Shift Operations & Maintenance Technician

Staythorpe Shift Operations & Maintenance Technician

Location – Staythorpe

Contract Type – Permanent

Working Hours – Full time, Shift

Closing Date – 1st May 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for Shift Operations & Maintenance Technicians to join us at Staythorpe power station!

An exciting future awaits Staythorpe as we transition to providing remote support for our CCGT portfolio, all from our brand-new state of the art control room. Staythorpe power station is also one of the proposed locations for CCS within RWE Generation UK. Which will help support RWE in reaching its goal to be carbon neutral by 2040.

Main Purpose of the Role

As a member of the Operations and Maintenance Team, you will contribute towards delivering the safe, reliable and commercial performance of our portfolio. The post holder will be responsible for operating Staythorpe plant locally from the Fleet Control Room, operation of other fleet CCGT’s remotely and carrying out plant O&M routines in line with our procedures. This will include fault diagnosis and breakdown recovery.

We will require you to perform O&M duties on a shift basis as required, as well as collaborating with site-based maintenance team, supporting with plant outages and recommissioning as required. As the trend towards growing volumes of renewable generation continues, you should expect maintenance routines to form a growing part of your core role.

Key Responsibilities

• Health, Safety and Environmental compliance.
• Operate our CCGT fleet in accordance with recognised standards.
• Undertaking the duties required of you under RWE Safety Rules to operate a safe system of work.
• Maintenance activities.
• Emergency response.
• Outage support.

Knowledge & Skills

• Have a recognised engineering or operations background, or craft skill in an electrical, mechanical or C&I discipline. HNC, ONC, or equivalent.
• Prior process operations and maintenance experience.
• Have effective interpersonal skills and be proficient in the use of applicable business IT systems such as Microsoft Office, SAP.
• Be a self-motivated individual able to work with minimum supervision, while handling changing priorities and providing support to the team.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Health, Safety and Environmental legislation, regulations and directives.
• Values and Behaviours – Role modelling the RWE desired behaviours; Trust, Passion and Performance. This will mean working with others in an open, transparent and consistent way and in a manner that demonstrably puts the needs of RWE Generation ahead of individual departmental or personal objectives.
• Possess an understanding of safety management systems including safe systems of work e.g. permit to work systems.
• Agile in their approach to supporting the Station and Portfolio through varied working hours and application of skills.
• Ability and willingness to retrain and to develop new skills. Staythorpe is the location for our Fleet Control Room which will provide opportunities to broaden your skills across a range of different sites and technologies.

What we will offer you

• As well as a competitive starting salary band from £44,000 – 57,000 depending upon skills and experience, a shift allowance of £13,230.7 per annum

• 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
• 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 (subject to operational needs) 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 make this happen, we are looking for engaged and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

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.