Maintenance Team Leader

Maintenance Team Leader

Location – Dolgarrog

Contract Type – Permanent

Working Hours – Full time

Closing Date – 15 May 2024

Main Purpose of the Role

Provide effective management of day to day maintenance activities. Support broader management of the maintenance team whilst ensuring that risk based maintenance techniques are applied to deliver safe, flexible and reliable plant. Provide expertise within own discipline and maintain plant area knowledge and deliver the continuous improvement agenda to maximise the potential of the cluster within the RWE Generation portfolio. This will require effective management of resources to deliver planned business commercial and performance targets in the most productive and cost-efficient way whilst delivering the planned.

Key Responsibilities

Health, Safety and Environmental compliance

Meet both legislative and corporate requirements & standards ensuring effective safety and operational practices are adopted.

Take ownership of maintenance compliance of plant and equipment policies & procedures.

Support the wider RWEG targets and initiatives relating to health, safety, wellbeing and environment, including Mission Zero, NWoW & Business KPIs.

Ensure operational & maintenance compliance of plant and equipment.

Develop and secure robust and effective maintenance arrangements with suppliers whilst maintain commercial performance of the assets

Manage stakeholder interfaces.

Maintain regular communication and continued collaboration and cooperation with E&O and the cluster colleagues.

Support all colleagues in delivering the asset commercial targets.

Develop / enhance local maintenance strategies with E&O to deliver on the agreed Asset Management Plan.

Manage the demands of short-term minimisation of maintenance costs with the longer term performance and life expectancy of assets.

Provide leadership of the Maintenance team.

Lead the dual-skilled operator-maintainers and develop other members of your team to transition to operator-maintainer. Manage the control room working arrangements.

Budget management and cost control

Develop and collate the asset medium term maintenance business plan.

Ensure station maintenance expenditure is within approved budgets and plans, and effectively manage resources.

Effectively prioritise and optimise maintenance, and ensure that processes are in place to provide support and delivery appropriately.

Ensure that maintenance contracts are commercially optimised in accordance with RWEG guidelines.

Management of Staff, Competence and Development

Demonstrate visible leadership and strong people management competence through positive engagement with staff at all levels, and promote a positive and informed future outlook for RWE which motivates and engages staff.

Promote employee wellbeing and encourage a positive team culture.

Ensure that people are given the right development opportunities for personal growth, and to meet the business demands and succession needs for an integrated O&M team.

Ensure that all staff are actively encouraged & engaged in the RWE development processes and programmes (Equip, inspire, Actuate etc.).

Provide discipline technical support to Operations and Maintenance Technicians including cover where necessary.

Engender a culture of innovation to ensure that business performance is continuously improved, including identifying areas where the power plant staff can learn from practices in place within wider RWE Generation portfolio

Decision making, including balancing short term commercial performance against controllable costs and the long term integrity of the asset.

Develop the capability of the asset to deliver optimum commercial performance.

Engagement with the wider RWE business

Manage stakeholders/partners engagement including multidisciplinary and cross functional  teams.

Foster ‘buy in’ and belief at all levels of the organisation.

Provide flexible management (where appropriate) to support the RWE fleet assets.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong leadership qualities – this role is important in making our operating model work and developing our future culture.
• Management experience at a team leader level with the ability to operate as a member of the cluster  leadership team while possessing good leadership skills to operate a strong team based environment.
• Qualified to Degree Level in relevant Leadership / Management or Engineering Discipline and Membership of a relevant professional body.
• Demonstrates the ability to deal with constantly changing priorities. Attention to detail is essential; methodical, innovative, numerate, analytical and well organised.
• Possess good leadership skills and discipline specific maintenance expertise to be able to operate in a strong team based environment, Strong ‘people management’ competence with suitable & sufficient practical experience.
• Experienced in the management of complex plant and stakeholders, and able to provide advice to operations, maintenance and engineering.
• Thorough understanding of the RWEG business strategy and how it adds value to the Business Plan.
• Possess sound knowledge on power generation safety management systems including system Safety Rules.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Health, Safety and Environmental legislation, regulations and directives.

What we will offer you

• An expected starting salary from £61,538 to £72,398 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
• 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 visit https://www.edenred.co.uk/campaigns/rwe-yourhub/index.html

Working at RWE

To find out more about what it’s like to work at one of Europe’s largest energy companies and what we are all about we have a wealth of information on our Careers pages. https://www.rwe.com/en/rwe-careers-portal

Here you can meet some of the team, find out more about Diversity at RWE, what your onboarding will look like and some FAQs.

Equal Opportunities

We 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.

Our energy for a sustainable life

RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

RWE in the UK

We operate a large and diverse portfolio of power generation assets in the UK. We are the UK’s second largest generator of thermal flexible capacity, supplying around 10% of the UK’s electricity last year with 8.6GW of installed capacity. The portfolio includes the UK’s largest fleet of gas-fired power stations, along with a small amount of Biomass and Hydro plants.

Any questions? Contact in Recruiting: Lucille Mugodi, M: +44 7741 191 330 | E: lucille.mugodi@rwe.com.