Operations Technician

EP UK Investment Limited; Corby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK energy company seeks an Operations Technician to manage operations at the Corby Power Station. Candidates should have experience in power station operations and possess relevant engineering qualifications. Responsibilities include ensuring safety and efficiency, performing maintenance, and responding to operational needs. Join a dynamic team committed to supporting the low carbon transition in energy supply.

Qualifications

• Experience in a heavy process industry is essential.
• Must be capable of working towards authorisation as SPE/SSC.
• Demonstrable competence in IT skills for control systems.

Responsibilities

• Start up, shutdown, and operate Corby Power Station.
• Monitor plant performance and ensure safe production.
• Carry out first line maintenance and preventative routines.

Skills

Experience of Power Station operations

Knowledge of health and safety legislation

IT/IS skills

Good numeracy and literacy

Communication and interpersonal skills

Education

Recognised engineering/craft-based qualification

Minimum ONC in engineering

Job description

Overview

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Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Operations Team Leader, the key responsibilities and duties include: Start up, shutdown and operating Corby Power Station in line with the directions of the Operations Team Leader and in accordance with relevant legislation, site procedures and best practice standards.
• Monitoring plant performance to ensure safe and efficient delivery of production targets and protection of plant integrity.
• Working flexibly to meet changing operational and business requirements.
• Operating the plant via the Control Room DCS systems, monitoring plant parameters and alarms etc.
• Plant attendance for routine monitoring, operations and fault response.
• Carrying out first line maintenance and preventative maintenance routines to maintain plant availability and reliability.
• Assisting with the production and maintenance of site procedures.
• Enacting the Role of Emergency Controller if required when implementing Station Emergency Plans.
• Maintaining competencies as specified to meet role requirements as defined from time to time including e.g. First Aid, etc.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Background
• Experience of Power Station operations or a similar heavy process industry (essential).
• A good working knowledge of health and safety and environmental legislation and standards (essential).
• Be capable and willing to work towards becoming authorised as SPE/SSC under the SSoW Rules (essential).
• Demonstrable competence in use of IT/IS skills e.g. MS Office and control systems (essential).
• Good numeracy, literacy and problem-solving skills (essential).
• Experience of laboratory analysis equipment and techniques (desirable).

Behaviours

• A constructive, enthusiastic and self-motivated attitude to include cross team working
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (essential).
• Identify improvements and take initiatives to the betterment of the business (essential).
• Flexible approach adapting quickly to things new, changes in the job and work environment and who enjoys being fully involved in ensuring the business is a success (essential).
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues and internal and external stakeholders (essential).

Qualifications

• A recognised engineering/craft-based qualification in an appropriate discipline or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of ONC (or equivalent experience) in an appropriate engineering subject (essential).
• Possess a HNC or equivalent in an Engineering discipline (desirable).
• Completed a recognised formal training programme or apprenticeship to achieve technician status (C&G parts I, II &III) (desirable).
• Member of recognised professional institution (desirable).

About EP UK Investments Ltd

EPUK Investments Ltd (EPUKI) is the UK division of Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH), a leading energy group of over 70 companies that owns and operates assets across Europe. EPH group employs circa 24,000 people internationally, owns €30.5bn of assets, generating €37.1bn of revenue and an EBITDA of €4.3bn.

EPUKI was established in 2015 as the strategic platform for expanding the EPH group into the UK energy market. Since launching, EPUKI has made several acquisitions and developed a number of new opportunities and now owns multiple renewable and flexible power generating assets in the UK and Ireland.

Our aim is to enable the UK and Ireland low carbon transition through provision of flexible and reliable energy supply. To achieve this, we will:

• develop, construct and acquire the right assets to support the transformation of the energy system;
• invest in our people and our assets to best respond to the changing needs of our sector;
• continuously challenge ourselves to identify opportunities, build our knowledge and develop innovative solutions.