Senior Steam Turbine Engineer

Uniper Energy; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal development and Learning_op

Enhanced company pension – With up to

26 days annual leave plus Bank

Electric vehicle charging at our sites

In house Occupational Health Services

Company funded Private Medical INS

Performance related benefits

Flexible benefits: Share IncentivePlan

Future career opportunities (UK & Intl

Job summary

Uniper Energy in Nottingham is seeking a highly qualified engineer to join the Strategic Services Plant and Gas Storage team, providing expert office, workshop and site-based support on steam turbines and BoP components.

You will act as a technical authority across Uniper’s assets, delivering consultancy, inspection, repair recommendations and detailed reports, while collaborating with specialists from multiple disciplines and traveling to UK and overseas sites as required.

Qualifications

• Steam turbine knowledge, including BoP components.
• Experience in design, manufacture and refurbishment.
• Ability to perform detailed life assessment calculations.
• Degree level education with Chartered status or equivalent.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical consultancy to team members and stakeholders on steam turbine assets, from new-build specs to through-life support.
• Provide inspection, repair, maintenance and replacement recommendations to workshop during steam turbine overhauls.
• Compile and authorise technical reports relating to steam turbine expertise.
• Provide input to failure investigations and root cause analysis.
• Contribute to R&D projects and improvement concepts for steam turbine plants.
• Collaborate with technical specialists and stakeholders across disciplines.

Skills

Steam turbines knowledge

Design experience

Life assessment calculations

Communication skills

Leadership / mentoring

Team collaboration

English proficiency

Problem solving

Education

Degree in engineering

Chartered Engineer status

Job description

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Location: Nottingham, GB, NG11 0EE

Country/Region: GB

Contract type:

Working hours: Full time

Uniper's Department for Strategic Services Plant and Gas Storage provides a range of services for the Company including acting as the central authority for steam turbine expertise, providing fleet support, driving engineering excellence and innovation across Uniper's assets.We are looking for a highly qualified engineer to join a professional team with experience in providing office, workshop and site based technical support on steam turbines and associated balance of plant (BoP) components. In your role you will act as a technical authority for steam turbine competency across Uniper's assets.

We are Uniper

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

Your responsibilities

We are looking for a highly qualified engineer with experience in providing office, workshop and site based technical support on steam turbines and associated balance of plant (BoP) components, acting as a technical authority for steam turbine matters across Uniper’s assets.

You will:

• Provide expert technical consultancy to team members and direct to stakeholders, relating to steam turbine assets, from new-build specifications to through-life support.
• Provide inspection, repair, maintenance and replacement recommendations to Uniper’s in-house workshop during steam turbine overhauls;
• Compile and authorise technical reports for work that you undertake, as well as reports from your own and other teams, as required, relating to steam turbine expertise;
• Provide effective technical input to failure investigations and root cause analysis;
• Actively contribute to R&D projects and improvement concepts relating to steam turbine plants;
• Be a collaborative team player, engaging with technical specialists from other disciplines, team members, and stakeholders.

Your profile

• A detailed theoretical and practical knowledge of steam turbines and auxiliary equipment.
• Extensive design, manufacturing and refurbishment experience.
• Ability to undertake detailed component life assessment calculations.
• Degree level education with equivalent extensive and relevant experience.
• Chartered membership of a relevant institution or have qualifications leading to Chartered status.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills to establish and nurture effective working relationships, internally and externally.
• Ability to coach and mentor technical staff.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet challenging targets.
• Ability to motivate, challenge and inspire individuals to deliver high performance.
• Ability to lead by example, to develop the culture of continuous improvement.
• Willingness to work flexibly and to work away from home at sites both within the UK and overseas (Netherlands, Sweden, Germany) for short and occasionally extended periods of time;
• A high technical standard of written and spoken English.

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.

Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:

• Personal development and Learning opportunities
• Enhanced company pension – With up to 12% company contributions
• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Electric vehicle charging at our sites
• In house Occupational Health Services
• Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
• Performance related benefits
• Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness and Life Insurance, Cycle2Work, or buy and sell extra holiday
• Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!

Your contact

Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact the UK Talent Acquisition Manager

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Job information

Contract type: Unlimited

Working Hours: Full Time

Start Date: ASAP

Deadline: 11/09/2026

As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. Therefore, we encourage applications from suitably qualified individuals whose capabilities match the role requirements regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We live inclusion and support flexible working.

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