Electrical O&M Engineer – Senior Specialist

R0001270 Electrical O&M Engineer – Senior Specialist (Open)

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Job Description Summary:

Nadara is a global renewable energy company and one of Europe’s largest independent power producers. In the UK, Nadara has over 1GW of operational onshore wind.

You will be a member of the Asset Maintenance department who are responsible for ensuring our assets can continue to operate safely for the long term. The Asset Maintenance department is building an internal team to maintain its UK Balance of Plant and turbine HV equipment. The Electrical O&M Engineer -Senior Specialist will report to the Electrical Engineering Manager and will manage the Electrical O&M team as well as completing works on site. You will be responsible for the team meeting its KPIs including minimising response times to site during faults and completing maintenance activities to the highest standard in the low wind months.

Job Description:

Location:

This is a remote role. The candidate must be based in Scotland, UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• As a Senior Authorised Person, you will be responsible for routine HV switching operations (up to 66kV).
• You will work closely with our Planning Area and Asset Management team to schedule annual HV preventative maintenance for the UK sites at convenient times, aligning with outages, other works or low wind periods where possible.
• You will write risk assessments and method statements to ensure works are completed to the highest standard of safety.
• You will be responsible for completing annual preventative maintenance on our Balance of Plant and wind turbine HV equipment to a high standard, including writing a report with clear photos of the works completed.
• You will recommend, cost and complete remedial works to minimise the probability of component failure.  
• You will support the Team to ensure that a suitable stock of electrical components is held and maintained so that you can complete repair work efficiently in the case of a failure.
• You will attend site, including out of hours where necessary, when electrical failures occur to establish the root cause and determine what is required to return the site to operation safely.
• Where necessary you will work alongside and supervise other specialist electrical contractors such as jointers and protection engineers.  

Competencies & Behaviours:

Essential:

• Health and Safety focussed with knowledge of relevant UK Health and Safety legislation, regulations and guidance.
• Ability to make effective, informed decisions in pressured situations.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Independent, ideally with experience working remotely from other team members.
• Adaptable and flexible to changes in priorities or schedules.
• Approachable, able to share knowledge, mentor and train less experienced staff.

Skills & Knowledge:

Essential:

• Writing Risk Assessments & Method Statements for preventative maintenance, fault finding and electrical testing.
• Experience managing and completing preventative maintenance on HV electrical equipment.
• Producing reports following preventative maintenance with detailed recommendations for site improvements.
• Experience completing IR, winding resistance and TTR tests on transformers (50kVA – 3000kVA).
• Experience taking oil samples from transformers (50kVA – 3000kVA).
• Experience locating underground cable faults, ideally on wind farms or renewable sites.
• Experience completing IR testing on underground HV cables.
• Experience operating and performing preventative maintenance on a variety of HV switchgear.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics and use these to resolve problems on site.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with suppliers.

Desirable:

• Experience writing procedures for preventative maintenance, fault finding and electrical testing.
• Ability to download and interpret information from protection relays and grid analysers.
• Experience completing VLF testing on HV cables.
• Understanding of Voltage, Frequency, Overcurrent and Earth protection settings and protection grading on sites.

Relevant Experience:

Essential:

• Frequent experience issuing Permit to Work, Limitation of Access and Sanction for Test documents as a Senior Authorised Person.
• Experience working with cross-boundary isolations.
• Previous responsibility for preventative maintenance activities on HV switchgear, transformers and other electrical equipment.
• Experience finding and resolving electrical faults using a variety of test equipment.
• Experience managing a team.

Desirable:

• Previous experience being part of an on-call rota providing 24/7 site support.
• Experience with wind farm, solar or other renewable generation sites.
• Knowledge of Wind Turbine Safety Rules.

Education & Qualifications:

Essential:

• Experienced Senior Authorised Person (to at least 33kV) with several years of HV operational switching experience.
• Background in Electrical Engineering (vocational or academic)
• Familiar with Single Line Diagrams

Desirable:

• GWO accredited training and experience climbing a variety of wind turbine models.

Travel Requirements:

• Frequent travel to our sites in the UK, including out of hours according to an on-call rota.
• Occasional European travel.

Location:

Edinburgh

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Subtype:

Regular