First Hydro Company
Recruitment
ENGIE is a leading energy and services company focused on three key activities: production and supply of energy, services and regeneration. Our 17,000 employees combine these capabilities for the benefit of individuals, businesses and communities throughout the UK & Ireland.
We enable customers to embrace a lower carbon, more efficient and increasingly digital world. Our customers benefit from our energy efficient and smart building solutions, the provision of effective and innovative services, the transformation of neighbourhoods through regeneration projects, and the supply of reliable, flexible and renewable energy.
ENGIE improves lives through better living and working environments. We help to balance performance with responsibility, enabling progress in a harmonious way.
Globally, the ENGIE Group employs 160,000 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €60.6 billion in 2018.
For all these roles, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with these job roles. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. The ENGIE Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers
Production Assistant - Circa £32,500
ENGIE are recruiting for a Production Assistant to work within the Day Maintenance Team at Ffestiniog Power Station (Gwynedd LL41 3TP). This is a permanent full-time role working 37 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.
Job Overview
As part of the Production Team, your main responsibilities will be to assist the maintenance team in carrying out their duties and perform routine manual tasks associated with craft activities, minor repairs and basic use of workshop power equipment. They will also be responsible for housekeeping tasks.
First Hydro Company operates to a very high standard of Health, Safety and Environmental management; the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate a high competency level in these areas. Candidates for all roles should demonstrate the ability to work effectively within a flexible team, being self-motivated and providing commitment towards the company and its continued success
No formal qualifications are required for this position, however it is essential that the successful candidate should be able to drive site vehicles, and be developed into a crane operator, a fork lift truck driver and preferably have attained IOSH Working Safely Certificate or equivalent
The successful applicants should be flexible, self-motivated, a good team worker. They should also have knowledge of current EH&S legislation and practices; basic rigging and lifting operations; operating basic workshop machinery and IT systems sufficient to operate the computerised maintenance management system.
Full Job Profiles for this role is available from the HR Department by calling 01286 873216.
If you would like to apply for the above position submit your CV to hr@fhc.co.uk
The closing date for application is 3rd June 2022.
Control & Instrumentation Engineer
Up to £60k plus bonus and benefits
First Hydro Company, part of the ENGIE group is embarking on an exciting period of major refurbishment at both our power stations, as a result have opportunity for a C&I Engineer based at Dinorwig Power Station to join our team of skilled engineers.
Main Responsibilities/Duties Include:
- Deliver lifecycle asset management of control systems which includes refurbishment, maintenance, and replacement projects within assigned budgets with supervision.
Plan, direct and organise resources and manage contractors to deliver assigned projects in line with the Business Plan and KPIs. - Assist with assessment, selection, and management of contracts and undertake the role of Technical Officer with supervision from line manager.
- Provide expert advice and direction within own plant area specialism to the business to develop innovative solutions to problems. Have a basic knowledge and understanding of other plant areas within discipline. Undertake plant and equipment maintenance and testing at FH sites.
- Implement initiatives to improve the management of quality, environmental, health and safety, and contribute to the business environmental, health and safety targets.
- Assist the Head of EC&I with the residual life assessment, risk management and integrity of the plant and equipment within own plant area in order to deliver the requirements of the 5-year business plan and 15-year plant investment plan. Support other projects in other sections and Departments.
- Investigate, diagnose and solve causes of specific plant level problems to improve plant performance. Develop or utilise innovative maintenance and inspection techniques.
- Reading, maintaining, and improving control system documentation.
- Working closely with Operations & Maintenance to ensure production efficiency is maximised with minimal downtime.
- Identify opportunities and lead a wide range of modernisation and integration projects to digitise process.
To be considered for this position you should have the following
- Technical Knowledge and experience of PLC/SCADA/HMI systems and automation software i.e Rockwell Controllogix, FactoryTalk SE etc.
- Understanding of various programming language such as Ladder Logic, Function Block etc.
- Good IT/OT skills with a strong appreciation for cyber security
- Knowledge of Ethernet IP, DLR, Modbus networks
- Experience of data/information management and use of software packages. eg. OSIsoft PI.
