Lead Electrical Control & Instrumentation (EC&I) Maintenance Engineer

Job title:

Lead Electrical Control & Instrumentation (EC&I) Maintenance Engineer

Company

RWE

Job description

Lead Electrical Maintenance EngineerLocation – Little Barford, St NeotsContract Type – PermanentWorking Hours – Full timeClosing Date – 11 April 2025We have a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced Electrical Engineer to join us at Little Barford Power Station in St Neots, Cambridgeshire!As the Lead EC&I Maintenance Engineer your role is to provide end-to-end support to the asset within your area of discipline.You will ensure the technical delivery of day-to-day maintenance in accordance with strategy. You will also be responsible for plant defect management / rectification, short and long term outage delivery, as well as ensuring projects and tasks are executed to the correct quality on time and within budget.About the role

• Manage day-to-day plant maintenance, resolving technical issues in line with operational needs.
• Develop and review short-term maintenance strategies to improve plant reliability.
• Identify and deliver key maintenance tasks during outages to optimize reliability and prevent breakdowns.
• Plan and oversee EC&I projects or routine activities by contractors, ensuring safe work practices and quality.
• Provide technical support to Maintenance Engineers and Technicians.
• Manage budget and costs, ensuring maintenance needs are aligned with long-term business plans.
• Lead RCA investigations, plant modifications, and resolve technical issues.
• Support Central Engineering team during large outages, overseeing assigned work packages.

Job Requirements and Experience

• Qualified to HND or Degree Level in a relevant Engineering Discipline.
• Member of a relevant professional body, such as the IET.
• Experience in power station Electrical and/or C&I maintenance, or similar heavy industries.
• Strong asset-specific technical knowledge and competence within the discipline area.
• Experience leading a senior engineering team.
• Ability to manage changing priorities with strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Experienced in managing complex plant issues, providing advice to operations, maintenance, and engineering.
• Knowledgeable in Health, Safety, and Environmental legislation and regulations; able to facilitate out-of-hours call-out support.

What we will offer you

• An expected starting salary from approximately £63,000 to £80,000 depending on experience and up to 15% annual bonus
• A personal retirement savings plan – if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10% and you will get life assurance worth 4 x annual salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro-rata
• Company Paid Private Medical Insurance for you and your family
• Enhanced parental leave from day 1 of you joining #TeamRWE – For primary care givers, weeks 1-29 will be fully paid and 30-39 paid via SMP. For secondary care givers, you’ll get 12 weeks of fully paid leave.
• One free professional membership subscription
• Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme
• Occupational Health support services for your wellbeing
• Access to our employee assistance programme in times of need
• Up to 2 days volunteering a year

To view a preview of our benefits site ‘YourHub’ and see some of the other benefits we have on offer please visitApply with just a few clicks: ad code 89642 application period: 11 April 2025. Any questions? [email protected]We look forward to meeting you. Of course, you can find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook and Xing, too.Equal OpportunitiesWe value diversity and therefore welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, age or sexual orientation and identity.We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.Pre Employment ScreeningA pre-condition for any appointment to this role is that you undergo and clear a national security vetting check (NSV) from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). It will then be a condition of your employment that you continue to undergo and pass these regularly during your employment . Please make yourself familiar with what DESNZ and these NSV require before you apply for this role. For example, please be aware that the NSV checks are quite intrusive and far reaching including a review of your financial circumstances and the scope potentially expands into your immediate family in addition to your own personal circumstances. Further information can be found on the gov.uk advice page . In particular, please note that for NSV clearance for this role, DESNZ requires you to demonstrate that you are currently resident within the UK and have been for a continuous minimum of 5 years. If, in making your application to us for this role, you cannot demonstrate this DESNZ 5 year minimum UK residence requirement, we will not be able to progress your application and it will be automatically rejected.RWE is part of the vital infrastructure. Therefore, we screen all our new employees, to the extent that it is relevant to the position.Yes

Expected salary

£63000 – 80000 per year

Location

Little Barford, Bedfordshire

Job date

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:58:25 GMT

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