O&M Operations Technician King's Lynn, England
Job description
O&M Operations Technician
- Location(s):
- King's Lynn, NFK, GB, PE34 3RD
O&M Operations Technician
Location – King’s Lynn
Contract Type – Permanent
Working Hours – Full time
Closing Date – 04 September 2023
Main Purpose of the Role
As a member of the Station Operations and Maintenance Team, you will contribute towards delivering on the day to day Operational and Maintenance requirements. To maximize the safe, reliable and commercial performance of the power station you will be responsible for operating the plant both locally and from the control room, and carrying out plant operational routines in line with our procedures, this will include fault diagnosis and breakdown recovery. You will be expected to perform operational duties on a shift basis as required. You will collaborate with Engineering & Outage teams, supporting plant shutdowns and recommissioning as required. As the trend towards increasing volumes of renewable generation continues, you should expect maintenance routines to form an increasing part of your core role.
Key Responsibilities
Health, Safety and Environmental compliance
Ensure safe Operational practices are implemented.
Support targets and initiatives relating to health, safety, wellbeing and environment, including Mission Zero, NWoW and Business KPIs.
Operate plant in accordance with recognised station standards
Achieve accredited Operator Status.
Actively seek to gain and apply new skills.
Provide Safety from System-derived hazards
Carrying out the duties of the Safety Controller under RWE Generation UK Safety Rules as nominated and Authorised. Minimum standard: category 1 Safety Controller.
Maintenance activities
Develop maintenance skills in order to undertake maintenance during your shift. This will take the form of a variety of routine tasks and disciplines and more complex undertakings as your skills develop.
Emergency Response
Take part in incident response training and site based exercises which test procedures and competence.
Outage support
Work in multi-disciplinary teams to plan and delivery safe and efficient outages. Commission and return the plant to service in a structured and safe way.
What we will offer you
- An expected starting salary from £39,447 to £46,408 depending on experience and up to 10% annual bonus
- A personal retirement savings plan – if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10% and you will get life assurance worth 4 x annual salary
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro-rata
- Company Paid Private Medical Insurance for you and your family
- One free professional membership subscription
- Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme
- Occupational Health support services for your wellbeing
- Access to our employee assistance programme in times of need Up to 2 days volunteering a year
To view a preview of our benefits site ‘YourHub’ and see some of the other benefits we have on offer please visit https://www.edenred.co.uk/campaigns/rwe-yourhub/index.html
Working at RWE
To find out more about what it’s like to work at one of Europe’s largest energy companies and what we are all about we have a wealth of information on our Careers pages. https://www.rwe.com/en/rwe-careers-portal
Here you can meet some of the team, find out more about Diversity at RWE, what your onboarding will look like and some FAQs.
Equal Opportunities
We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, age or sexual orientation and identity.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Our energy for a sustainable life
RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.
RWE in the UK
We operate a large and diverse portfolio of power generation assets in the UK. We are the UK’s second largest generator of thermal flexible capacity, supplying around 10% of the UK’s electricity last year with 8.6GW of installed capacity. The portfolio includes the UK’s largest fleet of gas-fired power stations, along with a small amount of Biomass and Hydro plants.
