Enhanced Craftsperson

**Base Location**: Inverawe Power Station

**Salary**: £35,142 - £40,246 depending on skills and experience + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

**Working Pattern**: Permanent | Full Time

**About the Department**

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to become a part of our SSE Renewables Operations Hydroelectric team. As an Enhanced Craftsperson, you’ll primarily be responsible for the safe delivery of outage works by liaising with stakeholders to ensure effective pre-planning, co-ordinating multi-party work scopes, producing SHE plans and safety documentation, providing supervision of Operations team staff in support of the team leader.

**What is the Role**?

As Enhanced Craftsperson within SSE Hydro Generation, you’ll be responsible for the day to day operation, maintenance and repair of all hydro plant within your authorisation and competency, as required to keep the plant in an efficient, safe and sustainable condition.

**Some of your other main accountabilities will include;**
- Deputising for, and supporting the Team Leader and others by assisting planning and scheduling work; utilising IT systems where required. Ensure the highest level of health, safety, and environmental compliance on our sites.
- Displaying your strong knowledge of policies and procedures, by ensuring they are applied correctly throughout the business.
- Act as Principal Contractor representative, and ambassador for the business, during site works. This includes the supervision of contractors or operational staff where required in line with the organisational structure for the project/Outage.
- Coordinating, supervising and completing specified packages of work, including Maximo document management for work activities.
- Working as part of a team in a proactive manner, to maximise overall business efficiency within the resource limitations. This will also include training, mentoring and developing others.
- Operating and maintaining plant and apparatus throughout a Hydro Scheme and as required, across Hydro Generation.

**What do I need?**

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have;
- Proven experience in a similar Electrical/Mechanical related technology or industrial environment.
- Ideally, you’ll have achieved SVQ level 3 or NC equivalent in a related discipline, with experience of supervising a team or work party.
- Experience of completing routine inspections, including checks on power stations, dams, buildings and civil catchments, maintaining all premises and plant.
- Familiar with the legal and environmental requirements to successfully manage the duties of the position.

**You will also be required to have or work towards the following**;
- Ideally holding an SMSTS qualification with a good understanding of legislation supporting maintenance and operational activities including LOLER, PUWER as this forms a considerable part of the role.
- You must also be willing to work outside normal working hours in all weathers, within stations, at height, in confined spaces and other diverse environments.
- As travel will be involved in this role, you must also have a full and valid driving license.

**What's in it for you?**

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

**Next Steps**

Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

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