Plant Engineer

Pressure systems, steam and MTHW

• Operate and maintain steam and relevant MTHW or associated pressure systems that fall within the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR), in accordance with site procedures, defined safe operating limits and the applicable Written Scheme of Examination.
• Understand the system boundaries, hazards and stored-energy risks before work begins; prepare plant for inspection or repair through authorised isolation, lock-off, cooling, depressurisation, draining, venting and proving of a safe condition.
• Monitor the condition and correct operation of pressure, temperature and level instrumentation, protective devices, relief arrangements and interlocks; never defeat, bypass or adjust safety devices without the required written authority and change control.
• Treat steam release, water hammer, overpressure, loss of containment, corrosion, abnormal vibration or a defective protective device as a safety-critical condition; make safe within competence and escalate immediately.
• Support examinations by the appointed PSSR Competent Person, provide safe access and records, and complete or coordinate required remedial work. The role does not act as the PSSR Competent Person unless separately assessed and formally appointed.

Safe systems and technical appointments

• Plan and carry out work under the clients safe systems, including approved RAMS, permits, isolations, lock-out/tag-out, test-before-touch, confined-space, work-at-height, lifting, COSHH, hot-work and task-specific controls as applicable.
• Exercise stop-work authority where conditions, competence, documentation or controls are inadequate, and place plant in a safe condition before seeking further instruction.
• Undertake electrical isolation, mechanical isolation, steam or pressure-system duties, gas work or other controlled activities only where trained, assessed and appointed for that specific scope.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping, access, guarding, labelling and plant-room security, and report any fire, flood, asbestos, structural or customer-interface hazard identified during routine work.

Controls, BMS, instrumentation and metering

• Provide first-line fault finding on BMS/SCADA, field sensors, actuators, control panels, communications, meters, MCCs and variable-speed drives, confirming that the physical plant condition agrees with the displayed graphics and alarms.
• Use point-to-point checks, trend data and functional testing to identify failed sensors, poor control response, recurring alarms, sequencing issues or communications faults and escalate software or specialist controls work when required.
• Support optimisation of plant sequencing, pump operation, network differential pressure, customer return temperature and system delta-T without compromising safety, service conditions or approved control philosophy.
• Protect approved settings, software backups and cyber-security arrangements. Do not make unapproved logic, setpoint-range, alarm, interlock or graphics changes; use the formal management-of-change process.
• Maintain and verify operational instrumentation and heat-metering data within the role's scope, raising data-quality, calibration or customer-billing concerns promptly.

Contractors, work quality and asset information

• Support and, when delegated, supervise specialist contractors by checking site induction, competence, RAMS, permits, isolations, work boundaries and reinstatement requirements before work starts.
• Monitor workmanship and progress, challenge unsafe or poor-quality work, witness testing where competent to do so, and ensure defects, waste, temporary arrangements and documentation are resolved before close-out.
• Support commissioning, snagging and operational handover of repaired, modified or new assets, ensuring drawings, O&M information, settings, training, spares and maintenance requirements are complete before acceptance.
• Maintain critical spares, specialist tools, test equipment and consumables in a serviceable and auditable condition, including required calibration, inspection and stock checks.

Person Specification

Core technical capability

• A strong primary mechanical or electrical maintenance bias, together with practical cross-discipline knowledge sufficient to provide safe first-line diagnosis and support across an operational energy centre and heat network.
• Ability to read and use P&IDs, mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, control narratives, equipment manuals and safe operating procedures to plan work and diagnose faults.
• Working knowledge of boilers, heat exchanges, MTHW/LTHW networks, pumps, valves, pressurisation, water treatment, motors, drives, controls, BMS/SCADA, instrumentation and heat-metered customer interfaces.
• Competence with CMMS and digital reporting tools, and the ability to produce accurate maintenance records, defect descriptions, test evidence and shift handovers.

Bias-specific capability

Qualifications and experience - Essential

• Recognised Level 3 apprenticeship, NVQ, BTEC or equivalent in mechanical or electrical engineering, or demonstrably equivalent industrial maintenance experience.
• Relevant hands-on maintenance and fault-finding experience in energy, utilities, process, industrial, healthcare, campus, facilities or other critical infrastructure.
• Evidence of working safely across discipline boundaries, recognising competence limits and using specialist support appropriately, together with practical CMMS experience.
• Full UK driving licence and ability to join the Coventry on-call rota and attend site outside normal hours when required.