Mechanical Maintenance Team Leader

Mechanical Maintenance Team Leader – CCGT Power Station

Circa £75,000 + bonus + benefits

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

SCINERGY Recruitment are recruiting for a Mechanical Maintenance Team Leader to join the leadership team at Rye House Power Station, a modern CCGT power station based in Hertfordshire.

This is a key site-based leadership role, responsible for leading the Mechanical Maintenance Team and supporting the safe, reliable and efficient operation of the facility. The successful candidate will play a central role in delivering the site’s mechanical maintenance strategy, supporting outages, managing contractors, developing the team and driving long-term maintenance improvements across the plant.

The role will involve:

• Leading the Mechanical Maintenance Team to deliver safe and effective maintenance across the site
• Supporting the development and implementation of the mechanical maintenance strategy
• Leading mechanical breakdown response, planned shutdowns, outages and major overhaul activities
• Preparing mechanical work scopes and resource plans for outage periods
• Ensuring outage work is delivered safely, on time and within budget
• Providing direct supervision of mechanical work activities and contractor teams
• Managing technical specifications, support contracts and contractor performance
• Developing action plans to improve maintenance delivery and asset performance
• Coaching and providing technical guidance to Mechanical Technicians
• Identifying training needs and supporting team development and performance reviews
• Planning and coordinating multiple mechanical workstreams, projects and improvement activities
• Supporting future investment opportunities, plant modifications and reliability improvements
• Maintaining high standards of health, safety, environmental compliance and housekeeping
• Working closely with operations, engineering and site leadership teams to support plant availability

To be considered for this role, you should have:

• A recognised mechanical qualification at HNC level or above
• Mechanical maintenance experience within power generation or heavy industry
• Strong experience across rotating and static mechanical plant equipment
• Previous experience leading, supervising or coordinating maintenance teams and contractors
• Experience supporting outages, shutdowns, planned maintenance and plant improvement activities
• Good knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation
• Strong communication, planning and organisational skills
• The ability to manage multiple workstreams and prioritise workload under pressure
• A collaborative approach and the ability to support, coach and develop others
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving capability
• Good computer literacy and experience working with maintenance systems
• IOSH Managing Safely or similar would be advantageous
• Experience with budgets, contracts and contractor management would also be beneficial

What’s on offer:

• Competitive salary circa £75,000
• A South East Allowance of £2,000
• Bonus up to 27.5%
• Further retention bonus
• Private medical cover
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• Pension
• 36 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• Overtime opportunities at 1.5x
• Ongoing training and development

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Maintenance professional to step into a senior leadership role within a high-performing CCGT power station environment.

For further information or to apply, please contact Steve Utton or Callum Sheppard at SCINERGY Recruitment on (phone number removed) or email (url removed).