Senior Electrical Engineer: Plant Reliability & Upgrades

Emply Denmark; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Salary Exchange Pension contributions

6% Fixed employer pension contribution

34 days annual leave

Life Assurance

Maternity/Paternity pay

EV/Hybrid car salary sacrifice

Annual bonus

Job summary

BWSC is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide hands-on technical support and lead improvements across operating power plants in the UK. You will work with site teams, contractors, and engineers to resolve operational challenges and implement electrical enhancements.

The role focuses on reliability, maintainability, and performance, with involvement in outages, surveys, and specification development. Office and on-site work balanced in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering and practical experience from industrial plants or power generation.
• Experience with LV/MV systems, switchgear, protection systems, generators and transformers.
• Experience from power plants, utilities, process industry, marine, or offshore environments is highly relevant.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve electrical maintenance systems and practices across the UK fleet.
• Provide electrical engineering support during planned outages, major maintenance activities, and other critical operational interventions.
• Contribute to improvements in plant reliability, maintainability, and operational performance.
• Conduct technical surveys, inspections, condition assessments, and investigations to support reliability and maintenance improvements.
• Support and deliver electrical upgrade and modification projects across operating plants.
• Provide day-to-day electrical technical support to BWSC's UK power plant fleet, including remote troubleshooting, fault finding, inspections, and technical guidance.
• Prepare technical specifications, coordinate technical activities with contractors and suppliers, and support implementation of electrical solutions.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Maintenance

Fault finding

Technical support

LV/MV systems

Switchgear

Protection systems

Generators

Transformers

Analytical mindset

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Job description

BWSC is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide hands-on technical support and lead improvements across operating power plants in the UK. You will work with site teams, contractors, and engineers to resolve operational challenges and implement electrical enhancements.

The role focuses on reliability, maintainability, and performance, with involvement in outages, surveys, and specification development. Office and on-site work balanced in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment.