Lead Mechanical Engineer - CCGT

Astute's Power team is partnering with a leading Energy company in the UK to recruit a Lead Mechanical Engineer to join its portfolio team, to be based at their CCGT site in North Lincolnshire or Hertfordshire, with some travel to other assets required.

The Lead Mechanical Engineer role comes with a starting salary of up to £70,000 + benefits including bonus and medical insurance.
If you are a degree-qualified Mechanical Engineer with at least 5 years' experience working on turbines (preferably gas turbines) and experience in outage planning and execution, please submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties of the Lead Mechanical Engineer role

Reporting to the UK Engineering Manager you will:

• Provide technical authority for mechanical systems, ensuring compliance with relevant design standards, codes, and legislation.
• Act as the lead for the Siemens Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA), managing the OEM relationship to ensure effective delivery of engineering services and contractual obligations.
• Oversee mechanical engineering strategies to ensure cost-effective short, medium, and long-term maintenance and reliability solutions.
• Manage planned maintenance, outages, and breakdown response using internal teams, contractors, and external service providers.
• Lead and deliver major overhaul projects, including contract tendering, execution, and budget control for high-value works.
• Ensure statutory inspection, compliance, and accurate record-keeping for all mechanical systems and plant equipment.
• Provide expert technical support to operations and maintenance teams to improve safety, reliability, and efficiency of assets.
• Contribute to engineering strategy development, asset integrity reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering standards and procedures.

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline. (Will consider HNC/D qualified candidates who are committed to completing a degree in Mechanical Engineering.)
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in turbine mechanical engineering within power generation or heavy industrial plant (CCGT experience desirable).
• Strong experience in managing outages and major mechanical overhauls, including planning, execution, and delivery of complex maintenance scopes.
• Proven experience in contract management, including tendering and delivery of multi-million-pound engineering projects.
• Working knowledge of relevant legislation including health & safety, environmental compliance, and engineering standards (NEBOSH or IOSH desirable).
• Ability and willingness to travel to other sites as required.

The Lead Mechanical Engineer role would suit someone who is:

• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to quality workmanship.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and fixing issues.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with the team and clients.

• Starting salary of up to c.£70,000
• 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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