Electrical Engineer

Hemerdon, Devon
EC&I Partners

Electrical (C&I) Engineer

Location: Langage Power Station, Plymouth

Salary: up to £75,000 per annum plus 10% flexitime bonus on top.

Hours: 37 hours per week with flexible working hours.

Permanent

Site Based / Office / Remote: 75% office / 25% Plant work typically

Job Overview:

Our clients are looking to recruit an experienced Electrical Engineer (C&I experience an advantage) to lead and advise the long-term maintenance of the Langage Power Stations HV and LV Electrical systems.
Working within the Engineering team, this role is responsible for the management of the long-term integrity of all HV and LV Electrical systems, ensuring high levels of safety, reliability, technical and legal compliance.
The role will also provide specialist support, guidance and technical advice to the Engineering and Maintenance teams on site electrical systems, as well as oversee long-term planning and through life management (including obsolescence, of site infrastructure and systems).

Benefits

• Basic salary up to £75,000 (based on experience) plus 10% uplift of basic salary as a flexi payment.
• Flexible working
• No on call work
• Excellent role to be able to develop new skills
• Company Pension Scheme
• Cash Health Plan
• Access to Benefits & Wellbeing Hub
• Car benefit Scheme & Cycle to Work Scheme (after qualifying period)

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the key responsibilities and duties will include:

• Managing the integrity of HV/LV Electrical, systems onsite including Generators, Transformers, Motors, Electrical control systems, Electrical protection, DC systems, and HV/LV distribution systems.
• Collaborating closely with the EC&I Support Engineer and EC&I Graduate Engineer to distribute responsibilities, ensuring high levels of availability, reliability, knowledge retention, and through life management of Langage DCS systems on both software and hardware, whilst maintaining compliance to relevant internal and external technical standards and legislation.
• Planning and executing electrical inspections activities, both technically and financially, during scheduled outages.
• Developing a longer-term planning view, managing the asset through station life and system obsolescence.
• Ensuring the correct maintenance plans are in place for electrical and control systems, carried out, and the periodicity is correct to maximise reliability.
• Support the Engineering and Maintenance teams in fault finding, engineering solutions, and root cause analysis on electrical and control issues.
• Delivering on and project managing capital projects on electrical and control systems such as upgrades and replacement.
• Contributing to budget planning across 5 year rolling business plan period for electrical systems. Oversee and manage within year delivery and phasing of electrical budgets.
• Managing electrical contracts through identification, budgeting, specification and execution.
• Leading on management of Electrical works ensuring high levels of quality management and documentation at all stages.
• Support the site Control & Instrumentation requirements within skill remit.

Experience:

• HV & LV electrical equipment including transmission and distribution.
• Power station experience.
• CCGT power station experience (desirable).
• HV and LV protection
• Control and instrumentation experience (desirable).
• Distributed control systems (DCS) experience (desirable)
• Building and influencing relationships
• Ability to adapt quickly to changes, cope with pressurised situations, flexible approach to changes in priority and adhering to deadlines.
• Willingness to further develop skills within the C&I discipline as necessary.

Qualifications

• Degree or HND/HNC in an Electrical Engineering discipline with extensive industrial experience.
• Membership of a professional institution or working towards membership or chartership. (desirable)

Our client is a fast-growing UK energy company backed by EPH, one of Europe’s leading energy groups. Since 2015, it has built a diverse portfolio of renewable and flexible power assets across the UK and Ireland. With £3.5bn in revenue and a lean, entrepreneurial culture, the company offers candidates the opportunity to make real impact from day one. Flat leadership, rapid decision-making, and a clear mission to drive the low-carbon transition make it an exciting place to grow a career. Employees are empowered to innovate, develop expertise, and help shape the future of energy.

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