Astute’s Power team is partnering with a leading O&M provider to recruit a Mechanical Engineer for its Energy from Waste power plant in Hull.
The Mechanical Engineer role offers a competitive salary, pension scheme, and excellent opportunities for professional development.
If you’re an aspiring Mechanical Engineer seeking to contribute to a site that’s driving innovation in sustainable energy, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Responsibilities and duties of the Mechanical Engineer role
Reporting to the E&M Manager, you will:
- Oversee all mechanical and structural engineering activities on site, ensuring full compliance with statutory, corporate and contractual requirements
- Act as the site Mechanical Engineering Accountable Person, maintaining governance across pressure systems, lifting equipment, work at height and mechanical integrity
- Lead and manage the mechanical engineering and maintenance team, ensuring safe delivery of planned and reactive work
- Plan, schedule and execute maintenance activities using the site CMMS, ensuring asset reliability and compliance
- Coordinate contractor activities and manage engineering service contracts
- Support outages, projects and modifications, including handover from project delivery into operations
- Lead investigations, audits and continuous improvement initiatives
- Contribute to operational performance targets, KPI delivery and regulatory compliance
- Support accreditation to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards
- Provide technical leadership and out of hours support as required
Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- HNC or HND in a mechanical engineering discipline or equivalent
- Completed a recognised mechanical apprenticeship or equivalent experience
- NEBOSH General Certificate
- Experience working in power generation, energy from waste or a high-hazard continuous process environment
- Proven people management and contractor supervision experience
- Strong working knowledge of mechanical and structural legislation and best practice
- Experience managing maintenance systems, audits, investigations and management of change
- Competence using Microsoft Word and Excel
- Working towards or holding professional engineering accreditation
Personal skills
The Mechanical Engineer role would suit someone who is:
- A confident technical leader with a strong safety-first mindset
- Organised and methodical, with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Comfortable leading teams in a regulated operational environment
- Proactive, resilient and focused on continuous improvement
- Clear and professional in communication with internal and external stakeholders
Salary and benefits of the Mechanical Engineer role
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Flexible benefits package including pension, bonus and more.
