Lead Electrical Engineer

Our well established energy client are looking for a Lead electrical engineer. This will be a key role supporting power plant projects, outages and maintenance activities across the UK. You will be capable of demonstrating and developing extensive knowledge and skills in a range of varied electrical engineering and maintenance work activities of a complex and non-routine nature in such a way as to maximise resource utilisation and power plant availability.

* The successful candidate will be responsible to a Team Leader for ensuring that work targets and objectives are satisfactorily completed and that all work is completed across the main KPI’s (safety, time, cost, quality, technical performance and compliance)

* Responsible for delivering projects and outages, working closely with the Asset Operations, Asset Management and OEMS’s ensuring process compliance, CDM compliance and the highest standard of HSSE and Quality performance.

* Duties to include:

* Manage delivery of projects and outages as defined by the Stakeholder, in line with contract, procurement and project management processes.

* Lead project teams as required dependent on project complexity.

* Establish and maintain relationships with Stakeholders to allow communication and collaborative working.

* Deliver project charters which clearly define objectives, expectations and communication plans.

* Develop technical and contract specifications to allow procurement tendering processes to proceed.

* Manage the Health, Safety, Security and Environment aspects of the asset project and to the Stakeholder standards.

* Establish and ensure delivery of contractor Quality Assurance and Quality Control.

Essential:

* Experienced in power plant or equivalent electrical engineering including generators, motors, transformers, switchgear and HV distribution systems. Maintenance of and risk management is essential.

* A sound understanding of power plant operations, knowledge of current regulations and policy which affect the management and operations of power plant engineering assets.

* Contract Management skills and experience to appropriately challenge contractors on the methods, quality, and standards of work.

* Strong interpersonal skills to enable effective working relationships within the team, across functions and with senior stakeholders.

* Excellent communication, planning and organisational skills to include effective prioritisation and resource management.

* A good working knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation and standards to NEBOSH or equivalent.

* Educated to a Higher National Diploma or Degree level in an Engineering discipline, supported with a sound technical knowledge of engineering and maintenance practices gained through experience.

* A broad knowledge and experience of maintenance activities in an engineering skill spanning more than one plant area.

* To be able to challenge appropriately to ensure projects are suitably defined and agreed to optimise business value.

* Fault finding and problem-solving skills.

* Contract and project management skills to be able to run several contracts within a project which involve on/off site working to include the health, safety and environmental aspects as well as the commercial and technical issues