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Mobile Operations Technologist – Water Exeter Salary up to £35,000     About the role: Astute’s Power team is partnering with a Leading water technology company to recruit a Mobile Operations Technologist for the Exeter area. The Operations Technologist role comes with a salary of £35,000, pension and company car. If you’re a Chemical Analysis / Operation Technologist and are looking to work for an organisation that is a leader in its field, then upload your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties: Reporting to the Operations Leader you will:

• Calibrating on-site equipment
• Fault finding and maintenance of equipment including power supplies and pumps
• Utilise water treatment systems digital data visualisation platform to monitor plant performance
• Define and execute a service plan for scope of supply of services, time & products as well as treatment limits, performance expectations & KPI’s.
• Operate and change dosing rates required to maintain safe limits

    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:

• Chemistry/Chemical Engineering degree or equivalent scientific degree

    Personal skills: The Operations Technologist role would suit someone who is:

• Full UK Driving License
• Willing to travel in the Exeter area

    Salary and benefits of the role:

• Salary up to £35,000
• Company car
• Pension

    How to apply? To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to [email protected] or call 02393 910048 to speak to Ben Turner who can tell you more.   INDPOW

Mechanical Technician

Plastic Recycling Avonmouth £43,800 + Package ( 4 on- 4 off Day & Night shifts)

Introduction

Our Client is one of the UK's leading provider of Environmental solutions, offering a full range of Waste and Energy Recovery services through a vast and growing network of Plants and Facilities across the country. As such, they are looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join their largest polymer recycling facility in the UK, based in Avonmouth. Working as their Mechanical Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for carrying out key planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance across the recycling facility on a wide variety of heavy plant and equipment.

 

What you will be doing

As the Mechanical Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for:

• Preventative maintenance (PPMs) and reactive maintenance across heavy industrial plant
• Mechanical fault-finding and route cause analysis techniques
• Working across all processing plant
• Maintenance on wash plant,sorting equipment, motors, conveyors and other manufacturing based equipment.
• Minimising downtime, ensuring plant runs at optimum performance
• Be able to deliver all work set to the operational expectations and budgetary requirements
• Keep records using CMMS
• Working as part of a shift pattern
• Other duties as required.

This is 4 on 4 off shift position including night shifts. Please only apply if this is suitable.

 

What you will need

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a Mechanical Engineering/ Maintenance role
• Heavy Industrial experience – e.g. processing plant, waste, manufacturing
• Ability to read and interpret engineering diagrams and drawings
• Pneumatic skills and experience

 

What’s on Offer

• Competitive Package of up to £43,800
• Opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading Waste Management companies

 

How to Apply

For more information please contact Gemma Nixon on 02392 222 964 or emailing your CV to [email protected].

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Plastic Recycling Avonmouth £41,700 - Monday- Friday Days 

Introduction

Our Client is one of the UK's leading provider of Environmental solutions, offering a full range of Waste and Energy Recovery services through a vast and growing network of Plants and Facilities across the country. As such, they are looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join their largest polymer recycling facility in the UK, based in Avonmouth. Working as their Mechanical Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for carrying out key planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance across the recycling facility on a wide variety of heavy plant and equipment.

 

What you will be doing

As the Mechanical Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for:

• Preventative maintenance (PPMs) and reactive maintenance across heavy industrial plant
• Mechanical fault-finding and route cause analysis techniques
• Working across all processing plant
• Maintenance on wash plant,sorting equipment, motors, conveyors and other manufacturing based equipment.
• Minimising downtime, ensuring plant runs at optimum performance
• Be able to deliver all work set to the operational expectations and budgetary requirements
• Keep records using CMMS
• Working as part of a shift pattern
• Other duties as required.

 

What you will need

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a Mechanical Engineering/ Maintenance role
• Heavy Industrial experience – e.g. processing plant, waste, manufacturing
• Ability to read and interpret engineering diagrams and drawings
• Pneumatic skills and experience

 

What’s on Offer

• Competitive Package of up to £41,700
• Opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading Waste Management companies

 

How to Apply

For more information please contact Gemma Nixon on 02392 222 964 or emailing your CV to [email protected].

