Performance and Production Support Engineer

Salary: £26,000 per year

On Line People Limited are currently looking for a Performance & Production Support Engineer to work for one of our major clients located at the South Humber Bank. This is a permanent vacancy working 37 hours per week.

The Role: –

An opportunity has arisen for us to recruit a Performance & Production Support Engineer. The successful candidate will support the business to achieve production targets safely, efficiently and within environmental limits, deliver customer satisfaction, maximise commercial value from the asset and support the delivery of the business plan.

Key Responsibilities: –

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the key responsibilities and duties include: –

* Co-ordinating of generation production plans, providing a key interface with Traders, Operational, Maintenance and Engineering teams to ensure that commercial impacts are minimised by establishing systems to monitor site thermal efficiency, reliability, availability and ensuring outage schedules are delivered to time

* Establishing a performance model, bespoke to South Humber Bank that can track efficiencies across all aspects of plant corrected back to ISO conditions. Monitoring and reporting on degradation and making recommendations for improvement projects and maintenance

* Making recommendations for reliability and efficiency improvement projects and upgrades, assisting in business justification cases where necessary. Driving project delivery through self and others and ensuring plant performance tests are planned, executed to agreed timescales, monitor OEM performance tests where necessary

* Achieving production to nomination targets in a safe and effective manner thereby satisfying customer, the business, NGT and National Grid

* Responsible for collating and communicating benchmark data

* Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Generation (Grid Code), EU ETS and PPC Licences are fulfilled, data collected and timely reports submitted. Ensuring statutory and internal reporting requirements are delivered on time to the required standard

* Managing the interaction, where applicable,

The Ideal Candidate: –

Background:

* CCGT process knowledge including plant performance and thermodynamic understanding – desirable

* In-depth knowledge of appropriate industry operational policies, procedures and standards, with the ability to apply these to gain competitive advantage – essential

* Experience of power plant operation within the power generation, or similar process industry – essential

* Demonstrable competence in use of IT/IS skill e.g. MS Office, OSIsoft applications (PI Processbook, PI Coresight)

* Working knowledge of Performance Models/Tools and Optimax or similar performance tools is required.

Behaviours:

* Ability to influence and communicate (verbal and written) effectively with site personnel at

all levels Ability to cope with pressurised situations and adhering to deadlines

* Excellent numeracy, literacy, negotiation and problem-solving skills

* High motivation and self-direction

* Effective time management, planning and strong

* Organisation skills

Qualifications:

* Qualified to a minimum of HNC/HND (or equivalent) in an appropriate discipline – essential

* Member of a relevant professional institution – desirable

Benefits:

* Private medical insurance

* Competitive pension option

* Bonus opportunity