Lead Electrical Technician

• The Lead Technician shall be responsible for overseeing planned and unplanned maintenance activities to ensure safe and efficient operation of the plant.
• Ensures maintenance plans and targets are achieved safely, economically and within the environmental limits of the plant.
• Works alongside other functions as necessary, assist with supervision of contractors.
• Lead and support the technicians in carrying out fault diagnosis and rectification.
• Management of contractors to support the Electrical asset maintenance.
• Be pro-active and creative in problem solving and initiative.
• Conduct plant inspections and area safety inspections.
• Ensure that all reporting within the Computerised Maintenance Management System is effective and followed through to completion promptly.
• Broaden experience by covering the Engineer’s duties if required.
• Ensure that all maintenance activities are safely and effectively managed in line with the company Energy procedures.
• Ownership and review of Risk Assessments and Method Statements to ensure activities are always completed in a safe manner.
• Lead a team striving for continual improvement in minimising environmental Health & Safety risk at the plant.
• Work collaboratively with the Stock Controllers to ensure critical spares and engineering consumables are readily available.
• Support Outage planning and delivery to ensure asset reliability.
• To carry out Performance Annual Reviews (PARs) and provide mentoring and support of your direct reports.
• To keep yourself informed of industry developments, technological advances and operational practices and use these where appropriate to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness.

Essential

KE1: Understanding of Environmental and H&S issues and their impacts, training will be given.

KE2: Knowledge of repair methods of Electrical equipment.

KE3: Knowledge of Preventative Maintenance and work management Systems.

KE4: Knowledge of the creation of detailed scopes of work / Engineering Specifications ready to be sent out to tender

Desirable

SD1: Knowledge of Management of Change process

SD2: Management of HV equipment

Essential

SE1: Ability to communicate clearly and concisely at all levels, both verbally and written SE2: Ability to work without supervision and provide leadership and guidance to your team. SE3: Able to think logically and solve problems effectively and efficiently

Desirable

SD1: Computer literate SD2: Ability to co-ordinate work activities including contractors SD3: Effective team building, encouraging, motivation and people value

 Essential

EE1: Experience in electrical engineering of process industry or power plants
EE2: Experience working with Computerised Maintenance Management systems.

EE3: Rotating electrical equipment, drives and switchgear experience.
EE4: Contractor management experience

Desirable

ED1: Experience in working with Safe Systems of Work (PTW), Training will be given.

ED2: Experience in cost management.

ED3: Experience in working within the energy from waste industry

 Essential

QE1: Possess appropriate technical qualifications City & Guilds / NVQ (or equivalent) including recognised trade specific apprenticeship

Desirable

QD1: Formal H&S qualifications
QD2: Full, clean driving licence QD3 - HNC in a technical subject

QD4: Hold a position of Senior Authorised Person (SAP) or Prime Duty Holder and qualified to work on both LV & HV electrical systems