Senior Mechanical Maintenance Lead – Energy from Waste Plant

SCINERGY Recruitment Limited; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Company pension

Training and development opportunities

Additional company benefits

Job summary

SCINERGY Recruitment Limited is seeking a Lead Mechanical Technician for an Energy from Waste power station in Lincoln. You will lead the Mechanical Maintenance Team, coordinate outages, and drive reliability improvements to maximise plant availability.

In this senior role you will manage contractors, support budgets and conduct staff development while ensuring safe, compliant maintenance practices on site.

Qualifications

• Requires an HNC level qualification or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline.
• At least five years’ mechanical maintenance experience within power generation, including supervisory responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of thermal power plant, mechanical equipment and maintenance practices.
• Experience planning outages, managing contractors and coordinating maintenance activities.
• Good understanding of Safe Systems of Work, permits and health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Proven experience leading, developing and motivating a small technical team.
• Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Commercial awareness with experience supporting maintenance budgets.
• Experience using CMMS or ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop the Mechanical Maintenance Team.
• Coordinate daily maintenance activities with the Maintenance Manager, Shift Team Leaders and SHEQ.
• Plan and deliver preventative, reactive and breakdown maintenance.
• Ensure mechanical plant is safely and effectively maintained, serviced and repaired.
• Manage mechanical maintenance contractors, service agreements, projects and strategic spares.
• Plan and coordinate mechanical activities during outages and major breakdowns.
• Supervise contractors and review maintenance and safety documentation.
• Maintain accurate work orders and maintenance records through the site CMMS.
• Support mechanical fault finding, root cause analysis and reliability improvements.
• Implement site health, safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• Support maintenance budget control, staff appraisals and team training.
• Stand in for the Maintenance Manager when required.

Skills

Leadership

Outage planning

Team management

Problem solving

Budget awareness

Communication

Organisational skills

Safety compliance

Education

HNC or equivalent in engineering

Tools

CMMS/ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

SCINERGY Recruitment Limited is seeking a Lead Mechanical Technician for an Energy from Waste power station in Lincoln. You will lead the Mechanical Maintenance Team, coordinate outages, and drive reliability improvements to maximise plant availability.

In this senior role you will manage contractors, support budgets and conduct staff development while ensuring safe, compliant maintenance practices on site.