Astute People Ltd

Astute’s Power team is partnering with a leading O&M company in the power generation sector to recruit an E&M Planner for its CHP facility in Seascale, Cumbria.

The E&M Planner role comes with a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, offering the opportunity to play a key part in maintaining and optimising the reliability of a high-performing Combined Heat and Power facility.

If you’re an E&M Planner and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity, safety and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.

  Responsibilities and duties of the E&M Planner role Reporting to the Maintenance Engineer, you will:

• Plan and schedule all Statutory Inspections, Planned Maintenance routines, defects, projects, and emergent work in line with site operational priorities.

• Maintain a 12-month lookahead Maintenance Delivery Plan to support budget submissions for the Annual Operating Plan.

• Manage the site’s Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to ensure all planned maintenance is completed ahead of compliance deadlines.

• Issue weekly schedules for programmed maintenance, defect rectification, and project work with a rolling 3-week lookahead.

• Produce monthly reports to demonstrate CMMS performance and highlight any issues requiring escalation.

• Administer the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) system and ensure compliance with key legislation.

• Coordinate contractor activities and support the grouping and scheduling of outage work.

• Act as custodian of the Postponement process, ensuring no overdue maintenance.

  Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Level 3 qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent.

• IOSH Managing Safely (or willingness to obtain).

• Experience with a CMMS system (ideally Maximo or similar).

• Competence in MS Excel and MS Project to develop reports, schedules, and outage plans.

• Strong understanding of key maintenance legislation, including Pressure Systems Safety, DSEAR, Electricity at Work, and PUWER.

  Personal skills The E&M Planner role would suit someone who is:

• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive in managing maintenance priorities.

• Capable of balancing multiple workstreams within a safety-critical environment.

• A strong communicator, able to coordinate with engineers, contractors, and operational teams.

• Committed to maintaining compliance, safety, and asset reliability.

  Salary and benefits of the E&M Planner role

• Competitive salary

• Excellent company benefits package

Astute’s Power team is exclusively partnering with a leading timber manufacturer to recruit a Project Engineer based in Scotland with the ability to carry out national travel. 

This crucial Project Engineer role comes with a competitive salary and benefits.

If you’re a Project Engineer with experience in engineering solutions for biomass systems and are looking to work with an organisation that values sustainability and innovation, submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to the Customer Engineering Manager, you will:

• Develop and improve maintenance plans and tasks to ensure maximum plant availability.
• Liaise with field service engineers and site personnel to understand and optimise maintenance requirements.
• Analyse boiler performance data, diagnose issues, and provide technical solutions for performance improvement.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative measures to enhance operational reliability.
• Maintain and enhance the Pirana system for industrial heat and installed assets at customer sites.
• Provide guidance and support to the sales team regarding technical queries for new and existing projects.
• Assist with technical reporting, including system performance and compliance reporting.
• Proactively comply with health, safety, and environmental regulations, ensuring the upkeep of certifications and compliance standards.

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline (or equivalent qualifications with relevant experience).
• Proven experience in a maintenance or reliability role, preferably in a relevant industry such as biomass or industrial heat systems.
• Experience in troubleshooting and providing customer support, particularly in a field service context.
• Strong technical skills with the ability to analyse performance data and implement practical solutions.
• A full UK driving licence, with the flexibility to travel across the UK and stay away from home as needed.

Personal skills

The Project Engineer role would suit someone who:

• Is a collaborative team player, capable of developing constructive relationships with customers, contractors, and internal teams.
• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Possesses excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Can make confident decisions and think creatively to resolve issues.

Salary and benefits of the Project Engineer role

• Competitive salary (depending on experience)
• Company benefits package
• Opportunities for career development and professional growth

INDPOW

Astute's Power team are partnering with one of the largest operators of energy networks and energy infrastructure in Europe.  They are looking to recruit a Senior Development Engineer who will be based from home and will be challenged with growth of the team. The Senior Development Engineer plays a vital part in providing customers engineering solutions including problem resolution and energy profile reduction. If you have a background working in engineering, District Heating or a similar environment and are looking to work for an organisation that is passionate about energy, then upload your CV to today.                     Responsibilities and duties Working as the Senior Development Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Leading the UK development team which will consist of 3-5 direct reports across UK.
• Taking the technical lead on complex projects
• Building relationships with customers to understand requirements.
• Project development budgets
• Providing analysis of key project and developments
• Allocating team workload, ensuring objectives are maintained
• Managing design process, creating decarbonisation proposals

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Degree educated or HND in a Electrical, Mechanical, Energy, Materials or Chemical Engineering
• IOSH or NEBOSH certificate
• Experience/Knowledge of industry standards (CIBSE Regs, building services, British Standards, ISO etc)

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

• Experienced with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work under pressure
• Excellent attention to detail

    Salary and benefits of the Senior Development Engineer role

• Competitive salary of up to £79,595
• Bonus
• 26 days holiday
• Generous pension scheme

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Astute’s Power Team is partnering with a leading Energy from Waste operator to recruit a Shift Team Leader for its Gloucester site.

The Shift Team Leader role comes with a salary of £44,041 - £66,000 per annum and comprehensive benefits package including 25 days of annual leave. 

If you’re a Shift Team Leader and have the relevant experience then submit your CV to apply today.

 

Responsibilities and duties of the Shift Team Leader role Reporting to the Operations Manager you will:

• Lead and coordinate the activities of the shift operations team to ensure safe and efficient plant performance

• Take delegated responsibility for site operations outside of standard office hours

• Act as Senior Authorised Person, issuing and cancelling safety documentation in line with site safety rules

• Respond to and manage operational incidents and emergencies in accordance with the site emergency plan

• Ensure the facility operates in full compliance with environmental permits, planning conditions and statutory requirements

• Monitor plant performance and take proactive steps to optimise availability, reliability and efficiency

• Oversee waste acceptance to ensure only compliant materials are processed

• Maintain accurate shift logs, operational reports and incident documentation

• Deliver structured and effective shift handovers

• Support the development, coaching and performance management of shift personnel

• Promote a strong safety culture and high standards of housekeeping across the site

• Provide shift cover where required to maintain operational continuity

 

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

• Extensive operational experience within a power generation environment such as Energy from Waste, CCGT, biomass, coal or oil-fired plant, or relevant experience as a Royal Navy Marine Engineer

• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation, environmental compliance and safe systems of work

• Experience operating under formal safety rules and permit to work systems

• Proven ability to make sound operational decisions in a fast-paced environment

• Level 3 qualification in relevant subject such as operations or engineering. 

 

Personal skills The Shift Team Leader role would suit someone who is:

• A confident leader with the ability to motivate and guide a team

• Calm and decisive when managing challenging or high-pressure situations

• Organised and able to prioritise workload effectively

• Analytical with strong problem-solving capability

• An effective communicator who can engage with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels

Salary and benefits of the Shift Team Leader role

• £44,041 - £66,000 per annum

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Pension scheme

• Ongoing training and career development

Astute are looking for an Operations Technician to join the expanding Operations Team on a Combined Heat and Power facility in East London. Utilising the latest technology, the site is producing 17MW of Heat & Power from used fats, oils and greases (FOGS) from the local area.   Reporting to the Site Operations Supervisor you will be part of a Shift Team (sometimes alone) responsible for the safe and efficient running of the CHP in line with business and statutory needs. If you have the right skills & experience and want to find out more, please get in touch!     Responsibilities and duties: As an Operations Technician, you will be responsible for:

• Operating the plant to ensure compliance in line with Company and Client procedures
• Carrying out first line maintenance to ensure plant availability and performance is at a high level whilst ensuring adherence with safety, environmental and statutory requirements.
• Identifying and reporting plant defects, observations and anomalies that may affect the safety of the site or operation of the plant
• Completing assigned safety duties, including safe systems of work, setting people to work and the company’s safety systems
• Assisting the Operations Supervisor with projects and outage preparation
• Controlling the offloading of materials onto site, this may include road tanker fuel, oil and urea deliveries and directing the right material to dedicated storage tanks.

