WHAT WE DO

Planned Maintenance & Inspections

ESS helps clients maintain safe, reliable and compliant operations through structured maintenance programs and thorough inspections reducing downtime, extending equipment life, and improving long-term performance.

Proactive Maintenance for Reliable Operations

At Energy Specialist Solutions (ESS), we support customers with planned maintenance and inspection services designed to prevent failures before they happen. Our engineers provide detailed assessments, testing, and maintenance activities across electrical, mechanical, control and protection assets.

By identifying issues early and maintaining equipment to OEM and industry standards, we help ensure safe operation, minimise outages, and improve overall asset reliability.

ESS can mobilize globally to support planned shutdowns, outages, annual inspections, seasonal checks, and long-term maintenance strategies.

What ESS Can Support

ESS provides maintenance and inspection services across a wide range of equipment and systems, including:

  • Visual inspections, oil sampling & DGA
  • Winding resistance, ratio, insulation power factor
  • Cooling system checks
  • Bushing inspections
  • Protection & control interface testing

  • Functional tests & tuning
  • Fault-finding & corrective maintenance
  • Stability checks
  • Brushless & static excitation inspections

  • Relay testing (primary, secondary & function)
  • Logic verification
  • Trip circuit inspections
  • Grid-code compliance checks

  • Switchgear inspections
  • Cable terminations & infrared scans
  • Breaker testing
  • Earthing system testing

  • Loop checks
  • Sensor calibration
  • PLC & logic verification
  • Control system health checks

  • Alignment checks
  • Rotating equipment inspections
  • Couplings, bearings & auxiliary systems

  • Load testing
  • Capacity verification
  • Charger performance checks
  • DC system inspections

  • Borescope inspections
  • Balance & vibration reviews
  • Start package testing
  • Generator auxiliary checks

Why Planned Maintenance Matters

Planned maintenance with ESS provides clear operational benefits:

  • Preventing unexpected failures
  • Extend equipment life
  • Improve safety & compliance
  • Reduce downtime & outage duration
  • Ensure systems perform as designed
  • Support grid and operational reliability
  • Identify issues early, when they are easier and cheaper to fix

Whether preparing for peak season, annual outages, or routine inspections, ESS helps you maintain a strong and stable electrical infrastructure.

Seasonal Inspections & Shutdown Support

ESS supports winter testing, annual shutdowns, and planned outages, periods when equipment can be safely taken offline for inspection.

We help clients:

  • Verify backup power readiness
  • Validate transformer and switchgear condition
  • Test protection systems ahead of seasonal demand
  • Inspect excitation & control systems
  • Carry out insulation resistance and mechanical checks

Seasonal inspections help ensure your plant is ready for the year ahead.

Clear Reporting & Actionable Recommendations

Every maintenance activity includes:

  • Detailed inspection reports
  • Test results & trend analysis
  • Photographic evidence
  • Clear recommendations
  • Priority-based action lists

ESS prides itself on producing clean, professional documentation that supports operational decisions and long-term asset planning.

Why ESS for Planned Maintenance?

  • Experienced, multidisciplinary engineers
  • Rapid mobilizations & global availability
  • Excellent safety record
  • Deep knowledge of OEM systems
  • High-quality documentation
  • Reliable delivery during tight shutdown windows

We understand how critical planned outages are—and we deliver confidently and efficiently.

Plan Your Next Maintenance Window with ESS

Whether you need support for a full site shutdown, seasonal inspection, or routine maintenance program, ESS has the expertise to keep your systems safe, compliant, and reliable.

Contact us to schedule planned maintenance support.

UK
6 Waterloo Place,
Edinburgh, EH1 3EG,
United Kingdom
+44 (0)7787718080
USA
301 Forest Ave,
Laguna Beach,
California CA 92651
+1 346 551 7345

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