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Mechanical Project Engineer – CCGT
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Mechanical Project Engineer - CCGT
Employer: Astute People
Location: Kent
Salary: 55,000.00 - 73,000.00 GBP Annual
Closing date: 24 Sep 2026
Job Details
Astute's Power team is partnering with a leading energy company in the UK to recruit a Mechanical Project Engineer for their central engineering team, to work around their sites in Kent and North London.
The Mechanical Project Engineer role comes with a starting salary of up to 73,000 plus a great benefits package including private medical and dental insurance.
If you're a degree qualified Mechanical Engineer with heavy industrial experience, specifically within the power industry then upload your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties of the Mechanical Project Engineer role
Reporting to the Asset Support & Outage Team Leader you will:
- Deliver projects and outages while managing stakeholders, ensuring compliance with regulatory and HSSE standards.
- Carry out proactive and reactive mechanical engineering work, including fault finding, problem solving, and investigations.
- Lead project teams and contractors depending on project complexity.
- Define scopes of work and develop technical and contract specifications.
- Ensure contractor Quality Assurance and Quality Control standards are established and met.
- Promote and contribute to health, safety, environmental, and quality improvements.
- Apply engineering expertise to maximise plant/facility performance, resource utilisation, and availability.
- Investigate issues, determine root causes, and implement engineering resolutions within change management processes.
- Share and employ best practices by networking, benchmarking, and collaborating across sites and teams.
- Manage contracts and projects, including commercial, technical, and compliance aspects.
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Professional Qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- HND or Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related discipline).
- Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental legislation, with IOSH Managing Safely/NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent).
- Strong applied experience in industrial process plant mechanical engineering (including pressure systems).
- Demonstrated ability in project and contract management, including use of project management tools and techniques.
- Understanding of process system operations, relevant regulations, and risk management practices.
Personal Skills
The Mechanical Project Engineer role would suit someone who is:
- Highly self-motivated, proactive, and capable of taking ownership of issues through to solution.
- Flexible, enthusiastic, and able to work independently with accountability.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
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Salary and benefits of the Mechanical Project Engineer role
- Salary of 55,000 – 73,000
- Benefits including private medical & dental, 26 days annual leave and 12% pension contributions
- Opportunity to join a leading energy company
INDPOW
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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