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Salary: Competitive plus Veolia benefits
Location: Donaghadee (NDA WwTW)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
of the role:
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources and help it become a better place for everyone.
Whether you’re looking to overhaul the industry, or just do a good day’s work, we know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
You will be responsible for assisting and supporting the maintenance manager and maintenance supervisor by completing site maintenance function EICA, to ensure high plant availability and performance within approved budgets, liaising with operations staff to ensure a high level of service.
Day to day of the role:
Assist with the management of the maintenance department completing planned preventative maintenance, overhauls and planned shutdown works within strict budgets in line with company policy and procedures.
Utilisation of INFOR / SAP to implement planned preventative maintenance requirements.
Complete maintenance of plant equipment - planned, breakdowns and overhauls within strict budgets on a variety of plant and apparatus including High/Medium/Low Voltage equipment, 415V motors, variable speed drives, switchgear, large rotating equipment, auxiliaries, material handling equipment, crane equipment, abatement equipment and plant auxiliaries etc
Assist with the management and control of maintenance sub contractors in line with company policy and procedure.
Manage Automation projects from design through to completion.
Carry out Validation and calibrations of site instrumentation.
Development and implementation of group maintenance strategic practises.
Review plant defects, diagnose and remedy plant defects, develop proposals for modifications where appropriate, to maintain plant reliability and availability
Required skills for this role:
Apprentice trained Engineer / Technician, qualified to a standard in a relevant Electrical, Instrument, Control & Automation discipline however extensive relevant experience will be considered
Understanding, knowledge and experience of maintenance of a variety of plant and apparatus Proven experience and be conversant with power generation, preferably within an Energy from Waste environment.
Sound knowledge, experience and understanding of Electrical, Instrument, Control & Automation Engineering, Pressure Parts and Statutory inspection regulations.
A wealth of practical experience in maintenance within a process industry, preferably
gained in a Chemical, Waste Incineration or Waste water / Water environment.
Practical experience in engineering and construction projects
What’s next?
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.
We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Veolia UK provides solutions for ecological transformation which means reconciling human progress with environmental protection. We develop and implement local solutions to depollute our vital resources and regenerate resources to preserve them from depletion along with solutions to decarbonize our ways of living and adapt them to the consequences of climate change.
We are a company of almost 14,000 employees, although we prefer to think of ourselves as “resourcers”. Every day across the country our “resourcers” design and deploy useful and concrete solutions, which help our customers fight against climate change, prevent pollution of waterways, soil and air and create a circular economy where nothing goes to waste.
Every year, we serve around 1.8 million people through our municipal wastewater contracts. We complete over 400 million waste collections across our Local Authority contracts, serving over 3 million residential properties; and we treat over 1.5 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste from our 85,000 private customers. We also produce over 560 MWe of renewable and low carbon electricity, to power over 1.3 million homes.
We also anticipate the needs of tomorrow with innovative solutions that will decarbonise our energy and heating demands through the development of microgrids and energy management through our Hubgrade solution, which optimises the resources using digital and artificial intelligence.
Veolia UK is an exciting and innovative place to work, but don't just take our word for it - we were named as one of the top 10 'Very Big Organisations' to work for in The Sunday Times' Best Places to Work 2024.
We are driven by optimism and passion, not to see the world as it is, but how it should be; and we are tenacious in our efforts to achieve our goals.
These aren't just empty words.
