Senior Mechanical Engineer

Astute People; Risley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus Opportunity

Comprehensive benefits package

Training & professional development

New role within Fleet Engineering Team

INDPOW

Job summary

Astute People are recruiting a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support a fleet of Biomass and Energy from Waste power stations across the United Kingdom.

Based in the central Engineering Team, you will deliver mechanical engineering expertise across the full lifecycle—from concept development and proposals to detailed design, execution, commissioning and service modifications. You will act as the senior mechanical authority on projects enhancing plant performance, reliability and maintainability.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• NEBOSH or IOSH health & safety certification.
• Chartered engineer or working towards chartered status.

Responsibilities

• Develop and continuously improve mechanical maintenance systems across the UK fleet.
• Provide mechanical engineering expertise for plant modifications and maintenance activities.
• Lead root cause analyses and technical investigations.
• Coordinate surveys, inspections and condition assessments for reliability improvements.
• Prepare technical specifications and coordinate with contractors and suppliers.

Skills

LOLER knowledge

PUWER knowledge

PSSR knowledge

Supervisory experience

Biomass/EFW experience

Outage management

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Chartered engineer (or working towards)

NEBOSH or IOSH certification

Job description

Astute's Power Team are recruiting for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support a fleet of Biomass and Energy from Waste Power Stations across the United Kingdom.

Working within the centralised Engineering Team, you'll be responsible for delivering mechanical engineering expertise across the full lifecycle of the portfolio, this includes concept development and proposals, to detailed design, execution, commissioning and service modifications. You will act as the senior mechanical authority on assigned projects supporting the plant performance, reliability and long term maintainability.

Responsibilities and duties:

As the Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Develop and continuously improve mechanical maintenance systems, processes, and practices across the UK fleet.
• Provide mechanical engineering expertise and support for plant modifications, maintenance activities, and other critical operational interventions.
• Drive improvements in plant reliability, maintainability, and overall operational performance.
• Lead and participate in root cause analyses and other technical investigations, providing expert engineering input where required.
• Conduct technical surveys, inspections, condition assessments, and investigations to identify opportunities for improved reliability and maintenance performance.
• Ensure plans and activities align with agreed standards and guidelines wherever practicable, proactively identifying and removing any obstacles to their implementation.
• Prepare technical specifications, coordinate engineering activities with contractors and suppliers, and support the delivery and implementation of engineering solutions.

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally a degree in a related Engineering field such as Mechanical Engineering
• Holder of NEBOSH or at least IOSH in Health & Safety (or similar).
• Member of a recognised Engineering institution such as Chartered (or working towards)

Personal skills

The Senior Mechanical Engineer role would suit someone with

• Extensive knowledge of legislation relating to mechanical assets including LOLER, PUWER & PSSR as well as Safe Systems of Work, Safety Rules & Permit to Work Systems.
• At least three years supervisory experience in a relevant Engineering / Fleet / Asset position
• Experience with soild fuel plants such as Energy from Waste or Biomass - other forms of Power Generation will be considered
• Experience managing projects & outages

Salary and benefits of the Senior Mechanical Engineer role

• Competitive salary
• Bonus Opportunity
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Training & professional development
• New role within a Fleet Engineering Team
• INDPOW

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We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation.

We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK.

Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative.

We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful