Mechanical Strategy Engineer

Role type : Permanent
Location : Rochester
Salary : £68,000
Sector : Power
Posted : 16/07/2024
Ref : 25419
Salary: £68,000

Astute’s Power team is partnering with a leading power company in the UK to recruit a Mechanical Strategy Engineer for its Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) site in Kent.

The Mechanical Strategy Engineer comes with a salary up to £68,000 + private medical + benefits package.

If you’re a Mechanical Engineer with experience on heavy industrial sites specifically with strategy and outage planning and are looking for then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to the Mechanical Team Leader you will:

Develop and implement engineering and maintenance strategies, policies and procedures to achieve measured station performance.
Carry out the assessment of critical plant and use of reliability centred maintenance techniques to review and optimise all planned and preventive maintenance activities on plant area of responsibility.
Contribute to continuous improvement plan, conducting root cause analysis where required.
Develop medium- and long-term improvement and investment strategies, including plant outage strategy, projecting major parts replacements.
Manage the site’s Asset Risk database to reflect significant changes.
Mentor other strategy engineering within the team and provide technical support to the mechanical delivery team, who carry out day-to-day maintenance tasks on site.
Design and delivery of technically complex project, with delegated management of outage and project work, ensuring it is completed within budget, and quality standards.
Be the lead reviewer for plant modification, coordinating technical design reviews and approval for implementation.
Work with operations, delivery and contracting teams to ensure maintenance strategy and running regime are optimised.

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

A minimum or a HNC, or preferably HND in Mechanical Engineering
At least 3 years’ experience in a maintenance environment in a heavy industrial environment (power station, refinery, petrochemical etc)
A broad understanding of power station operations, specifically Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGT).
Ideally hold an IOSH or NEBOSH certificate.

Personal skills

The Mechanical Strategy Engineer role would suit someone who:

Able to work well in a team or individually.
Has a fault-finding and problem-solving mindset.
Has planning and organisational skills, to prioritise jobs and manage resources.

Salary and benefits of the Mechanical Strategy Engineer role

Starting Salary of up to £68,000
Benefits package including private medical insurance and 12% pension contributions.
External training for staff that includes funding further qualifications (HND, degree etc).
Opportunity to join a CCGT Power Station

INDPOW

To apply for this Mechanical Strategy Engineer opportunity, please complete the form below. Alternatively, send a copy of your up-to-date CV to rwinter@astutepeople.co.uk or call 02392288212 to speak to Ruth Winter who can tell you more. You can also connect with Ruth on LinkedIn to view other jobs they are recruiting.

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