Turbine Engineer

Turbine Engineer (Rotating Equipment)

Reporting to Functional Manager - Engineering

Based in: Teesside (Middlesbrough).

Salary: Negotiable - Whilst all salaries are graded, Sembcorp are keen to attract, retain and develop the highest calibre of colleague. The company also offer a market leading benefits package and annual bonus.

Position overview:

Working as part of the Engineering Team, and reporting to the Functional Manager, the Turbine Engineer, shall support both daily engineering breakdown issues and also provide leadership and ownership for all turbine outage events.

The Turbine Engineer shall work closely with the OEM to prepare a scope of work and specification for each annual outage and ensure all material spares and consumables are readily available.

The Turbine Engineer will have overall responsibility for compliance and technical issues associated with Sembcorp’s Steam and Gas Turbines and drive continuous improvement.

The Turbine Engineer shall work closely with the Operations, Inspection, SHE, Performance and Maintenance functions to ensure a clear 5 & 10 year asset plans are developed and maintained, ensuring legal compliance at all times.

Key responsibilities:

Positively encourage a culture of safety first. "Walk the talk".

Champion compliance with all Health, Safety & Environmental legislation and statutory requirements.

Become an expert with regards to Sembcorp’s Gas and Steam Turbines (Wilton based).

Become familiar with Sembcorp’s Large Scale Feedwater Pumps and Compressors (Wilton based).

Working across all assets of the business to support and sustain operation, through Planned Maintenance Optimisation and Asset Tactics, a strategy to deliver plant and equipment performance in line with commercial obligations.

To ensure the strategic objectives of the business are met by initiating, leading and delivering projects and solutions.

Actively seek new and emerging technologies and methodologies in order to drive the assets to achieve the "Best Available Technology".

Take ownership within the organisation to ensure compliance to the relevant engineering standards and quality assurance/control in line with defined statutory and business standards.

Provide technical advice, guidance and support to the Projects, Maintenance and Operations functions for all mechanical rotating equipment and design code requirements.

Responsible for ensuring an up to date and complete Technical Library, asset criticality study, critical spares holding, 10-year plan, planned maintenance schedule and inspection program is in place and audited for compliance for the assets in their area.

Represent the company as a technical expert in discussions with external organisations, including suppliers, potential new customers, existing customers, government agencies, etc.

Work with the Maintenance and Planning Manager to ensure all work is prioritised and scheduled to maximise efficiencies, ensure legal compliance and reduce breakdowns.

Ensure up to date and detailed asset performance figures are available for assets in their area. Report these to the business and the department.

Provide out of hours support to the project, maintenance and operations departments as and when required.

Work with the Outage Team to ensure all mechanical specifications and work scopes are completed in line with the gated process timescales, to assist with planning and execution.

Essential

Degree Qualified (BEng Mechanical Engineering preferred).

Excellent knowledge of Gas/Steam Turbines (specifically GE (Mark 5&6) and Siemens).

Sound knowledge of Rotating Equipment I.e. Pumps, Compressors.

Excellent knowledge of Industry British Standards and Relevant Design Codes.

Excellent management skills.

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

Experience of engineering and equipment maintenance in the plant area or similar operation.

IT skills (use of Outlook, Maximo, spreadsheets, word processing, Microsoft Project etc.).

Up to date with best practice maintenance and engineering techniques.

Excellent awareness and implementation of SHE requirements.

Good influencing skills.

Good commercial awareness and understanding of cost control and contractor management.

Good report writing, communication and meeting skills.

High concern for standards.

High level of personal resilience.

Desirable:

Turnaround Experience.

An understanding of large scale Industrial Boiler Systems would be advantageous.

For more information on this opportunity please contact your retained recruitment partner Adam Pearson at Imperial Recruitment Group.