Asset & Display Engineer

National Grid; Warwick; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid is hiring an Asset & Display Engineer based in Warwick to maintain the SCADA system for England and Wales electricity transmission. You will manage asset databases, network modelling and displays, coordinating changes with IT and operations to ensure reliable system performance.

The role requires experience with SCADA data, real-time calculations, data quality, and interface changes. National Grid offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits in a hybrid/office setting.

Qualifications

• Experienced in database management.
• Experience with hierarchical data sets, asset hierarchies in a utility network is beneficial.
• Experience with IEC 101 & GI74 protocols & associated data sets is beneficial.
• Experience in working with ICCP is beneficial.
• Data quality assessment, cleansing and enhancement.
• Knowledge on Master Data Management and secure data handling/change management methodologies
• Asset management

Responsibilities

• Deliver ET SCADA asset databases, network modelling and display changes in conjunction with changes to other systems across NGET to meet legal and regulatory obligations.
• Support CAF and AOR management.
• Support policy and process updates.
• Manage real-time asset databases, network model and display issues with control room staff, ET Operations, and IT to keep SCADA operational.
• Maintain real-time calculations supporting operation of the electricity transmission system.
• Facilitate emulation of telemetry for system testing with ET Operations and 3rd parties.
• Perform data validity checks and liaise with system owners to resolve misalignment.
• Provide continuous training on SCADA databases, network model and displays.
• Coordinate with NESO for asset database and system change alignment with STC and stakeholders.

Skills

Database management

Data migrations

Hierarchical data sets

Asset hierarchies

SCADA/IEC protocols

Job description

About Us

At National Grid, we light up the world by harnessing the unique strengths of our people. Join us as a Asset & Display Engineer to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life.

National Grid is hiring a Asset & Display Engineer - You will be working with the Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system which is critical to the safe, secure and economic operation of the England and Wales electricity transmission system, used both within our control centres and by our field engineers.

This position is based from our Warwick office.

Job Purpose

The Asset & Display Engineer is responsible for maintaining the National Grid Electricity Transmission SCADA system, involving maintenance of data within the SCADA system, and ensuring synchronisation of identifiers to enable interfaces to other systems.

Primary duties include asset database management, network modelling, and display build, along with the coordination/implementation of system changes in accordance with National Grid Electricity Transmissions Digital Commissioning methodologies.

The role also supports the delivery of change projects, assisting in the specification, development and testing of new and changing requirements for how the business utilises the SCADA system, or asset data derived from the SCADA system.

What You'll Do

• Deliver ET SCADA asset databases, network modelling and display changes in conjunction with changes to other systems across NGET to allow NGET to meet its legal and regulatory obligations.
• Support Change Authority Forum (CAF) and Area of Responsibility (AOR) management
• Support Policy and process updates
• Manage the resolution of real time asset databases, network model and display issues, working with control room staff, ET Operations, and IT to ensure that the SCADA system is operational, with state estimation and analysis tools producing reliable results.
• Maintenance of real-time calculations supporting the operation of the electricity transmission system,
• Facilitate and manage Emulation of telemetry for system testing both internally and in conjunction with ET Operations and 3rd parties.
• Process data validity checks to ensure system alignment for SCADA interfaces, liaising with other system owners to resolve data misalignment where required.
• Continuous training and trainer duties on SCADA asset databases, network model and displays.
• Primary interface with the National Electricity System Operator (NESO) for co-ordination of asset database and system change in accordance with the STC and other stakeholders as required.
• Work with the SCADA replacement team to ensure future SCADA system support capability and processes are fully defined and implemented.
• Support the ET SCADA team internal and external interface changes, to ensure functional delivery of the new system, including data quality assessment, cleanse, enhancement, and resolution, taking internal and external stakeholders into account.
• Support Connections and Commissioning teams with technical issues associated with ET SCADA database, display and interface change plan ensuring that all work is delivered on time and in full.
• Ensure the performance, reliability and availability of the ET SCADA system meets agreed service levels and by working with ESO, IT and other stakeholders to resolve problems and support the resolution of reliability or performance issues.
• Ensure that the ET SCADA team has a reliable and tested business continuity plan in place that meets NGETs requirements
• Support performance management for colleagues by actively accumulating experience and gaining insights from those responsible in senior leadership positions

About You

• Experienced in database management, data migrations.
• Experience with hierarchical data sets, ideally regarding asset hierarchies in a utility network.
• Experience in working with IEC 101 & GI74 protocols & associated data sets is beneficial.
• Experience in working with ICCP is beneficial.
• Data quality assessment, cleansing and enhancement.
• Knowledge on Master Data Management and secure data handling/change management methodologies
• Asset management

What You'll Get

A competitive salary between £56,000 - £65,000 dependent on capability

As well as your base salary, you will receive

• 26 days holiday, plus eight statutory days, an option to buy extra holiday days, and the option to holiday swap up to 3 bank holiday days
• An annual performance incentive
• A generous pension scheme, double matched up to 6% of your salary each month. For every £1 you contribute we’ll put in another £2, so if you put in 6%, we’ll add 12% giving a total of 18% to your pension pot
• Life insurance at 10 times basic salary
• Employer funding towards a portion of your Private Medical Insurance.
• You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 21st October. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/

DE & I statement

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.

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