Asset Engineer - Offshore Power Transmission
hace 1 día
Sheffield
Our client is a firm member of the Electricity Transmission industry, specialising in strategical investment in offshore electricity transmission systems across Europe. We are looking for an experienced Substation/Transmission engineer, Senior wind turbine technician (with electrical and fault-finding experience) or other related engineer who is familiar with fault finding, electrical systems (high and low voltage) and ideally experience working offshore. KEY TASKS: Principle duties, accountabilities and responsibilities of the Asset Engineer will include: • Management of health, safety, environmental and contractor management, including undertaking audits of the O&M service provider and providing reports to senior management., • Managing and ensuring compliance with business objectives., • Management of outsourced Operations and Maintenance (“O&M”) providers, including where necessary procuring additional services and managing the associated contract., • Identification and mitigation of operational risks., • Ensure work is undertaken in accordance the Asset Management Strategy, identifying trends and providing improvement suggestions where appropriate., • Incident management and review, providing recommendations to senior management for all operational incidents / asset failures., • Reporting and/or assisting in the reporting to lenders, lenders technical advisor insurers, and regulatory authorities etc.; and, • Stakeholder management and representing DTUK with external bodies. QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Essential: • Degree level education or the equivalent in an engineering (preferably electrical) discipline., • Project management qualification preferred., • Demonstrable experience of electricity transmission technology and a proven knowledge and understanding of all related technologies., • Electrical maintenance and fault-finding experience - ideally in a substation or high voltage system., • Ability to travel in the UK, possibly spending 1 or 2 nights a week away from home., • Project / contractor management skills., • Experience of managing contractors, developing and negotiated contracts from technical and commercial aspects., • Proven asset management ability to develop asset management strategies using condition monitoring and utilising asset databases and reporting tools., • Knowledge and understanding of all key business issues that impact electricity transmission assets., • Proven ability to develop working relationships quickly and effectively within a small team and externally with outsourced service providers., • Excellent written and oral communication skills, articulate, diplomatic but able to “get the job done”; and, • A strong work ethic; the ability to work ‘hands on’ to tight deadlines and be able to deal with competing priorities. Desirable: • Experience of offshore transmission, subsea cables especially their condition monitoring, failure mechanisms and repair techniques., • In-depth knowledge of substation supporting systems, e.g. cranes, heating and ventilation/air-conditioning, fire detection/deluge systems, low voltage distribution systems and uninterruptible power supplies, • Proven in-depth knowledge of electricity regulation and knowledge of NESO., • Experience of major construction contracts and the management thereof., • It would be an advantage to be knowledgeable with regards to safe systems of work and ideally authorised as Senior Authorised Person., • Experience of project financed companies and working with lenders and their advisors; and, • IOSH/NEBOSH qualification.