Construction - Operations & Maintenance Engineer

The main knowledge, skills and experience required of the Operations & Maintenance Engineer are outlined as follows:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a similar role, preferably in the water and wastewater industry.
• Minimum of a Level 7 Honours Degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Chemical or Environmental Engineering.
• An interest in developing a career within an industry-leading organisation.
• Ability to work as part of a team in project delivery and provide input at team meetings.
• Ability to engage with suppliers and sub-contractors at procurement stage and in the delivery of their scope of supply during contract delivery.
• Ability to use own initiative, problem solve and adjust as issues arise during project delivery.
• Good working knowledge of MS packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication skills with a high level of motivation.

Full driving licence

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The main duties and responsibilities of the Operations & Maintenance Engineer are outlined as follows:

• Work as part of a team in the delivery of one or more projects at any one time, embracing the ethos of a “one team” culture.
• Ensure Health, Safety, Environmental & Sustainability standards, policies and procedures are always adhered to on-site.
• SCADA monitoring, checks and reporting observed issues to the O&M Technicians & O&M Project Manager
• Client Monthly Status Reports & Quarterly Payment Applications.
• Quarterly reporting and attending Client meetings.
• Maintenance of the contract SharePoint O&M Site, Microsoft Teams & Glanua shared drive folders where applicable.
• Assist O&M Technicians with the water/wastewater treatment plant preventative and corrective maintenance planning and execution, and reporting of same, including scheduling specialist trades as required.
• Procurement of site / lab consumables/spares within contract budgets.
• Planning, execution and reporting internal and external water/wastewater treatment plant site process audits.
• Training of O&M Technicians on all process activities.
• Process fault finding including laboratory work, jar testing and reporting.
• Monitoring of external laboratory reports, particularly in relation to exceedances and reporting of same.
• Assisting with the Process Proving stage of commissioning.
• Assisting with the implementation of HSQE/Process/Energy site audits.
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Plant Procedures (SOPPs) where required.
• Any equipment or process faults that cannot be rectified within the O&M team, must be reported and addressed with the members of the Process, Commissioning, Mechanical and/or Electrical teams.
• Assist with the delivery of the CRF (Capital Replacement Fund) projects when & where appl