Electrical O&M Engineer

Nadara; Scotland; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Nadara, a leading renewable energy company, seeks a Senior O&M Engineer to join their Asset Maintenance team in Scotland. This remote role involves ensuring the operational safety of HV equipment, conducting preventative maintenance, and managing electrical failures. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with HV operations and a strong background in electrical engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience operating HV switchgear and completing preventative maintenance.
• Ability to write risk assessments and method statements.
• Experience working remotely and managing on-call responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine HV switching operations and maintenance.
• Write risk assessments and ensure safety compliance.
• Respond to electrical failures and supervise contractors.

Skills

HV electrical switchgear operation

Electrical schematics interpretation

Risk Assessment & Method Statements writing

Preventative maintenance on HV equipment

Cable fault locating

Education

Senior Authorised Person certification (to at least 33kV)

Background in Electrical Engineering

GWO accredited training

Job description

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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 O&M Engineer will be part of this team, reporting to the Electrical O&M Engineer –Specialist . You will contribute to 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.

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 33kV).
• You will follow the annual preventative maintenance schedule agreed with the Asset Management team.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Keen to learn and develop new skills and knowledge.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Experience operating HV electrical switchgear on a variety of sites.
• Familiar with different types of transformers.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics and use these to resolve problems on site.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with suppliers.
• Writing Risk Assessments & Method Statements for preventative maintenance, fault finding and electrical testing.
• Experience completing preventative maintenance on HV electrical equipment.
• Experience completing IR, winding resistance and TTR tests on transformers (50kVA – 3000kVA).
• Experience taking oil samples from transformers (50kVA – 3000kVA).
• Experience locating cable faults.
• Experience with cable jointing.
• Experience completing IR and VLF testing on HV cables.
• Ability to download and interpret information from protection relays and grid analysers.
• Understanding of Overcurrent and Earth protection settings and protection grading on sites.
• Experienced Senior Authorised person regularly issuing Permit to Work and Limitation of Access documents.
• Experience operating a wide range of HV switchgear.
• Experience issuing Sanction for Test documents as a Senior Authorised Person.
• 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.
• Previous experience being part of an on-call rota providing 24/7 site support.
• Experience with wind farm, solar or other renewable generation sites.
• Experience working with cross-boundary isolations.
• Knowledge of Wind Turbine Safety Rules.

Education & Qualifications:

• Experienced Senior Authorised Person (to at least 33kV).
• Background in Electrical Engineering (vocational or academic)
• Familiar with Single Line Diagrams
• 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

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