Steam Mechanical Engineer

Job Overview

Out of hours callouts - rostered - 1 in 4 weeks (Paid at additional rate)

* Please not due to nature of role flexibilty surrounding core hours is essential.

Overall responsibility: Steam Mechanical Engineer to operate, maintain, and repair site steam-based systems. To ensure high‑pressure systems meet safety, efficiency, and regulatory standards (e.g., pressure vessel compliance).

• System Maintenance:
  Performing planned and reactive maintenance on industrial boilers, steam pipework, and condensate systems.
• Safety Compliance:
  Ensuring all steam systems adhere to health, safety, and statutory requirements.
• Troubleshooting:
  Diagnosing and fixing mechanical, electrical, and control issues within steam plants. E.G Steam traps PRVs etc.
• System Optimisation:
  Improving efficiency and reliability of heating, cooling, and steam generation processes.

Plus other related or nonrelated maintenance works required to maintain critical plant onsite.

• Mechanical repairs and improvements to Company properties, both on a responsive basis and strategic basis.
• Mechanical tests and reports on company property and carry out the necessary repairs.
• Preventative planned maintenance and complete relevant job documentation.
• Respond to reactive work orders and complete, as necessary.
• Installation, repair, and modification of pipe work throughout site, both copper and iron.
• Responsible for the operation and daily testing of steam controls of site boilers. (BOAS training can be provided).
• Responsible for the operation and upkeep of this site biomass boiler.
• Carry out feed water and boiler water analysis.

• Steam qualification / or equivalent time served
• Some IT literacy
• Experience of working in a busy environment to tight deadlines.
• Maintaining Steam Boilers
• Planned preventive maintenance
• HVAC
• LTHW Boilers
• Good understanding of pressure system regulation.
• Fault finding