What are we looking for?
Do you have a desire to work for a renewable energy provider? Do you have engineering experience in the power generation business or are you looking for a change in direction but have the transferrable skills to make it in the renewable power generation industry? Are you ready to help us create ‘Ever Better Energy’?
What will you be doing?
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager the Engineering Materials Co-ordinators main role is to ensure that the sites raw materials and engineering components are managed and to provide an effective service to the sites engineering and operational departments. A core component of the role will also be to ensure stock held is at accurate levels, is relevant and available for use.
Summary of key responsibilities:
- Taking responsibility for the management and provision of an engineering stores facility and ownership of other site raw materials such as chemicals, oils etc.
- Identifying purchasing opportunities with key suppliers.
- Manage the store’s CMMS inventory system to identify stock holding and value and carry out audits.
- Raising and controlling purchase orders whilst keeping purchase information in readiness for processing to the Finance Team.
- Processing job cards to ensure that accurate stock levels are maintained.
- Management of critical spares to identify high, medium and low moves and management of obsolescent stock.
- Ensuring all engineering spend is immediately recorded and monitored.
- Arrange couriers/return deliveries when required.
- To engage with suppliers at all levels, maintaining close relationships ensuring a driven response to part requests and that essential spares are delivered on time.
- Engage with all the engineering/planning team to locate parts and issue accurately for planned work.
- Support the Plant with any Safety related projects or operational/maintenance activities and initiatives.
Qualifications & Knowledge to succeed:
- EfW, Coal, CCGT Power Plant or Thermal Power Plant Operational & Maintenance experience is an advantage.
- Previous experience within an engineering background would be advantageous.
- Knowledge of UK HSE legislation advantageous.
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong organisational skills
- Good data processing and systems skills.
- Good PC/System knowledge and skills (Excel is paramount)
- Full UK driving licence
What do we offer?
BWSC gives you access to a great network of possibilities. We build inspiring careers locally and internationally by working to our 1 Team, 1 Goal, 1 Standard ethos.
We offer a key position with great colleagues and the possibility to bring your skills into play and growth on a personal level. Whilst working as an Engineering Materials Co-ordinator at BWSC we offer a competitive starting salary of £36,000 depending on experience, and a great total reward package including:
- Health Care Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Salary Exchange Pension contributions & fixed employer Pension contributions of 6%
- Contractual sick pay
- 34 days annual leave (inclusive of the 8 statutory Bank Holidays) with the addition of 1 extra days annual leave for every 5 years of service
- Life Assurance cover at 3 times salary
- Enhanced paternity and maternity pay
- Access to an Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Opportunity to earn an annual bonus (depending on business performance)
This role is a full-time role contracted for 40 hours per week, working Monday to Friday. Paid overtime to be available when required by BWSC Operations.
Some occasional and ad-hoc national travel may be required.
Ready for a challenge?
For consideration for this position please apply submitting a CV, providing a summary of suitability and an indication of current or desired salary package.
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK to apply.
The application deadline is 26th June 2026. We will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so please send your application today.
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Mark Roberts at [email protected].
BWSC no longer receive or handle applications received via email due to the directives of the GDPR. In order for your application to be processed, you must submit your application via our online recruitment system.
About Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC)
Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S (BWSC) is a global power plant Operation & Maintenance and technical service provider with engineering expertise, enabling power plant owners to deliver cleaner and affordable energy. We are experts in servicing, upgrading, operating, and maintaining energy systems for diesel, natural gas, and renewable baseload power plants. We help our customers increase reliability and availability of energy production, improve efficiency and performance of their power plant, design and integrate future-proof technologies, and secure lower cost of maintenance. Our people are at the core of everything we do and key to a positive relationship with our customers. We invest in our people and their wellbeing, to ensure continued success and growth of the company.
For more information about BWSC, please visit www.bwsc.com.
Pay: From £36,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
