Hydro O&M Technician

Hydro O&M Technician

Location: Urquhart House, Inverness

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Full time

Closing Date: 31 January 2024

Main Purpose of the Role

Working within our team delivering hydro turbine operations and maintenance, including fault finding, repairs, major component changes and troubleshooting. This role requires a proactive individual who can work within mechanical, electrical and civils environments and is capable of working in isolation and solving problems with an analytical approach.

Key Responsibilities

• You will carry out scheduled, unscheduled and proactive maintenance on hydro power stations, including fault finding, repairs, major component changes and troubleshooting, as well as providing a crucial out of hours breakdown service.
• You may be responsible for and assist with outage work and repairs.
• You will contribute to our aim of optimising performance and you will directly help us promote the benefits of hydro turbine technology.
• In this position you will be working in remote locations, in all weathers, using a variety of technical equipment. Therefore, you will need to demonstrate a commitment to Health and Safety in all aspects of your work. Amongst others, your responsibilities will include:
• Undertaking all required training.
• PLC and scada interrogation, fault finding and design improvements
• C&I, electrical and mechanical problem solving working alone or in small teams at remote locations with user manuals and intuition to resolve emergent and persistent issues.
• Cost/benefit decision making regarding replacement and refurbishment with regard to predictive maintenance.
• Suggesting and promoting modifications in the context of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Working with tools and specialist equipment stored in power stations and carried in a company supplied four wheel drive vehicle.
• Working in challenging environments within which you will manage and mitigate risk.
• Raising and progressing documents & management systems associated with the role such as Madison, PRAD and SAP.
• You will be qualified or will qualify to Technical Officer, Safety Controller and Safety Coordinator.

Knowledge & Skills

– Trained technician or C&I / mechanical / electrical engineer / qualified apprentice.

– Proactive, hands-on person who is looking to take embrace a wide range of career development opportunities and training we offer to our staff.

– Capable of working in isolation and solving problems with an analytical approach.

– Confident at planning your own workload.

– Competent in understanding all health, safety and environmental considerations.

– Committed to work efficiently within various scenarios including industry specialists, stakeholders, regulators, landlords.

– A large geographical area requires flexibility in terms of working hours and occasional overnights in hotel accommodation.

– Being part of a stand­by rota system requiring responses and occasional mobilisation, including at weekends.

– Flexible to support other sites and colleagues in Wales and England.

Our energy for a sustainable life

RWE has reliably supplied people and companies with electricity for more than 120 years. The way we generate power is changing fundamentally and RWE is driving this change. RWE is committed to be carbon-neutral by 2040, and to generating electricity in a clean, safe and affordable way.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation and to valuing the contribution that our employees make. We welcome and respect differences in culture, background, working style, education and other less obvious differences.

What we will offer you

• An expected starting salary from £44,801 to £52,707 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

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.