Mechanical Engineer

6 months ago

Ashington, United Kingdom EP UK Investments Full time

**Job Title**: Mechanical Engineer (Fuel Handling)

**Location**: Ashington

**Salary**: Competitive

**Job type**: Full time - Permanent

**About us**:
Our aim is to enable the UK and Ireland low carbon transition through provision of flexible and reliable energy supply.

EPUKI is one of the largest independent generators in the UK and Ireland, with an asset base that covers multiple technologies and a range of revenue streams; these include fully merchant baseload and peaking plant and index traded baseload plants, providing a range of system services across the energy and balancing spectrum.

EPUKI purchased Lynemouth Power Limited (LPL), formerly a coal fired power station generating 420MW (enough to power 450,000 homes) and in 2016 invested £400 million to convert the power station to burn 100% renewable biomass fuel. The biomass conversion was one of the largest engineering projects in the UK. This included large-scale fuel handling and storage facilities at Port of Tyne, upgraded rail infrastructure, biomass fuel silo storage and handling systems, conversion of the combustion systems and a comprehensive overhaul and modification of the power station equipment. The power station operates on a base load to supply electrical power to the national grid and following conversion achieves an 87% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, placing it at the forefront of the UK's plans to become carbon neutral.

**The Role**:
An opportunity has arisen within the Maintenance department at Lynemouth Power Station for a Mechanical Engineer (Fuel Handling). The purpose of the role is to ensure that the maintenance strategy is employed to continuously improve the performance of the power station and managing the lifecycle of both new and legacy plant.

They will also assist in maximising performance throughout the plant by identifying opportunities for innovation and new technology, to ensure the plant continues to increase flexibility, efficiency, availability and reliability.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Managing all maintenance and engineering strategies within the fuel handling facility.
- Managing unit overhauls (planned and unplanned) and outages within the fuel handling facility.
- Optimising maintenance planning and resource scheduling activities for the fuel handling facility, using the computerised maintenance management system.
- Assisting with the Asset Integrity Management System (AIMS), including the inspection programme of pressurised, non-pressurised and structural assets.
- Undertaking small projects relating to all Power Station mechanical plant.
- Analysing breakdowns to increase plant flexibility, efficiency, availability, and reliability using best practice tools and techniques.
- Being aware of mechanical systems which can be deployed throughout the Power Station.
- Assisting in the optimisation of contractor usage and management of contractor costs.
- Assisting in compliance and monitoring of process safety requirements.
- Mechanical plant and materials handling technology (essential).
- Methods for NDT techniques and working in a material handling environment (essential)
- Methods for developing and implementing long-term mechanical integrity programs.
- Maintenance strategies and improvement techniques, and the principles and practices of process safety requirements.
- Environmental and safety legislation.
- PSSR statutory inspections (desirable)
- Experience operating in a Power Station environment is desirable.

**Qualifications**:

- HND qualified in Mechanical Engineering, or a relevant discipline (essential).
- Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering, or a relevant discipline (preferred).
- Chartered Status, or working towards, with a relevant professional institution (desirable).
- IOSH management qualifications preferred.

This Job description is not exhaustive but outlines the main requirements.

Please click on the **APPLY** button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

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