Here's what you'll be doing
Salary for this role is £72,247 to £82,880
The role comes with a company car or car allowance.
There will be regular UK wide travel and some international (Germany/Sweden) travel 2 to 3 times per annum.
Here at E.ON we deliver a range of energy solutions including District Heating Schemes, onsite generation and highways lighting. We want to help our customers take control of their energy and we’re always looking for new and improved ways of doing things. That is why we have a whole team dedicated to improving both business and asset performance. We work across a variety of industries using the latest technology to help build a better energy future. In the UK, Solutions Delivery has 9 power plants / CHP sites and over 64 district heating sites, with more under construction.
Right now, we’re looking for a Lead C&I Engineer to join our Solutions Delivery, Optimisation & Governance Engineering team. As a SME (Subject Matter Expert) in Control and Instrumentation engineering you will be the key contact for Control and Instrumentation engineering expertise across the whole UK asset business, especially in the field of Control Engineering providing support, guidance, industry liaison, in-house training, and strategic direction.
You will be responsible for the coordination and implementation of our site’s C&I maintenance plans to meet contractual customer demands, ensuring the assets are maintained to ensure safe and efficient operation within budget. This will be achieved through a mixture of remote diagnostic work, hands on work at site and the use of Contractors to deliver and implement the maintenance strategy business plan, including supervision of contract resources. You’ll also support the development of the Engineering Strategy, liaising with site management teams and professional bodies.
This is an autonomous role where you will have the opportunity to make a real impact while also having wider team support and collaboration. Although energy experience would be an advantage, we are keen to hear from individuals from a variety of process industries including chemical and manufacturing. This is a UK wide role, you’ll be based from your nearest E.ON site with regular travel to our other sites and offices, with occasional international travel to either Germany or Sweden two to three times a year
What we need from you
- Control Engineering or Electrical/Electronic degree, or HNC with considerable industry experience
- Significant experience in Control engineering (in particular within the power generation industry)
- Have skills and knowledge that enable the role holder to act as an expert consultant on C&I Engineering across E.ON UK.
- Planning and organising skills to include effective prioritising, resource management and a long-term strategic focus.
- The ability to recognise and diagnose operational problems and take appropriate action.
- Develop and thoroughly manage larger/more complex contracts and resource.
- The confidence to question established practices, suggesting imaginative solutions to problems.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage performance and motivate individuals and a team.
- Strong interpersonal skills to enable effective working relationships with the ability to effectively communicate with EON staff across the Group and with contractors.
- Numerical skills with the ability to interpret data and information and produce/present it in a clear and logical format.
It would be great if you also had
- NEBOSH or equivalent qualification gained. Able to demonstrate clear knowledge of safety practices and management.
- Institute of Asset Management Certificate/Diploma
- Process Safety Engineering Qualification (FS Eng)
- Experience with Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
- Experience with diagnosing Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) of Control systems
- Experience with working on Safety Critical systems and their testing
- Able to deliver training in C&I subject matter
- Chartered member of a relevant institute, or working towards it
- A sound awareness of new developments and best practise in electrical, instrumentation and controls engineering discipline area and able to use this to benchmark own practices.
- Business financial awareness and experience of managing budgets.
- A working knowledge of PC based computer systems and the ability to adapt quickly to changes to those systems.
Here's what else you need to know
Our market-leading benefits package includes 26 days holiday + bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, life cover, bonus and the chance to choose from 20 flexible benefits with tax and/or NI savings. In fact, our benefits package recently won the Personnel Today Reward, Recognition and Benefits Award 2022!
As the only energy company to feature in The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers (our 2022/23 ranking is 15th) we’ve proven that we’re committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone.
We realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so we’re happy to talk flexible working and offer a range of flexible working options, including full time, part time and job share.
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