Lead Mechanical Project Engineer

 Working within Asset Support and Outage Excellence (UK), Mechanical Project Lead Engineers will be providing support to Power Plant Projects, Outages and Maintenance activities across the UK. The role is high-profile in helping to ensure delivery of Uniper's business strategy to be a world class leader.   

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

•    The post holder will be responsible to a Team Leader for ensuring that work targets and objectives are satisfactorily completed across the main KPI’s (safety, time, cost, quality, technical performance and compliance)
•    To support and represent the team leader when not available.
•    To provide additional guidance, technical support to other team members.
•    A flexible attitude, innovative approach, desire for new challenges and the ability to work within a small & medium size team are key characteristics.
•    Responsible for delivering multiple Projects across all disciplines and outages, working closely with the Energy Asset Operations , Asset management, Strategic Technical Services and OEMS’s ensuring process compliance, CDM compliance and the highest standard of HSSE performance.  Project delivery and management duties to include: -
 o    Manage delivery of projects as defined by the Stakeholder, in line with contract, procurement and project management processes.
 o    Lead project teams as required dependent on project complexity.
 o    Establish and maintain relationships with Stakeholders to allow communication and collaborative working.
 o    Deliver project charters which clearly define objectives, expectations and communication plans.
 o    Develop SD (Strategy Decision) and FD (Financial Decision) papers with supporting information.
 o    Develop technical and contract specifications to allow procurement tendering processes to proceed.
 o    Develop and manage the budget required to deliver the project.
 o    Manage the Health, Safety, Security and Environment aspects of the asset project and to the Stakeholder standards.
•    Technical design and delivery of low to high risk technical improvement projects.
•    To review and develop any operation & maintenance packages including critical spares allowing a comprehensive handover to the Stakeholder. 
•    Contribute to the continuous improvement of the project management and quality assurance systems through the job plan improvement and failure reporting utilising corrective action system (FRACAS) processes including root cause problem solving where required.
•    Manage and contribute to the improvement of safety performance including regular audits of the work control management process.
•    Network, peer review and benchmark across all Uniper departments and external companies to ensure that best practice is employed in area of responsibility.
•    Manage delivery of maintenance and warranty within the required timescales determined by the risk and in line with contract management and work planning and scheduling processes.
•    Support the development of Asset Support UK, UK Power Plant staff and wider Asset Management initiatives.
•    Responsible for ensuring that latest developments of industry best practice in terms of HSSE management are implemented and maintained and that adopted practices are routinely reviewed for effectiveness. Ensuring that the appropriate level of monitoring is implemented and maintained during works.
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