Application Deadline: 10 April 2026
Department: Engineering & Maintenance
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Sea Scale
Our Business
px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork, are the reason for px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com
px Group has operated and maintained the Fellside Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant located in Cumbria, since 2004, and also operates the 0.5 km high-hazard pipeline which is the main fuel supply to the site. The site is an upper tier COMAH installation forming part of the Sellafield COMAH enclave.
The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for an Engineering & Maintenance Manager. In line with business, client and legislative requirements you will provide, leadership and management of FCHP E&M philosophy, strategy, actions, results and compliance during all running states. You will successfully lead, direct, organise and manage the E&M Department to the requirements of the px Group Operating standard.
You’ll be supported with personalised on the job training, coaching, mentoring and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain & develop your contributions and competence.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to;
• Degree in engineering discipline or engineering apprenticeship with extensive relevant experience and noted continued professional development.
• E&M experience in a 24/7 process at department head level.
• Identifying and managing engineering risk.
• Knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical engineering compliance and legislation, including ATEX & DSEAR.
• Understanding and driving the department for Key Performance Indicators as set with the working contract.
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Contribution towards eye test and glasses
Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
Long Service Awards
Employee recognition scheme – ELITE Awards
Employee Assistance Programme
Flexible Benefits Package
Onsite parking
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.
px Group is a fully integrated infrastructure solutions business which delivers net zero and stakeholder success through elite performance in the safety, availability, reliability and efficiency of energy infrastructure, industrial processes and related commercial activities - unlocking value for our customers as a trusted partner. Part of the Ara Partners portfolio of companies, Ara Partners is a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments.
Operating on a 24/7 basis, providing services at this level requires professionalism and competence coupled with a safety and environmentally conscious mind set to deliver operational excellence.
This capability has been shaped by a 25 year history in managing, operating and maintaining some of Europe’s most significant industrial infrastructure including two of the UK’s largest and most strategic gas processing facilities.
px Group also owns Saltend Chemicals Park at the heart of the UK’s Energy Estuary in the Humber, home to several world-leading manufacturing businesses such as Mitsubishi Chemicals, INEOS, and Vivergo Fuels and the location for Equinor’s hydrogen production plant with carbon capture, the anchor project for Zero Carbon Humber. This introduction of hydrogen at our Saltend Park, and our continuous search with all current and new industrial users for further synergies in energy and resource use will help to transform the park into a future proof Green Energy Park.
We are committed to the Energy Transition, and reducing emissions across all our operations, including the sites we manage and operate on behalf of our clients. We are growing internationally and are involved in some of the newest flagship waste-to-fuels projects including ReNew’s plastic recycling plant in Teesside and GIDARA Energy’s advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam which will convert non-recyclable waste into bio-methanol.
