Electrical Maintenance Specialist - CCGT

Astute's Power team is partnering with a leading Energy company in the UK to recruit a Maintenance Specialist - Electrical to join its CCGT site in North Lincolnshire

The Maintenance Specialist - Electrical role comes with a starting salary of up to £65,000 and benefits including bonus and medical insurance.
If you are a HNC qualified, experienced technician or engineer with High Voltage experience, wanting to work in a hands-on role, please submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties of the Maintenance Specialist - Electrical role

Reporting to the EC&I Team Leader you will:

• Maintain and support a wide range of LV and HV electrical systems, including generators, transformers, switchgear, motors, excitation systems and protection equipment.
• Plan, scope and coordinate electrical maintenance activities to ensure safe and efficient plant operation.
• Supervise maintenance work and contractor activities, ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental standards.
• Respond to plant breakdowns and undertake first-line fault finding and corrective maintenance activities.
• Investigate complex technical issues, diagnose faults and implement effective corrective actions.
• Prepare detailed maintenance work packs, including risk assessments, method statements and resource plans.
• Manage maintenance activities through the CMMS system, including work order management, requisitions, documentation updates and budget control.
• Support outage planning and execution, ensuring work is delivered safely, on time and within budget.
• Participate in reliability improvement initiatives, root cause analyses (RCA), HAZOP studies and continuous improvement projects.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to technicians while supporting the development of training plans and engineering best practice.

We are looking for someone with the following:

• HNC/HND in Electrical Engineering or a Degree (or higher qualification) in a relevant Engineering discipline.
• Willingness to complete a degree if not currently held
• Proven experience planning, managing and delivering LV and HV electrical maintenance activities within an heavy industrial, process, utilities or power generation environment.
• Previous experience working under electrical safety rules, including HV authorisations and permit systems.
• COMPEX and 18th Edition (BS 7671) qualifications, with strong knowledge of electrical maintenance standards and practices.

The Maintenance Specialist - Electrical would suit someone who is:

• Self-motivated and capable of working independently while taking ownership of tasks and outcomes.
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach to supporting colleagues.
• Adaptable and proactive, with a commitment to continuous learning, improvement and maintaining the highest safety standards.

• Starting salary of £60,000 - £65,000
• Benefits package including up to 30% bonus and private medical insurance
• Opportunity to work for a leading energy company with external training opportunities.

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