Power Generation Risk Engineer - Insurance

Insurance

£105,000- 120,000 + Bonus & Car Allowance

London/ Hybrid-working

We are looking for a Power Engineer to join our insurance client’s London office as a risk engineer. You will provide clear, practical risk advice to underwriters, brokers and end -user teams within power generation, helping ensure effective risk selection and strong loss prevention for operational and construction sites.

If you are ready to apply your industry knowledge in a fresh, rewarding role, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct 2–3-day site surveys of operational power generation plants, including interviews and tours.
• Produce reports detailing operations, loss prevention features, quality rankings, and recommendations.
• Estimate potential property damage using bespoke modelling software.
• Review new power projects and assess risks for operational facilities.
• Support the Power team with risk placement in international insurance markets.
• Maintain and develop the Engineering Management System to ensure continued excellence.

The Person

• 10 + years in the mechanical power systems engineering sectors, with a focus on thermal power plants operations and risk engineering.
• Will have managed and executed thermal power plant projects with a principal contractor, OEM, or plant owner.
• Proven track record in overseeing and delivering equipment overhauls and inspections of thermal power plant turbomachinery, including gas turbines, aeroderivative gas turbines, steam turbines, turbine generators, and CCGT.
• Specific experience of O&M in GE, Siemens or Mitsubishi gas turbines very welcome.
• Experience as a leader in the operations and maintenance of thermal power plants.
• Familiarity with the execution and operation of renewable energy resources and energy from waste is beneficial.
• Proficient in using company-sanctioned software, systems, and relevant online tools.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Able to attend the London office 2 days a week.

Essential knowledge

• Knowledge/experience of a range of power station technologies including conventional thermal, combustion turbines, CCGT, nuclear & renewable power generation facilities.
• Experience of power generation design/construction projects.

·        Familiarity with the operational failure and wear patterns and characteristics of differing turbine models and components.

• Graduate and possibly chartered mechanical or electrical engineer.
• Skills in other languages particularly welcome.

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should forward a Word version of their CV and a brief covering letter to Mark Stracey at Mark Stracey Recruitment. E mail recruitment@markstracey.com  

Mark Stracey Recruitment operates as both a Recruitment Business and a Recruitment Agency