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Lead Asset Management Engineer, Buckingham

Client: Morson Talent

Location: Buckingham, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views:

3

Posted:

20.07.2025

Expiry Date:

03.09.2025

Job Description:

The role: Lead Asset Management Engineer
Type: Fixed term contract - Minimum 18 months
Location: Remote (Home based) - covering UK sites
Salary: Competitive + 15% bonus, Car, Pension and Healthcare

The Company

A leading independent power generation company with a diverse asset base, providing flexible and reliable energy solutions to support the UK's transition to a low-carbon future. The company operates a range of power generation technologies and revenue streams, ensuring the security of supply while optimising market opportunities.

The role

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Lead Asset Management Engineer (Plant Integrity) to join the Central Engineering team for up to 18 months. The role will cover all live & future assets, so the base location is flexible.

The successful candidate will safely and effectively deliver the longer-term Engineering, Quality and Maintenance Strategy of the operational plants, as well as deliver effective support to complex breakdown and reliability issues.

The role holder will have expert mechanical knowledge and will act as the technical expert in all matters mechanical. They will also be responsible for the development and implementation of technical solutions to support safe plant performance.

It is expected that this role could spend 30-50% of their time working on construction projects, dependent on project volumes. Some periods will also require deputising for other roles, covering the other managerial positions on site and supporting the wider teams on short-term secondments.

• Designing, developing and delivering the Engineering Strategy within the speciality.
• Being the technical expert on all matters mechanical, particularly relating to PSSR.
• Oversight of engineering project development and implementation.
• Delivering innovative technical solutions.
• Supporting major plant outages.
• Establishing and maintaining agreements with key maintenance and operations service providers and contractors, supporting the fleet in contractor selection, tender creation, review and execution.
• Technical nomination processes and working with site managers to ensure staff competence.
• Carrying out technical RCA, including cross-site investigations, and sharing lessons from incidents.
• Supporting site investment decisions.
• Delivering consistent Management of Change.
• Leading and supporting Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) design studies.
• Conducting audits of the management system and supplier surveillance visits.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Background:

• Prior experience in a Senior Engineering role working cross fleet, ideally in power station or similar infrastructure, specifically with CCGT power generation operational experience - essential.
• Experience in health, safety, and environment management - essential.
• Experience in leading a substantial team in a process-driven environment - essential.
• Extensive knowledge of engineering, operational, and maintenance management - essential.
• Construction experience - desirable.

Qualifications:

Degree qualified in an engineering or related discipline (qualifications below this may be acceptable if evidenced by suitable experience) - essential.