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Who are ENCYCLIS?

ENCYCLIS, (formally known as Covanta Europe), is a leader in the energy from waste industry and we are looking for our next talented individual to join us on our continuous mission of achieving brilliant things!

We generate sustainable electricity for homes and businesses from non-recyclable waste. The ash from the process is also recycled to become building materials, and metals are recovered for re-use.

Our facilities are some of the most advanced in the world! They boast new, state of the art equipment and tools, ensuring safety is at the heart and its people are set up for success.

You will be joining a team of highly skilled, diverse individuals and a business that applauds their successes, loves idea sharing and values its people.

We offer fantastic benefits here!

Where you will be working

Encyclis Newhurst Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) is adjacent to the M1 Motorway at Shepshed, Leicestershire and just 30 minutes from both Leicester and Nottingham city centres.

This stunning single-line facility, which has been operational since 2023, has the capacity to process 350,000 tonnes of residual waste per year, diverting it from landfill, while generating sufficient electricity to power 80,000 homes.

We encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early if we receive a high number of applications.

The Opportunity

The Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation (EC&I) Team Leader is responsible for Health and Safety of all site staff, contractors, and visitors at the facility. Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager, the Team Leader will coordinate, supervise and undertake all planned and unplanned maintenance, inspections and diagnostics on plant. Ensuring all work is carried out safely, efficiently and in line with company procedures, whilst ensuring the facility is operationally compliant.

What we need from you…

Key Duties & Responsibilities of the role

• Responsible for the execution of all planned, preventative and reactive maintenance for EC&I, HV/LV electrical assets and systems within the boundary of the ERF
• Manage the day-to-day and strategic maintenance to include leading a team of EC&I Maintenance Technicians, Contractors and any additional agency workers required to safely maintain the facility. Perform supervisory responsibilities in accordance with company policies, procedures and legislation.
• Support recruitment and training requirements, carryout routine performance appraisals for direct reports.
• Co-ordinate and supervise all plant maintenance activities to include contract work and service agreements, and control the work of employees and contractors to ensure tasks and projects are performed in accordance with work scopes and specification, whilst adhering with safe systems of work.
• Fully conversant with maintenance processes and techniques with the ability to plan, co-ordinate and execute planned outages.
• Promote and support the delivery of Encyclis's Safety Rules and Safe Systems of Work, and work in accordance with all ACOP, SMI and LMI to ensure we are setting people to work safely.
• Reporting any Health, Safety and Environmental unsafe conditions, accidents or incidents.
• Develop and implement short and long term maintenance strategies in line with industry best practices and technical procedures..
• Responsibility for CEMS maintenance and calibrations to ensure the plant remains environmentally compliant in accordance with the relevant EA / EN Standards.
• The ability to interrogate and diagnose faults on Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Remote I/O (RIO) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).
• Work with the Maintenance Planner to develop and manage the site Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) ensuring work is managed and prioritised to avoid overdue tasks.
• Support the development and management of the EC&I spares inventory and maintenance workshop.
• Lead EC&I improvement processes, management of corrective actions, defect notifications and rectification, as well as carrying out effective Root Cause Analysis (RCA) into major defects.
• Review corrective, preventative and proactive maintenance programs to support plant integrity. This will include analysis of work orders, technical proposals, costings to assist in specifying future CAPEX and project implementation.
• Review, develop and maintain accurate and up to date Method Statements and Risk Assessments for the EC&I Department.
• Provide cover for the Maintenance Manager as required.

Education, Experience & Skills

Qualifications (Required)

• The preferred level of education is to a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Electrical, Controls or Instrumentation engineering, with formal technical or apprenticeship training.

Although relevant other qualifications with energy recovery or large process plant experience will be considered for the role.

Experience (Required)

• This role requires a mechanical background in ERF, plant or process maintenance with outage / major shutdown experience.
• Technical knowledge and experience of pressure parts, gas paths, conveyors, hydraulic systems, pressure systems and vessels and rotating plant.
• Preferably a minimum of five years (5) experience, including practical and supervisory experience.

Skills (Required)

• High levels of IT literacy.
• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret general, technical procedures and documentation.
• The ability to understand P&IDs, schematics, technical drawings and diagrams.
• Ability to write reports and present technical information to the site managers and teams.
• Technical knowledge and experience of pressure parts, gas paths, conveyors, hydraulic systems, pressure systems and vessels and rotating plant.
• A basic level of mathematical skills will be expected for this role. To include but are not limited to, add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measurement. Ability to calculate rate, ratio, percent and develop and interpret graphs.

Want to know more about what we do?

Check out our website and have a look around! Encyclis.com