contractor activities.
• Coordinate with Site Outage Managers, Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, H&S, Environmental and Finance teams.
• Integrate contractor and supplier programmes into the overall outage schedule.
• Monitor outage progress, identify programme risks and implement recovery actions where required.
• Plan major inspections, overhauls, maintenance campaigns and emergent works within outage windows.
• Optimise outage scope, sequencing and duration to minimise downtime and maximise plant availability.
• Support budget forecasting, cost control and contract management.
• Apply project controls to manage changes and emergent work during outages.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and post-outage reviews.
• Ensure outages are delivered safely and in accordance with Generation Safety Rules and statutory requirements.

Skills

Outage planning

Project scheduling

Budget management

Stakeholder management

MS Project / Primavera

Education

HNC qualification

Engineering degree preferred

Tools

Maximo

SAI 360

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Rullion is seeking an experienced Outage Planning Engineer to join the Wider Engineering Team. You will be responsible for planning, coordinating and delivering major planned outages, inspections, maintenance campaigns and engineering projects.

The role requires a Maintenance Planning background, ideally with exposure to power generation or related industries. You will work closely with site outage teams, contractors and stakeholders to develop and manage integrated outage programmes, ensuring