Site Operating Technician

Site Operating Technician

Business Area – Cluster Didcot

Salary – £42 000 - £49 425

Location – Hythe OCGT Power Station

Contract Type – Permanent

Working Hours – Full Time (Shift)

Closing Date – 23 May 2024

Main Purpose of Role

As a Site Operating Technician for the Embedded assets fleet of OCGT’s and Gas Engines, you will contribute towards delivering on the day to day Operational and Maintenance requirements of the Hythe and remote sites. To maximize the safe, reliable and commercial performance of the assets you will be responsible for operating the Hythe plant and remote sites from the Hythe control room, and carrying out plant operational routines in line with our procedures locally on the Hythe site and when required on the remote sites,  this will include fault diagnosis and breakdown recovery.

You will be expected to perform operational duties on a full shift cycle working hour basis including ‘call out’ outside of these hours. On occasions you’ll be required to support the EA portfolio, this will require some travel around the UK. You will collaborate with Engineering & Outage teams, supporting plant shutdowns and recommissioning as required.

You’ll manage contractors delivering routine and non-routine work packages, so Contract Manager or Contract Engineer accreditation is desirable.

This post offers the opportunity to work flexibly in a site team environment and experience a wide range of operations and maintenance responsibilities including the delivery of the continuous improvement agenda and to maximise the flexibility and potential of the Station.

Key Accountabilities

• Operating and maintaining portfolio plant to ensure compliance with appropriate safety and environmental standards, and statutory requirements.
• Carrying out plant-related routine duties to ensure plant commercial performance, availability and reliability is maintained to a high level.
• Application of safe systems of work, such as Putting People to Work, Authorisation to Work (or similar) and taking on nominated roles within the RWE safety rules up to Safety Controller level .
• Plant and control system first line fault diagnosis and reporting.
• Application of operational, maintenance and safety systems and documentation for the plant, incorporating relevant RWE Generation standards.
• Planning, organising and supervising maintenance activities, including the supervision of contractors.
• Assisting  Location Manager[s] and other colleagues on projects and outage preparation.
• General maintenance of plant dependent on the individual’s competence and training (this may involve on the job training).
• Responsibility for producing and maintaining identified site documentation and procedures.
• Liaising with internal and external customers.
• Taking advantage of commercial opportunities through flexible plant operation.
• Provide flexible support to delivery of  projects and operational workloads as appropriate at assets within the Embedded Assets portfolio.
• Assist Location Manager to achieve compliance with statutory requirements (health, safety and environmental) by undertaking nominated roles.

Knowledge & Skills

• Competent in all aspects of generating plant operation as required by the role.
• Appreciation of the commercial aspects of the power generation business.
• Knowledge and experience of power and/or process plant operation or maintenance.
• Good teamwork and interpersonal skills, demonstrates critical behaviours.
• A high standard of numeracy, written communication skills and IT literacy.
• A flexible approach to work patterns, dependent upon seasonal operating requirements; this will require a degree of flexibility over normal working hours  particularly during winter operating regimes.
• Flexible and geographically agile whilst customer and service focused.

Desirable Criteria

• Operations or Engineering qualification, or study towards an engineering qualification.
• NEBOSH certificate in Health and Safety or IOSH Managing Safely qualification.
• Working knowledge of health, safety and environmental legal requirements.
• Knowledge of power station operations and maintenance and codes of practice, technical procedures etc.
• Competency in the operation and maintenance of HV apparatus, including basic fault-finding.

What we will offer you

• An expected starting salary from £42 000  to £- £49 425 depending on experience and up to 10% 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
• Subsidised canteen facilities
• 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

 Individual Capability

The individual should be able to think logically and respond quickly and confidently to problems with a minimum of supervision. The Site Operating Technician will be a self-motivated, flexible individual, able to work alone, use initiative and be willing to accept responsibility to deliver Company requirements.

A flexible, positive and pro-active attitude will be required to ensure that Embedded Assets Operations are as successful as possible.

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. Please note we do not accept speculative CVs from any recruitment agencies