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Shift Operations & Maintenance Assistant

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The opportunity

Due to the company’s continuing growth, we require a Shift O&M Assistant to strengthen the existing Operations & Maintenance Assistant.

  • location
    Location Drakelow
  • salary
    Salary Competitive starting at £34,000 per annum

About the role

We are currently recruiting for the position of Shift Operations & Maintenance Assistant (Fuel) for a new build Energy from Waste facility located on the former Drakelow C coal fired power station near Burton on Trent. The facility will generate electricity using gasification technology with Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) as the primary fuel. Vital Energi are the owners, EPC, operators, and maintainers of the facility.

Key responsibilities

  • Contribute to the implementation of the company’s safe systems of work.
  • Manage on-site storage of all ash produced by the process including the loading of bulk vehicles.
  • Carry out general maintenance of plant items including mobile plant dependent on individual’s competence and plant requirements.
  • Contribute to the effective development of O&M procedures, operating instructions, and RAMS for the facility.
  • This role requires a degree of flexibility to carry out other duties identified from time to time, ensuring site objectives are achieved, especially during construction and commissioning phases requiring work outside of normal duties and hours.
  • Contribute to daily process meetings and team briefs and coach and mentor new and existing staff in the operation of an Energy from Waste facility, Safe systems of Work and procedures.
  • Working with the Maintenance Department, you’ll contribute to the coordination and implementation of maintenance activities to ensure plant availability is maximised.
  • You will also build and maintain relationships with colleagues to ensure effective communication across the site, and you will contribute to identifying and taking pro-active measures to develop improvements to plant performance, availability, and reliability.
  • Contribute to the control of site incidents and emergencies and reporting of incidents in a timely manner, and proactively search for site defects, raising awareness, reporting, and seeking rectification.
  • Be available for overtime and training courses to facilitate the continued safe operation of the facility.
  • Other duties as directed by the Plant Manager / O&M Manager.

What you will need

Benefits

  • salary
    Competetive starting at £34,000 per annum
  • pension
    Contributory Company Pension Scheme
  • insurance
    Non-contributory death-in-service insurance
  • holiday
    23 Days Holiday plus BH
  • flexible working hours
    Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
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