- Work within management and business procedures and corporate IT systems
- Knowledge of Environmental, health, and safety legislation that affects the relevant discipline.
- Functional Safety Management including risk identification and mitigation
Essential Qualifications:
- Degree or equivalent qualifications/experience.
Desirable
- IOSH Managing Safely
- APM Project Management
This is a permanent, full-time role working 37 hours per week.
IT Engineer
Up to £60,000 plus bonus, plus benefits
First Hydro Company, part of the ENGIE group, are recruiting an IT Engineer to be based at Dinorwig Power Station, Llanberis, North Wales. We are looking to evolve the onsite IT team to support the operations of the business through and beyond the ongoing major plant refurbishment of Ffestiniog and Dinorwig Pumped Storage Hydro Power Stations.
The primary activity of this role is to support the IT systems relating to the Plant Operations, Engineering and Maintenance and Business Support functions. This will span both the Industrial Control System of the plants and line of business Enterprise Applications. Activities to include application administration, maintenance, some application development, operational and end user support.
As part of a highly dynamic IT team, you will be expected to develop your skills in varying degrees across the whole breadth of the IT and Operational Technology landscape at these two remarkable Power Stations.
Function
Depending on your specific role and skills, you will
- Act as first or second line support for business application performing Finance, Procurement and Maintenance Management functions.
- Liaise with internal Group and external suppliers for further support and manage any required developments.
- Assist the business with an evolving document management solution. Match the features available to operational needs, utilising available configuration and any ad hoc developments as required. Support the company’s Intranet and its ongoing development.
- Participate in desktop, server and network administration to support the infrastructure team members.
- Adopt excellent Cyber Security practices in every aspect of your work and participate actively in the secure operation of the business.
- Develop your understanding and skills in the secure operation of Industrial Control Systems of the plant. Work closely with the Control Engineers assisting with design, operation, maintenance and development of software solutions where required.
- There are some key in house developed applications which the successful candidate will be required to initially support, then further develop. This will require good software development skills.
We are looking for talented and motivated people to help create the future IT services for our company.
You will require the following qualifications and experience:
- Engineering, Science or Software degree, or equivalent
- Understanding of IT application support, planning and development
- Experience in Microsoft Windows environments, both desktop and server
- Experience in Local and Wide area Networking, including Firewalls and security devices
- Experience in software development, especially using Microsoft .NET technologies is desirable
- Familiarity with use and administration of Relational Databases, especially SQL Server
- Experience of successfully managing projects.
- Proven software development skills and ongoing support and maintenance of applications
- Good knowledge of Web based applications and their development, HTML and Javascript.
- Good understanding of IT security principles.
- An understanding of networking components, protocols and systems.
- Experience using Microsoft Office and SharePoint solutions.
You will also have the following
- Ability to manage and prioritise own work.
- Work in a team with good communication skills to all levels of staff.
- An organised approach to work.
- A logical, analytical and creative approach to problems.
- Thoroughness and attention to detail.
- Business skills and commercial awareness.
This is a permanent, full-time role working 37 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.
Full Job Profiles for this role is available from the HR Department by calling 01286 873216.
If you would like to apply for the above position submit your CV to hr@fhc.co.uk
The closing date for application is 31st May 2022.
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For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements. ENGIE has a written policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders, which is made available to all DBS applicants upon request.
More About Us
ENGIE THERMAL Europe, is an operational entity of ENGIE Group and is an expert in many specialist areas within the energy sector. With around 1,400 employees we manage, maintain and operate large-scale, highly flexible and high-performance natural gas, biomass, hydropower and CHP units owned by ENGIE in 7 European countries (Belgium, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the UK). This entity is also able to develop new applications such as energy security, using large battery storage systems or power-to-gas projects (biomethane, hydrogen).
ENGIE THERMAL Europe aims to support the electricity grid to complement renewable energy, and it wants to help large industrial customers to make the transition to the most energy-efficient production process including the significant reduction of their CO2 emissions.
Be a key enabler of the transition towards carbon-neutral economy
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