Warranty Engineer

Location: Erith

Astute's Power Team are working with the owners of one of the UK's largest Energy from Waste Power Station. As part of their anticipated handover of their new Energy from Waste facility, they are looking to hire a Warranty Engineer on a 2 year Fixed Term Contract to oversee the handover and warranty phase.

As Warranty Engineer you'll be acting as a central figure to oversee plant performance through the initial defects liability period. You'll monitor and evaluate plant performance to identify under performance and emerging defects.

If you're interested and have the right skillset then please apply.

Responsibilities and duties of the Warranty Engineer role:
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:

Evaluate plant performance and availability against guarantees
Assess costs with breakdowns and / or underperformance
Provide availability reports, tracking ongoing defect resolution status
Maintain warranty documentation through the clients documentation management system to track actions
Understand OEM contractual requirements and liaise with EPC / OEM for warranty claims
Coordinate with Maintenance, Engineering, Operations & Legal Team to monitor plant issues
Identify known Latent Defects prior to handover
Chari vendor meetings and report to management team any matters
Track costs for rectifying issues for back charging purposes
Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:

Ideally relevant Engineering degree
Apprenticeship trained with experience in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
IOSH or NEBOSH
Personal skills
The Warranty Engineer role would suit someone who has:

At least ten years' experience in an Engineering capacity on a Power Station or similar heavy process plant
High Value Contract Management experience circa £2m
Understanding of OEM warranty periods
Proficient in IT Systems including CMMS, procurement systems, MS Office Suite etc

Working experience to H&S legislation including COSHH, PUWER, PSSR, Electricity at Work etc
Salary and benefits of the Warranty Engineer role

Highly competitive salary (ask for further details)
Bonus Package
Pension
Comprehensive benefits including medical, salary sacrifice EV scheme

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