Job Description:
Mechanical Team Leader – Energy from Waste Power Station
£55,000 - £62,000 + benefits
Gloucestershire
SCINERGY Recruitment are recruiting for a Mechanical Team Leader to join the maintenance department of an energy from waste power station near the Gloucester area.
This is a senior role focused on the performance, reliability and maintenance of all mechanical plant across the facility. The successful candidate will act as the site’s mechanical technical expert, leading a skilled maintenance team and ensuring plant equipment is maintained safely, efficiently and in line with statutory and environmental requirements.
The role will involve:
- Leading and managing a team of mechanical maintenance technicians
- Taking ownership of mechanical plant performance, reliability and availability
- Acting as the site technical lead for mechanical maintenance activities
- Diagnosing complex faults, carrying out root cause analysis and driving reliability improvements
- Planning and coordinating preventative and reactive mechanical maintenance activities
- Supporting shutdowns, outages and major engineering works
- Supervising contractors, service providers and specialist vendors on site
- Managing mechanical service contracts and Long-Term Service Agreements
- Ensuring compliance with site procedures, Safe Systems of Work, permits and site safety rules
- Working closely with operations, engineering and senior site leadership to improve plant performance
- Supporting budget planning, spare parts strategy and maintenance improvement initiatives
- Identifying training needs and supporting the development of the mechanical maintenance team
To be considered for this role, you should have:
- An HNC or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering
- Strong mechanical maintenance experience within power generation or a heavy process environment
- Experience in a heavy process environment, ideally power generation/ EFW or similar. Marine Engineers from the Royal or Merchant Navy will also be considered
- Strong knowledge of mechanical plant including steam systems, turbines, pumps, valves, conveyors, gearboxes and rotating equipment
- Proven leadership experience with the ability to manage, motivate and develop a technical team
- Strong understanding of health and safety legislation, Safe Systems of Work and permit-to-work procedures
- Working knowledge of statutory engineering regulations such as PSSR, LOLER and PUWER
- Experience coordinating contractors and third parties during planned and reactive maintenance works
- Strong fault-finding, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Good communication skills with the ability to work closely with operations, maintenance and senior management
- Experience using a CMMS would be desirable
What’s on offer:
- Salary up to £62,000 per annum
- 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Company pension
- On-the-job training and progression
- Cyle to work scheme
- Further benefits
For further information or to apply, please contact Steve Utton at SCINERGY Recruitment on (phone number removed) or (url removed)