HV Electrical Engineer

What you’ll be doing

• To carry out all your duties with health and safety as number one priority. Responsibilities for your own Health and Safety, for the Health and Safety of your work colleagues and any others who may be affected by the operations under your responsibility or control.

• Ensure that all electrical plant and equipment runs efficiently and safely as scheduled by the trading team and maintained efficiently and safely in between times of commercial demand. Both operation and maintenance are to be carried out in accordance with H&S systems / Operational Policies and Procedures, including technical OEM operating literature and guidelines.

• Focus on KPIs of the sites’ electrical balance of plant equipment, such as availability and efficiency, to identify when improvements to maintenance practices are needed. To implement appropriate electrical operations and maintenance procedures and practices, working with and developing the company’s information systems. This could, for example, mean standardization of maintenance related data capture and analysis to drive improvement or implementing additional preventive maintenance based on cost-benefit analysis.

• Maintain inter-personal relations with seniors, colleagues and peers to be able to maximise delivery of your objectives.

• Support, train, coach and mentor associated Operations Area Managers on electrical matters as necessary. Ensure all staff who access electrical equipment are aware of their health and safety responsibilities.

• To assist in developing and implementing annual budgets for electrical spare parts and inventory for the operational sites across the group.

• Bring forward for consideration improvement initiatives and implement action plans as required.

• Provide maintenance services to a high standard for external customers as required.

• Be involved in the handover of newly built sites from the Construction Team or new acquisitions into Operations.

• Adherence to all Company Policies & Procedures (including but not limited to) those specified in the Employment Handbook, H&S Policy, Environmental Management Systems, Integrated Management Systems and any financial/accounting systems.

• Apart from the duties summarised in your Role Profile, the company reserves the right to include other reasonable duties which are part of, and incidental to, this type of work.

Principal skills

• Good technical knowledge with SAP capabilities of electrical systems up to 33kV.

• Ability to implement changes to maintenance schedules, adapt to deliver most challenging / complex repairs and maintenance processes.

• Sound people management skills that create both urgency and ownership within the team.

• An understanding of ISO 9,001 Quality Management Systems.

[Employer hidden] Limited is a registered company in England and Wales number 09866059. VAT registration number GB281421814.

Registered office address: Suites D&E Windrush Court, Blacklands Way, Abingdon, OX14 1SY

• Use of data, systems and processes to drive continuous improvement.

• Able to communicate engineering matters to senior management and across disciplines.

• Reasonable technical knowledge and experience of gas reciprocating engines, large battery storage systems and high voltage / power installations.

• Work closely with and support other departments in the business: Mechanical Operations Team, Development, Construction, Finance, Procurement, Human Resources and HSQE.

• Have dealt with DNOs and other contacts within the power generation and distribution industry.

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Head of Asset

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Senior HV

Electrical Engineer

HV Electrical

HV Engineer

Engineer

The benefits we will give you

• Competitive salary dependent on experience

• Discretionary performance-based bonus

• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• Life Insurance

• SimplyHealth health cashback plan

• 24/7 Private GP access

• Flexible working

• Training and Development

• Salary sacrifice EV scheme

• Discounts on Lightwave RF smart home products

• Dog-friendly office

Please note that we will be shortlisting on an ongoing basis for this position, the company reserves the right to close the recruitment early should a suitable candidate be identified.

[Employer hidden] Limited is a registered company in England and Wales number 09866059. VAT registration number GB281421814.

Registered office address: Suites D&E Windrush Court, Blacklands Way, Abingdon, OX14 1SY

This job description is intended as a basic guide to the responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. The post holder may be asked to undertake duties that are in line with the level of the role. The job description will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post holder.

[Employer hidden] Limited is a registered company in England and Wales number 09866059. VAT registration number GB281421814.

Registered office address: Suites D&E Windrush Court, Blacklands Way, Abingdon, OX14 1SY

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Person specification

Title of post: HV Electrical Engineer

Area ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE

• Educated to at least HNC level or • Electricity Generation or Heavy

Qualifications equivalent, in Electrical Engineering Electrical / Process Plant Training,

(Academic/ augmented by experience in Electric • IET membership or equivalent

Professional) Power Engineering or equivalent professional recognition.

environment.

•

• Good involvement in the design, • Control and Instrumentation

Experience installation, operation and maintenance experience.

of electricity generation and balance of • Exposure to higher voltages up to

plant equipment up to 33kV. 132kV, experience of operating

battery energy storage systems.

• A good feel for data and analytics

in an engineering maintenance

backdrop.

• Sound knowledge of Electrical Theory, • A good understanding of Digital

Knowledge • Application and Technologies for the communications Control and

and skills Electricity Generation and Distribution Instrumentation techniques and

industry. technologies Exposure to MWM,

• Good knowledge of Legal, Safety and Jenbacher, Siemens, MTU,

Environmental obligations and an Cummins or CATERPILLAR

appreciation of their impact upon reciprocating gas engines for

reliable operations. generating electricity.

• Working knowledge of developing and • Managing change in engineering

managing maintenance through CMMS maintenance environments,

systems. managing customer facing

• Good written and numerical skills, maintenance contracts. Ability to

• IT literate drive Root Cause Analysis

processes.

• Ability to work under pressure and

meet constantly changing

deadlines and priorities.

• A valid full driving licence for

countrywide travel.

[Employer hidden] Limited is a registered company in England and Wales number 09866059. VAT registration number GB281421814.

Registered office address: Suites D&E Windrush Court, Blacklands Way, Abingdon, OX14 1SY