Astute’s Power team is partnering with a leading insulation subcontractor in the Energy from Waste sector to recruit Thermal Insulation Labourers on a 10-month contract for its Kent site. The Thermal Insulation Labourer role comes with an hourly rate of £16.95.             Key skills  

• Work closely with Thermal Insulation Engineer on day -to – day basis
• Helping and support engineers on site with materials and general insulation works
• Adhere to all general H&S on site
• Must hold either CSCS / CCNSG
• Site experience in either Oil & Gas, Energy, Nuclear, Waste Management or similar

Location, remuneration and timeframe of the Thermal Insulation Labourer role  

• Kent
• £16.95 per hour (Monday – Friday)
• £21.95 per hour (Saturdays)
• 10 Months minimum

Astute’s Power team is partnering with a leading insulation subcontractor in the Energy from Waste sector to recruit Thermal Insulation Labourers on a 10-month contract for its Essex site. The Thermal Insulation Labourer role comes with an hourly rate of £16.95.             Key skills  

• Work closely with Thermal Insulation Engineer on day -to – day basis
• Helping and support engineers on site with materials and general insulation works
• Adhere to all general H&S on site
• Must hold either CSCS / CCNSG
• Site experience in either Oil & Gas, Energy, Nuclear, Waste Management or similar

Location, remuneration and timeframe of the Thermal Insulation Labourer role  

• Essex
• £16.95 per hour (Monday – Friday)
• £21.95 per hour (Saturdays)
• 10 Months minimum

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Mechanical Commissioning Engineer

4 months Contract

Location - Isle of Wight

Day Rate - £500 - £550 per day

Start date - September 2023

The Role We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical Commissioning Engineer to join the end Client on the new build Waste to Energy facility based on the Isle of Wight. Our Client is a leading engineering and operations specialist in the renewable energy field, who are constantly growing in the UK market as a leading Client.

As Mechanical Commissioning Engineer, you will bring demonstrable commissioning experience and practical skills to the commissioning team. Working closely with the Commissioning Manager, you will be responsible for planning, executing and documenting of commissioning and handover activities on the project and programme of works in a safe manner, fully in accordance with company processes, systems, procedures and specifications. 

Responsibilities include:

• Working in collaboration with the construction team, ensuring that mechanical commissioning activities are planned safely and to required quality standards and specifications
• Providing appropriate support throughout the commissioning phase of the project
• Updating of commissioning documentation including site reports and assisting with O&M manuals
• Carrying out and recording of all commissioning tests
• Liaising with onsite subcontractors where necessary
• Reporting to the Commissioning Manager and updating relevant personnel on site progress 
• Adhered to health and safety regulations and reporting any incidents appropriately.

Skills & Requirements:

• Commissioning experience gained within Energy from Waste, Biomass, and Gasification projects. 
• Proven track record in a similar role and ability to communicate well at all levels
• Ability to work well independently and as well as part of a team

If you are interested in finding out more, you can call Greg on 02392 222 966 or contact me at [email protected]

Senior Structural Engineer - Nuclear August start Rate (Inside IR35) - £35 - 50ph Duration - 12 months Warrington     About the role: Astute’s Nuclear team is partnering with a leading company within the Nuclear and Defence sectors to recruit a Senior CS&A Engineer for its Bristol site. The Senior Structural Engineer will be reporting to the Principal Engineer and play a project critical role and comes with an hourly rate of up to £50ph and a hybrid or remote set up depending on the calibre of the candidate. If you’re a Senior Structural Engineer and are looking to work for an organisation that is a leader in the Nuclear Industry, then upload your CV to apply today.                     Responsibilities and duties: Reporting to the Principal Engineer, you will:

• Deliver high quality structural and civil design solutions for Nuclear projects, showcasing expertise in this specialized field.
• Carry out design and analysis using engineering software such as Tekla and Robot as well as producing hand calculations.
• Preparation of Calculations, CDM activities, Basis of Design, Material Specifications, Scopes of Work, Technical reports, Inter discipline design coordination and supervision.
• Liaise with Technicians in the preparation of Revit models.
• Act as a technical authority within the team, assisting and mentoring where appropriate.
• Ensure all work to be carried out with a positive attitude toward safety, both in design and in the office environment.
• Responsible for the management of project delivery including feasibility and concept studies

    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:

• Degree level qualification in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Currently or working towards Professional Chartership (ICE or IStrucE).
• Previous experience in the Nuclear industry or with seismic loading.

    Personal skills: The Senior role would suit someone who is:

• Currently or previously worked in the Nuclear industry.
• Currently or eligible for SC Clearance.
• Happy to travel to sites as necessary.

    Salary and benefits of the Senior role:

• Hourly rate up to £50ph.
• Expenses paid for all travel.
• Potential for future project work.

    How to apply? To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to [email protected] or call 02392 222 961 to speak to Sophie Thwaites who can tell you more.   INDNUC

Astute’s Power team is partnering with a power generation provider with a commitment to professional development and sustainability to recruit an Business Development Lead to be involved in the decarbonisation projects throughout the UK in the Industrial sector. The strategically important Business Development Lead role comes with a salary of up to £65,000. If you’re a Business Development Lead and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Head of Development you will:  

• Responsible for the growth of the industrial energy pipeline.
• The project leadership of cross-functional teams to enable the delivery of solutions/projects and targets.
• Secure new business according to personal/sector targets.
• Maximise strike rate by developing winning proposals and prioritising opportunities accordingly.
• Utilising the systems, processes and Salesforce to ensure sales management information is up to date, accurate and enabling new business growth.

