# Mechanical Engineer

Base Location: Medway Power Station, Kent. Salary: Up to £83k based on your skills and experience. Negotiation available for the right candidate. This role also includes performance and enhanced bonus opportunities, alongside a competitive benefits package that supports your financial security, wellbeing and family life. Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available The role Reporting to the Lead Balance of Plant Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of a dynamic and talented team, maintaining the safe, reliable and efficient performance of key mechanical assets. With responsibility for systems such as HRSGs, steam systems, cooling towers and pumps, you’ll help drive operational excellence and ensure optimal plant performance. Some of your other accountabilities will include; Focusing on the mechanical assets of the power station and assisting in the delivery of an effective outage strategy and management of projects. Outage planning and outage delivery The management of works to ensure a safe working environment Ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and industry best practice, including adherence to the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR)

- **Id**: 4020144
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sse-mechanical-engineer-3>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Rochester, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T14:32:16Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T00:06:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3883
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Gym membership
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Power Grid, Wind Energy

## Company

- **Id**: 1808654
- **Name**: SSE
- **Domain**: sse.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sse-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.6
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 14
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Max**: 83000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 111330

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T14:42:39Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 111330
- **Is top pay**: no

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