Shift Team Leader

 This opportunity will see you Lead the shift operations team at Grain to deliver safe, efficient maintenance and operation of the 1350MW CCGT, synchronous compensation units and OCGT assets to maximise its commercial benefit within our legal requirements. Maintain and operate to best practice in order to deliver the business plan requirements and manage the development of team members to meet the future station needs.   

 

We are Uniper

 

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

 

Your responsibilities

 

• Engage as a leader of the shift team in supporting the Production Manager and the wider site management team in developing and delivering strategic plans to deliver business performance targets (covering technical, commercial, process and people aspects).
• Manage and be prepared to carry out all aspects of multi plant and system operation e.g. preparation, run-up and synchronisation, control and regulation, desynchronising and shut down. Monitor and report divergences and take action within defined limits to correct defects, fault conditions and/or abnormalities whilst maintaining optimum operational compliance, safety and performance.  Maximise commercial benefit, meet personal generic operator KPI’s
• Improve business performance by leading team and focus groups in improvement initiatives and projects.  Ensure best practice is employed by networking and benchmark comparisons with other plant, to achieve optimum levels of revenue expenditure, availability, flexibility, reliability etc.
• Liaise with external stakeholder groups e.g. NGT, EA, and HSE, emergency services, general public and the local community.

 

  

Your profile

• Extensive technical knowledge and experience of power plant engineering, maintenance and operations. Qualified to Higher National Certificate / Degree level in engineering or equivalent.
• A thorough understanding of power plant operation, practice and theory.
• Detailed knowledge of current Uniper and local management systems which affect the management of the site, which are relevant to the role.
• Detailed working knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation and standards relevant to the role.

 

 

Your qualities

  At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.   Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We