AddressSalary and Benefits: Salary up to £50,859 dependent on experience, attractive company car lease scheme, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution) plus 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and a wellness day, development opportunities in line with the Maintenance Specialist progression plan. We also offer a fantastic benefits package, which includes flexible private health cash plan scheme, retail saving scheme, Online GP Service, Life Insurance and many more!
Location: The role is a flexible hybrid working arrangement, although there is an expectation that some of your time will be spent working across our operational WWTW sites from where your team(s) operate in the Yorkshire region. Please note the site you will be based at, will be determined by your home location. A full UK driving license (with no more than 6 points) is an essential requirement of this role, with the ability to travel between sites.
Who are we looking for?
We are currently out to market for an experienced Bioresources CHP Maintenance Specialist to work closely with our Bioresources Craft and CHP Service Partner, ensuring maintenance plans are optimised on a condition-based need, any assets have limited downtime and asset outages are planned.
Working collaboratively with our operational teams, you will ensure they have available CHP assets to meet business targets and act as a trouble shooter/engine optimiser. Seeking opportunities for improved engine performance, you will gain an understanding of where we can maximise load and availability, providing timely intervention with our service provider and holding them to account In particular engine maintenance and developing a proactive health check regime.
What will you be doing in the role?
The performance of our Bioresources CHP Maintenance Specialist will directly equate to the improvements in engine fleet safety and improvement in lost downtime, culminating in generation targets being met. You will also be responsible for:
Maintenance Optimisation: Working closely with our service provider to agree job delivery content, schedules and criticality. Ensuring work is planned and deliverable with operations and drive the most optimal maintenance delivery approach for Bioresources CHP assets
- Investigating opportunities to improve the engine parts supply chain
- Developing a spares strategy which aligns to engine needs and value output
- Ensuring asset operation and maintenance plans are aligned to the asset investment strategy
- Implementing Condition Based Maintenance strategies for critical CHP assets
- Analysing and understanding the effectiveness of completed maintenance and updating maintenance strategies to provide continued improvements
- CHP Technical Specialist: Providing support and data to the wider team to ensure least down time and best optimisation with the lowest operating costs
- Ensuring CHP assets are in service, and downtime is limited to planned outages
- Delivering asset improvement, bioresources investment and maintenance work in the most efficient and best cost routes
- Articulating Asset Risk to the Bioresources TOTEX board and BROAM
- Delivering mitigation savings by reduction in down time
- Providing project management of optimisation projects (technical assets and business processes)
- Ensuring economic, environmental and ethical risks are assessed and appropriately mitigated across the maintenance programme
- Engaging with relevant business units to support the delivery of business plans and contribute to TOTEX efficiency targets
- Ensuring assets are always fit for purpose and the health, safety and wellbeing of our colleagues and employees is at the heart of every decision-making process
- Indirectly managing a dedicated CHP Service Provider function.
Knowledge and Skills Required
Essential:
Our Bioresources CHP Maintenance Specialist will hold the relevant technical qualification in an CHP engine engineering discipline, with significant experience in end-to-end design to meet service requirements. You will also:
- Have good working knowledge of Bioresources processes and interfaces
- Be skilled at root cause analysis
- Be able to take the initiative and work autonomously, with experience of supporting concept to business-as-usual activities
- Support and embeds change, able to influence and drive the right culture and behaviours
- Drive sustainable performance against challenging business targets
- Demonstrate effective communication skills, with the ability to work within a team or independently to challenging timescales
- Drive excellent standards and performance in health and safety, risk management and control of work
- Always develop and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
Desirable:
- Technical knowledge of Bioresources, sewerage / clean water network assets
- Previous experience within the Utilities industry
- Demonstrates innovative and creative thinking
- Experience of presenting to senior stakeholders for approval.
If you feel this opportunity is suitable and you match the skills required, then please apply online and complete the application process. Please upload an up-to-date copy of your CV and cover letter, outlining your relevant experience for the role.
Recruitment Process:
Closing Date: 24th March 2024
Interviews: TBC
If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment.
Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.
All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required
Yorkshire Water values equality, diversity, and inclusion we believe that everyone should be treated with respect. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, religion or belief and trade union memberships
Yorkshire Water reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application.
