Shift Team Member

Location: Lockerbie, Scotland

Salary: £43,602-£48,445 + Allowances.

At E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) UK, we are leading the way in the UK's energy transition, playing a pivotal role in achieving net zero. We specialise in delivering innovative, sustainable energy infrastructure, including heat networks that provide efficient, low-carbon heating solutions to communities and businesses. With our projects, we are reducing carbon footprints and driving forward the shift to cleaner energy. Join us and be part of a team that’s not just imagining a greener future but actively building it.

We're looking for a Shift Team Member to join our operations team at Steven’s Croft Biomass Power Station, a 48MW facility located in Lockerbie, Scotland. This is an incredibly rare chance to join our high performing, safety-focused, performance-driven team. In this hands-on role, you’ll help keep our plant running safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards

Responsibilities include

• Ensuring that the plant is operated safely, professionally and effectively to deliver optimal performance.
• Developing a full understanding of the operational characteristics of the installed plant.
• Utilising skills and experience to minimise the effects of operational difficulties.
• Promoting trust and good working relationships within the immediate team, with other shift teams, site maintenance teams, off-site staff, contractors and site customers.
• Developing operational and task area procedures.
• Understanding the commercial aspects of plant operation and ensuring that all Supply Contract conditions are met.
• Identifying continuous improvement opportunities and assisting in their implementation.
• Ensuring that communication to third party suppliers is effective.
• Carrying out selected first-line maintenance activities.
• Performing key safety roles for the site including Nominated Supervisor, Competent Person and Selected Person.

• Substantial relevant experience gained within a similar role and industry.
• Experience in undertaking control room and site-wide operations.
• Experience of operating within safety, environmental and operational policies, frameworks and statutory legislation.
• Broad maintenance experience gained from a relevant discipline area (electrical, mechanical or C&I).
• Good understanding and awareness of environmental, commercial and legal issues and their impact on plant operating conditions.
• Competence in hazard identification and risk assessment and management of risks.
• Ability to perform the role of emergency and incident controller.

It would be great if you had

• ONC/NVQ Level 3, or equivalent qualification, in a related engineering discipline (electrical, mechanical or C&I).
• Relevant safety qualification – e.g. IOSH.
• An understanding of the plant’s processes and systems.