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• C&G/NVQ Level 3 minimum in Engineering/Plant Operations or Apprentice qualified
• IOSH or H&S certificate

    Personal skills The Operations Technician would suit someone with:

• Mechanical/Electrical maintenance skillset
• Minimum 3 years of experience working in Power Generation in an Operations based role
• Royal Navy Marine Engineer Leading Marine Engineers are welcome to apply
• Comfortable working alone and as part of a time during a shift

    Salary and benefits of the Operations Technician role

• Competitive Salary
• Excellent Benefits Package
• Opportunity to join a CHP power plant

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  Astute’s Power team is partnering with a leading timber manufacturing company based in North Ayrshire who supply the UK and Irish markets with product for construction, pallet wood and fencing industries. The Maintenance Manager will be responsible for all maintenance mechanical and electrical work, automation, site projects and maintenance systems on the sawmill site If you’re an experienced Maintenance Manager or lead looking to step up, with a background in timber processing 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 Working as the Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Lead the Maintenance team of fitters and electricians to deliver high performance process efficiency
• Demonstrate strong leadership and team management skills to ensure performance of people and equipment is optimised.
• Ensure the Maintenance function operates to the site required Health, Safety and Environmental standards.
•  Planning and developing PEMAC / CMMS systems to deliver maximum line/process efficiency including energy, plant services and utilities.
• Delivery of KPIs: downtime, uptime, PM schedules and workflow.
• Responsible for cost management in the maintenance and engineering functions, delivering costs to weekly KPI budgets including energy and projects.

    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  

• Qualification in Engineering – mechanical & electrical background
• Knowledge of maintenance strategies e.g. RCM, TPM, Asset Management desirable.
• Minimum 10 years’ maintenance/engineering management experience is essential; sawmilling or heavy industry experience is an advantage.

    Personal skills The Maintenance Manager role would suit someone who is:  

• Experienced with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work under pressure
• Excellent attention to detail

    Salary and benefits of the Maintenance Manager role  

• Competitive salary up to £60,000
• Pension scheme
• Progression opportunity
• Company benefits

INDPOW  

Astute’s Power team is exclusively partnering with Seabank Power to recruit a Mechanical Technician for its Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station in Bristol. The Mechanical Technician role comes with a starting salary of £53,829, rising to £59,811 following successful probation, in addition to a bonus, pension, flexible working and a range of other benefits. If you’re a Mechanical Technician and are looking to work for an organisation that operates a major UK power station, submit your CV to apply today. Responsibilities and duties of the Electrical Technician role Reporting to the Mechanical Engineer, you will:

• Perform work scheduling and reporting using a maintenance management system.
• Carry out routine maintenance on steam, water, fuel gas and chemical process systems to ensure availability.
• Carry out reactive fault finding and troubleshooting to ensure high plant availability.
• Manage contracts and supervise of contractors.
• Design, implement, manage and develop plant improvement projects.

Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:

• Apprentice trained 
• Minimum of a level 3 qualification in mechanical engineering or similar 
• Experience working in power generation, or alternatively another similar heavy process industry such as steel works, petrochemical, etc. 
• Ex-forces applications welcomed. 
• Ideally experience with steam raising plant, turbines, valves, pumps, compressors and auxiliary systems.

Personal skills The Mechanical Technician role would suit someone who is:

• Able to work independently and manage technical tasks
• Competent in using IT for day-to-day activities
• Clear and effective in communication at all levels
• Willing to work flexibly across a range of technical challenges

  Salary and benefits of the Mechanical Technician role

• Starting salary: £53,829, rising to £59,811 post-probation
• Annual bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Relocation assistance
• Flexible working options
• Cycle to work and EV leasing schemes
• Social and team events
• Paid overtime at 1.5x base rate (available as required and during outages)

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Two new sites coming just to the west of Dublin and a little north of Dublin. She has sent us a graphic.  4 Techs are required  8 people in the team. 3 people are experienced. 1 joined in January  Solar experience is ideal  Field work is something they need Level 6 Technician  Ideally safe pass certificate Teams interview - Charlotte Hart as line manager and then a more technical manager as well. 1 stage interview on Teams Up to €50,000 but a lot of people she has taken on  No holidays coming up and ready to go with us. She will return CV feedback within 48 hours.  £6,000 fixed fee as these roles are exclusive under our terms.