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Power Plant Engineer (Consultant)

Hays - Construction & Property Jobs


Posted by: Hays - Construction & Property
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Contact Details: 0141 226 5999
Date Posted 9th May 2008
Reference Code: 97631
View Since Posting: 99
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Car, Pensi...
Vacancy Location: Glasgow
Full Description:
Our clients mechanical systems team provides comprehensive analytical consulting services on a range of power plant auxiliary plant items. These services are mainly supplied to thermal, hydro, diesel and nuclear generating plants. Typical projects will involve the application of practical engineering skills associated with thermal power and other related industries and could typically involve:

Feasibility studies and front-end engineering design,.
Specification of equipment to achieve a process objective.
Hydraulic analysis of systems (e.g. pressure drop, balancing and surge analysis),
Process design, review and optimisation.
Feasibility studies for potential power generation projects including CHP, tri-generation, biomass CHP, co-firing biomass with conventional fuels and waste to energy plants.
Review of plant equipment, systems and operating regimes to identify problems and develop improvement and upgrade plans.
Review and assessment of plant in the role of both owners and banks engineer.
Although primarily focused on the UK, the work can include involvement with projects undertaken by other offices around the world. The candidate will be expected to produce work of a high standard, demonstrating your engineering ability and you will be expected to peer review the work of other engineers.

Key responsibilities:

Provision of design, operational and maintenance advice to wide range of customers.
Coordinating and organising work schedule to suit customer requirements

Candidates should ideally possess:

Qualified to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
Membership of IMechE or IChemI and Chartered Engineer status (or working towards)
Good understanding of power station auxiliary plant systems
Flexible approach as required for site work in operational power stations
Good written skills and familiarity with MS Word, Excel, etc
Numerate.
Good communication skills with ability to present arguments both verbally and written.
Ability to understand a wide range of processes through review of P&IDs, operating instructions, etc and to be able to communicate this to a variety of levels within a client organisation.
Plant experience to allow a degree of troubleshooting based on real plant issues.
Understanding of the different stages in an engineering project; applicable to both small plant upgrade/modification and to the implementation of a major new plant installation.
Adaptable and able to apply skills in new areas when required.

This position will provide a generous salary package, car allowance, health insurance and an excellent pension package. Significantly you will also be able to enjoy working and learning from engineers that have a wealth of power sector experience. You will also be able to gain from a progressive training schedule.