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Prior Operational and Technical knowledge desirable
• Sustainable and low carbon solutions knowledge
• Prior BD experience desirable

    Personal skills The Business Development Lead role would suit someone who is:  

• Understand stakeholder management
• Has good communication skills
• Is a good decision maker

    Salary and benefits of the Business Development Lead role  

• Up to £65,000 salary
• Car allowance
• Private health care
• Lucrative bonus structure

Job objectives and responsibilities

The role of the Senior Energy Contracts Buyer reports directly into the Head of Procurement Services within Mitie Energy. Main duties include the procurement of 'flexible' and 'fixed price-fixed term' gas and electricity contracts, as well as water retail and metering agreements.

• The role will include an allocation of customers which the Senior Energy Contracts Buyer will manage and develop strong working relationships with. The successful candidate will be expected to liaise with suppliers and internal teams and act as a role of energy expertise and stewardship through effectively being an extension of our customers' procurement and energy functions.
• The role will demand a high level of current technical industry knowledge and the ability for the candidate to keep up to date with on-going changes.
• The candidate shall be confident to negotiate all aspects of product and pricing, and be able to articulate how best value for money solutions have been sourced for customers.
• Capability to autonomously produce high quality numerical and written analysis of tender bid responses resulting in logically sound recommendations.
• Duties also include upkeep of internal systems and databases with high quality and accurate information
• Create and sustain strong relationships with all relevant stakeholders including suppliers and customers
• Ensure that all processes are followed.

Main duties

• Running flexible gas and electricity contract procurement, following the procurement cycle from the creation of tender specifications (Key Selection Criteria), through to advertising tenders with suppliers, managing bidders responses and clarifications, analysing offers, and negotiating re-bids
• Commercially reviewing contracts to ensure that they are in line with all tender specifications. Awarding contracts that reflect negotiated positions and that are in line with the specification is of highest importance and requires keen commercial understanding with excellent attention to detail
• On-boarding awarded contracts with relevant internal and external teams to ensure that contracts are setup correctly
• General contract management where required to ensure that suppliers are carrying out awarded contracts in line with the agreed terms
• Use and maintain the internal procurement databases with information relating to awarded contracts
• Run other tender activities as and when required including managing MOP/DA/DC contracts and water procurement exercises
• Being a key member of the procurement team, the candidate's duties will include keeping abreast of industry regulatory changes and have expert knowledge of cost elements that make up  supply contracts. The successful candidate will need to be comfortable with spending time to research market and price changes
• Presenting detailed analysis of tender results to senior contracts within our customer base including their FDs, CEOs and procurement teams. Duties will include presenting rounded and articulate analysis of product and price which reinforces logically sound recommendations
• Carrying out procurement administration such as post-tender site additions and managing supply point registrations

 

Person Specification

• An energy expert with broad knowledge of how energy contracts are created and of the charges within them
• Experience of being responsible for energy procurement, particularly around flexible energy contracts for gas and electricity
• A confident person that can build relationships, influence and negotiate areas of product and price
• An excellent communicator with ability to speak to senior contacts either face to face or over the phone
• An analytical mind-set that has the capacity to ensure high accuracy of work when reviewing complex and large datasets
• Excellent commercial awareness and ability to recognise contractual risk
• Track record of ability to construct written reports to evaluate bids and create logical, balanced and clear recommendations
• Highly organisational character with excellent time management
• Self-driven character who can use initiative in problem solving situations
• A team player who enjoys working with customers and multiple touchpoints
• A character with a positive attitude that mirrors the culture and values of Mitie Group
• Excellent level of written English and ability to develop recommendations and other tender reports to be provided to senior contacts within our customers' organisations.
• A personality that positively handles a quickly changing environment
• Ability to keep calm under pressure
• Ability to research and learn autonomously and share knowledge within the wider team
• Proficient in IT and uses daily MS word, excel, PowerPoint, access, and outlook

Continuous Learning Development:

We would like the successful candidate to either hold a CIPs qualification or have the relevant minimum qualifications to allow them to work towards a CIPs qualification. Further details can be found at 

https://www.cips.org/learn/qualifications/. 

• Existing CIPs (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply qualification (or above) would be desired, however not essential.
• If you do not hold a CIPs Level 4 Diploma, a desirable candidate would have either a minimum of at least two A-levels (or international equivalent) or a CIPS Level 3 Advanced Certificate qualification. Alternatively, you could have a minimum of two years' relevant experience in a business environment.