Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer
Coryton, Essex, England, United Kingdom The Role

At Inter Gen
, we’re proud of our culture – one built on teamwork, operational excellence and having health and safety at the heart of what we do. We have an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join our team at Coryton
Power Station
. We are expanding our Engineering team to strengthen our system security and technical capability to support the long‑term performance of our recently upgraded plant.

We’re looking for someone with a strong systems engineering background that can support all aspects of system security and resilience, including strategy, policies, standards, compliance and assurance across the business. You’ll be supporting our Engineering Manager to effectively manage the compliance and integrity of our Control and Information Systems. If you’re collaborative, solutions‑focused, and ready to make a real impact in a high performing environment, we’d love to hear from you!

The Coryton team are a group of highly skilled individuals focused on delivering safe, reliable, and cost‑effective energy. We manage the operations and maintenance of our Combined Cycle Power Plant, striving for high reliability and continuous improvement through our team mindset, knowledge, skills, and passion. Our goal is to deliver sustainable generation and become a flexible, effective, and reliable power plant to support a diverse yet connected electricity supply system.

Coryton is a friendly, sociable, and exciting environment and when we’re not hard at work, you can expect regular company‑funded social events and seasonal gatherings, or time spent raising funds for our chosen charities.

• Manage Risk through lifecycle analysis of systems, understanding threats and vulnerabilities through monitoring, identification, remediation and reporting.
• Maintain and Update system Cyber security policies and procedures.
• Coordinate Management of Change activities, ensuring plant change & modification procedures are applied in accordance with Inter Gen policy.
• Carryout internal and cross site Technical RCA investigations.
• Coordinate and maintain Engineering Risk Assessments. Support Strategic Asset Spares. Manage control and Information systems architecture and software.
• Support the management of Inter Gen information tracking databases including but not limited to:
  Health and Safety, Risk Management, Availability analysis, Plant Status Review’s and CAPEX programs.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate cyber threats. Work with Cyber Security Manager with incident response activities and investigations into security breaches.
• Conduct regular risk assessments, audits, and testing of systems to identify vulnerabilities and document necessary improvements.
• Investigate and analyse any escalated security matters to the Cyber Security Manager, identify methods and solutions in response to security related queries.
• Participate in other Engineering Department initiatives and support the Maintenance and Reliability and Operations team with experience and knowledge as required by the Engineering Manager.

As our new Systems Engineer
, you’ll bring solid IT server skills and Network Design experience combined with the knowledge of OT Security solutions. You have a strong background in areas like Thermal Power Generation and/or CCGT power plant operations, process control, instrumentation, HV electrical systems, Gas/Steam turbines, boilers, balance of plant and computerised Maintenance Management Systems (however we still want to hear from you if you have other industry experience where knowledge could be transferred!)

Collaboration is key – you work well across disciplines to deliver system strategies that drive long‑term plant performance however you’re also able to work unsupervised and take responsibility during dynamic situations. You’re proactive, solutions‑focused, and comfortable working in a small team environment, sharing expert knowledge and data trends to pinpoint faults and provide robust solutions that keep Coryton running smoothly.

Minimum of HND in C&I or Electrical/Electronic Engineering discipline…