Mechanical Supervisor

As a Field Service Mechanical Supervisor, you will travel to power plants across the UK and worldwide, supporting both internal and external customers. You will supervise the installation, stripdown, inspection, maintenance activities, and reassembly of power units and their auxiliaries, ranging from 2MW to 2000MW. Your mission is to deliver world-class execution safely, on budget, and with the highest quality.

Location: This position requires at least 80% of your time to be spent working on customer sites.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Act as Nominated Supervisor or Nominated Competent Person under the Safe System of Work.

• Review and manage Work Permits and ensure safety from the system through isolations before commencement of work.

• Prepare and implement Risk Assessments & Method Statements.

• Conduct daily walk down of the work areas ‘Hazard Hunts’ and document of same in Gen Suite.

• Ensure all tools and equipment are certified and fit for use.

• Attend site briefings and communicate key updates to your team.

• Manage internal and external craft personnel, ensuring compliance to company Safety & Quality processes, procedures and Health & Safety legislation.

• Monitor efficient use of materials, tooling, and resources.

• Interpret engineering drawings and technical instructions.

• Work under strict Foreign Material Exclusion rules.

• Understand all aspects of mechanical engineering measuring techniques to very high tolerances and standards, monitoring of measurements.

• Adherence to Outage Schedules, assist with coordinating & prioritisation of critical path activities.

• Manage quality control documentation, filling in of Quality documents - Inspection Record Sheets.

• Assist in management of shift log books & outage schedules (activities, events, agreemements, problems, work completed etc.)

• Evaluate craft labor performance and provide feedback.

• Communicate effectively with site management and stakeholders.

What You Bring:

• NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Studies, or a recognized time-served apprenticeship / City & Guilds.

• Extensive knowledge of steam turbines, generator technology, and large rotating/static machinery.

• Strong technical capability in interpreting engineering documents and safety protocols.

• Comfortable with digital tools.

• Fluent in English.

• Valid driving license.

• Willingness to travel extensively for field assignments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• ECITB Supervisory Accreditations.

• IOSH or NEBOSH certifications.

• HNC or HND in Mechanical Engineering.

• Experience with Alstom, GE, Siemens, or other OEM equipment.

• Ability to empower others, coordinate effectively, and communicate with clarity.

• Proven ability to coordinate teams and deliver results under pressure.

Travel Requirements:

• This role involves extensive travel to various field assignments and project sites, both in the UK and internationally.

Join us and work with global teams to support global customers ! At Arabelle Solutions, we have team members of more than 49 nationalities spread across 16 countries.

At Arabelle Solutions, we know diversity makes teams and business stronger.