Energy Centre Engineer - North Region

Location - North Region (covering Sheffield to Newcastle) with regular travel to other locations including Scotland.

At E.ON UK we offer sustainable energy solutions for homes, businesses and communities and we're passionate about helping people to reduce their impact on the environment. We're supporting businesses with their net zero targets, helping local communities upgrade their homes and collaborating with local authorities to transform towns and cities for a more sustainable future.

Right now, we're looking for a Energy Centre Engineer to join our North team. Here you'll complete maintenance activities through a balance of hands-on and managing appropriate resources, for all mechanical, electrical and C&I issues that impact/are likely to impact on production. You'll assist the Lead Engineer & Energy Centre Manager to understand and predict maintenance issues so that all plans accommodate suitable engineering resolutions, ensuring all maintenance plans are managed via the maintenance management system.

This is a substantial role with the scope to make a real impact. If you're a talented engineer give your career an energy boost and apply today!

Main responsibilities:

• Support the identification, implementation and delivery of plant performance and improvement initiatives.
• Deliver planned and unplanned maintenance activities to meet or exceed business KPIs, including unplanned fault response within area of expertise.
• Support the development and delivery of the site Maintenance Plan, including annual maintenance scheduling to minimise contract labour.
• Analyse plant issues, provide technical advice and recommendations, and support decision-making and contract processes in collaboration with the O&M Lead Engineer / Team Manager.
• Carry out plant inspections, defect identification and rectification in accordance with E.ON procedures, with all activity accurately recorded in CMMS.
• Support the Planning Team by raising, prioritising and progressing work instructions within CMMS, contributing to future maintenance strategy.
• Maintain site stock holdings of consumables and operational/strategic spares.
• Participate in the on-call rota (1 week in 4).
• Contribute to site SHE plans and safety initiatives, including reporting via PRISMA, and actively promote a positive safety culture.
• Work in line with CES Heat best practice and the business’s strategic, financial and policy guidelines, demonstrating a strong personal commitment to safety, health and the environment (SHE).

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent Engineering qualification with sound knowledge of general engineering principles and experience in a specialist discipline (Mechanical, Electrical or C&I).
• Ability and commitment to achieve and maintain E.ON EC Engineer competency levels, including Authorised Engineer status.

• Experience of identifying improvement opportunities and constructively challenging existing processes to enhance plant performance and efficiency.
• Strong safety awareness, with competence in hazard identification, risk assessment and risk management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration with internal teams and contractors, including appropriate challenge on methods, quality and standards of work.
• Good planning, organisational and prioritisation skills, with a working knowledge of CMMS and PC-based systems.
• Full UK driving licence.

It would be great if you had

• Experience of working on commercial boilers, holding commercial Gas Safe Certificates, including COCN1, CCN1, TPCP1, TPCP1A and CODNCO1 or equivalent
• Recognised electrical qualification such as IEE wiring regulations/Part P Electrical Safety, backed up with experience in a similar maintenance or electrical installation background