Operations Engineer

About Conrad Energy Ltd

Conrad Energy is a fast-growing UK energy company. We're powering the move towards renewables through innovation and technology. We generate power to support the National Grid when renewables can't meet demand and we buy, sell and manage energy for businesses nationally.

With a portfolio including gas, batteries, solar, wind and hydrogen, our 83 sites, operational or in construction, have a potential to generate 983MW of power making us one of the leading flexible energy providers in the country. Optimised and operated using our market-leading software, iON+, we're at the forefront of shaping a more efficient energy sector that is both reliable and sustainable.

Over the last few years, we've planned and developed some of the largest energy infrastructure projects in Europe, as well as rapidly expanding the number of business customers working with us.

We're proud to power a changing world, building a better future for us all.

What You'll Be Doing

• Responsible for safe and efficient operation and maintenance of the company's flexible power generation plant and associated equipment
• Carry out all duties with health and safety as the number one priority. Responsibilities include your own Health and Safety, the Health and Safety of work colleagues, and any others who may be affected by the operations under your responsibility or control.
• Ensure that plant and equipment is run efficiently and safely as scheduled by the trading team and in accordance with H&S systems / procedures, including technical OEM operating literature. Operate and maintain, and identify the efficiency of the sites' flexible power generation equipment, carrying out necessary repairs as required.
• Optimisation of plant availability and uptime at specific sites, attending site for unplanned breakdowns to bring plant online with minimal downtime.
• Carry out daily (as necessary) reporting on the status of the sites' flexible power generation equipment, ensuring plant records and spare parts are always managed and up to date, using the designated company IT systems.
• Responsible for the upkeep of all tools and equipment issued or on site.
• Identification and resolution of problems, escalation to management in a timely fashion. This includes both safety observations / near misses / NCRs, and technical issues with the plant.
• Good communication and management of information from specific sites and assets to the central Operations Desk of changes to availability, test runs, etc.
• Management and supervision of external suppliers and contractors working on specific sites.
• Support the handover of newly constructed sites into operations, providing Operations Input at site level during commissioning and performance testing.
• Share responsibility for call-out cover, and where necessary, attend site for unplanned breakdowns to bring plant online with minimal downtime.
• Adherence to all Company Policies & Procedures (including but not limited to) those specified in the Employment Handbook, H&S Policy, Environmental Management Systems, Integrated Management Systems, Management Guide, and any financial/accounting systems.
• Apart from the duties summarised in your Role Profile, the company reserves the right to include other reasonable duties which are part of, and incidental to, this type of work.