Electrical Site Engineer – Biomass
- Stowmarket, Suffolk
- £43,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Carry out electrical repairs as needed.
- Perform planned maintenance, testing, and record-keeping, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and best practices.
- Inspect and maintain electrical systems routinely, monitoring and adjusting equipment as necessary for optimal performance.
- Respond to callouts during emergencies, including heating outages or loss of services, and monitor systems remotely during on-call periods.
- Document inspections, repairs, and maintenance with detailed records, including photographs.
- Support the management of contractors on-site, including handling work permits for maintenance or upgrades.
- Manage biomass fuel supply by receiving deliveries, testing fuel, and using equipment like a telehandler to handle fuel systems.
- Promote and ensure high standards of health, safety, environment, and quality (HSEQ) on-site, encouraging compliance with legislation and policies.
- Report serious issues or HSEQ concerns to the site manager.
- Keep accurate records of fuel supply, maintenance, testing, incidents, risk assessments, and audits using online systems.
- Maintain good communication and relationships with on-site teams while upholding cleanliness, housekeeping, and tool management standards.
- Ensure a strong SHE performance through compliance with policy, legislation and application of industry best practice.
- Time-served apprentice in a electrical engineering discipline is essential
- Experience on biomass sites or other similar heavy industrial sites (petrochemical / refineries / CHP plant) is essential
- An IOSH or similar safety certificate is preferred
- A sharp eye for detail and a careful approach to getting things right.
- Great problem-solving skills, thinking quickly to overcome challenges.
- Flexibility to work shift rota (days only, weekends required)
- Starting salary of up to £43,000
- Benefits package
- Opportunity to work for a leading biomass company
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