Astutes Power Team are recruiting for a Senior Outage Planner to support a fleet of Biomass and Energy from Waste Power Stations across the United Kingdom.
Working within the centralised Engineering Team, you’ll be responsible for coordinating the development, monitoring and delivery of outage work scopes across the facilities. This includes working closely with the site teams to coordinate outage plans, identifying O&M requirements and manging timely delivery.
If you have the right skills & experience and want to find out more, please get in touch!
Responsibilities and duties of the Senior Outage Planner role:
Reporting to the O&M Improvement Director, you will be responsible for:
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Providing guidance and leadership to Outage Planners to ensure strong working relationships across the fleet.
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Provide strategic input on outage performance, risks, opportunities and emerging trends.
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Develop and implement outage plans in collaboration with site teams and planners.
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Oversee the short- and long-term effectiveness, suitability, and performance of site outage plans.
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Monitor outage progress and provide updates, forecasts and variance analysis to wider business functions.
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Support real-time outage delivery and make adjustments are required for both scheduled and unscheduled outages.
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Track and monitor outage performance against key metrics including cost, safety, qualify and timeframes.
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Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement for future outages.
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Work with procurement and inventory teams to resolve material constraints.
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Support post-outage reporting, close-out documentation, and cost reconciliation.
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Provide planning and execution support for both scheduled and unplanned outages and shutdowns.
Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
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Ideally qualified in a relevant Engineering discipline minimum Level 3
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Ideally apprentice trained in a relevant Engineering discipline
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IOSH or NEBOSH in Health and Safety
Personal skills
The Senior Outage Planner role would suit someone who:
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At least 5 years’ experience in a similar position on a power station or similar plant. This could be Energy from Waste, Coal, CCGT, Biomass, CHP or Nuclear. Similar Heavy Process Industries will be considered (Papermill, Refinery, Petrochemical etc)
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At least three years in a supervisory or leadership role.
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Familiarity with safe systems of work, safety rules and similar safe working practices
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IT literate – competent with MS Project for Outage / Engineering planning
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Comfortable travelling to sites and working with site teams and sub-contractors
Salary and benefits of the Outage Planner role
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Competitive salary up to £60,000 (DOE)
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Health Care Cash Plan
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Pension match up to 6%
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Enterprise Account for Car Rental / Mileage Expenses
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Opportunity to join a brand new role within the business
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