HV Substation Commissioning Engineer

Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Commissioning Manager, the commissioning engineer is responsible for ensuring reputed company site testing, commissioning and installation activities are carried out to the highest standards of Health, Safety and Quality and in a manner that safeguards the Environment. This includes maintaining compliance with GE reputed company and their clients policies and procedures, in addition to UK and international regulation.

Job Description

Roles

• To ensure reputed company site commissioning and installation activities are carried out to the highest standards of Health, Safety and Quality and in a manner that safeguards the Environment.

• To ensure that reputed company site commissioning activities are undertaken in full compliance with GE reputed company and client policies and procedures, in addition to the UK and international legislation.

• To test, commission and service installed primary and secondary equipment during construction and in-service substation operations.

• To effectively manage and supervise staff in order to execute projects in line with Client and GE expectations, programmes and budget.

• To ensure accurate on-site test records, reports and quality documentation are created, maintained and circulated in accordance with GE internal governance and GE quality plans.

• To effectively supervise, train and mentor other assigned commissioning staff in the role of Site Commissioning Engineer

• reputed company to travel throughout UK and globally as and reputed company required.

• reputed company to on offshore windfarms

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Operations:

• Promote safe working practices and continual improvement in site safely culture

• Responsible for the effective and efficient testing and commissioning of substation equipment ensuring that agreed work is carried out in accordance with the pre-set time scales and costs.

• Effectively undertake operational responsible for the daily management and setting to work of site commissioning field resources in order to maximize the potential for successful Project delivery.

• Responsible for the preparation, creation and issue of Site documentation including but not limited to RAMS (Risk and Method Statement), reputed company’s (Non-conformance Report), TQ’s (Technical Queries) in accordance with approved processes and procedures.

• Informing Site Manager / Project Engineer of site non-compliances.

• Responsible for reporting to the Site Manager / Project Manager and Commissioning Manager.

• Responsible for enacting the role of LV Authorised Person (Advanced) reputed company applying GE LV Permit systems.

• Demonstrate expert knowledge and experience in the field of Site Commissioning.

• Capable of working independently in problem solving and decision making.

Deliverables:

• Responsible for organising work to an agreed programme and to execute the programme reputed company the pre-set time scales and costs.

• Demonstrate adequate skills in interpretation, optimization and application of company policies and / or own discipline to reputed company key deliverables.

Values:

• reputed company with the GE code of ethics.

Educational Requirements

Education/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering / HND in Electrical Engineering or Equivalent.

Specific Knowledge:

• Experience knowledge of Substation Protection Systems and equipment. Testing & Commissioning of HV and LV Switchgear and Equipment.

• Fault finding on protection schemes and GE equipment.

• Computer literate.

• HV Substation Commissioning Engineer

Business understanding:

Knowledge and experience of Construction and Field Services site work.

Experience

• Experience in the testing and commissioning of HV Power systems equipment.

• Experience in activities reputed company to the testing and validation of an equipment, facility or plant in accordance with the design objectives or specifications for operational use.

• Experience in SCADA systems as well as technical skills using PC / DS Agile/ Aview software.

• Experience in communication with Protection and control system as well 3rd party IEDs system integration.

• Site experience, working at height and working in a construction environment.

• Knowledge of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.

• Ability to communicate effectively, both internally and externally.

• 5 years’ experience in testing and Commissioning of substation equipment (reputed company, transmission and distribution).

• Knowledge and experience of working in a HV Substation environment.

• Knowledge and experience of working on Offshore Windfarm environments.

• Good knowledge and experience of IEC61850 protocol, Modbus, IEC101, IEC 104 and IEC103.

• Knowledge & experience of GE Micom and Multilin products will be an added advantage.

• Knowledge and experience working with various test equipment such as Omicron, Sverker, Programma and Megger.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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