Electrical Engineer

Centrica plc; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Carers Policy

Flexible working

Job summary

Centrica plc is seeking a senior Electrical Engineer to support the Electrical Technical Authority across onshore/offshore assets. The role blends office and site work with travel to offshore facilities.

Key responsibilities include maintaining the Ex database, conducting authorisation assessments and ensuring adherence to safety, environmental and technical standards.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience designing and specifying electrical equipment in hazardous areas.
• COMPEX Ex12 module preferred.
• Experience in Oil & Gas or major hazard process industries on/offshore.
• Chartered Engineer status desirable.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel to offshore assets, including overnight stays.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Electrical Technical Authority in managing electrical engineering activities across assets.
• Maintain the Ex database in CMMS and ensure registration of Ex equipment.
• Carry out electrical authorisation assessments on behalf of the Electrical Technical Authority.
• Ensure technical integrity and compliance with standards and procedures.
• Develop and align technical project scopes and specifications with strategy.
• Support design, construction and commissioning stages of projects.
• Provide 24 hour incident support as part of the IMT rota.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Offshore experience

Hazardous areas design

Risk management

Leadership & communication

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Chartered Engineer (desirable)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Join us, be part of more. We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet.\u2019We’re energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that\u2019s energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn\u2019t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That\u2019s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

Overview

Assist the Electrical Technical Authority in managing Electrical Engineering activities across all of Centrica Gas Infrastructure assets including Safety, Operational, Financial, Environmental, Legal, Reputation & Plant maintenance support. Provides electrical technical support and input for any proposed engineering modifications/changes, technical projects and asset maintenance activities. Supports the Electrical Technical Authority in developing discipline specific strategies, managing technical and operational risks, setting project and engineering technical specifications, developing and managing technical support contracts and verification/ audit of technical framework for discipline.

Location – Woodland House, Hull – flexible working with a mix of office and home working

Key Accountabilities

• Manages the electrical ‘Ex’ database within the CMMS and ensures all ‘Ex’ equipment is registered and is being maintained.
• Carry out electrical authorisation assessments on behalf of the Electrical Technical Authority.
• Ensures technical integrity is maintained within discipline.
• Enactment of Centrica Electrical Engineering Strategy & ensuring compliance with standards and procedures.
• Ensure maintenance strategy and standards within discipline are enacted within all of Centrica Gas Infrastructure assets.
• Provide technical discipline input into operational risk management.
• Ensure the optimal technical solution for modifications/projects are selected aligning with strategy and ensuring solutions are designed to appropriate standards that meet operational and business requirements.
• Develop concept and front end definition of technical project scopes.
• Support the design, construction and commissioning stages of the Projects as appropriate including the resolution of technical queries.
• A core requirement of the role is provide direct support to Centrica Gas Infrastructure assets. This will involve regular travel to the onshore terminal and offshore assets and also will involve overnight stays on the offshore assets in line with operational priorities.
• Support & participate in HS&E improvement initiatives to manage people, legislative & environmental risk.
• Participate in and lead root cause analysis to resolve Safety & Reliability issues.
• Be a member of the IMT duty rota to provide 24 hour incident support to Centrica Gas Infrastructure assets.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

• Experience of electrical engineering within the Oil & Gas or associated major accident hazard process industries on and offshore.
• Experience in the design and specification of electrical equipment in hazardous areas.
• COMPEX Ex12 module preferred.
• A degree in electrical engineering is essential or appropriate and relevant experience.
• Chartered Engineer status is desirable.
• A self-starter, the job holder will operate with broad direction from the Electrical Technical Authority.
• Risk management to company standards is a part of the role.
• Skilled in the application of functional assurance processes and knowledgeable in the application of business processes.
• Able to apply HSE principles across all technical activities.
• Has a good insight into the market and is able to assess the commercial impact of engineering decisions.
• Leadership of specialists and peer network within own discipline.
• Job holder must possess excellent communication skills and demonstrate their ability to foster wider relationships within Centrica and wider Oil & Gas industry.
• Well-developed planning and organisational ability.
• The ability to act with authority, demonstrate leadership skills and retain the confidence of the team.
• Experience preferred using SAP.

We get it. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too.

We\u2019re looking for people to add to our culture – not fit in with it. We\u2019re building a community where you can be unapologetically you, where differences are celebrated, and where everyone can belong. Real inclusivity also means supporting the different realities our people face. That\u2019s why we have the UK\u2019s best Carers Policy and are continually building our approach to flexibility and wellbeing.

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