Electrical O&M Engineer - Specialist

Nadara; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading renewable energy company in the UK seeks an O&M Engineer in Edinburgh, Scotland. The role involves ensuring the operational safety of electrical equipment and performing routine HV switching. Candidates should have a background in Electrical Engineering and be experienced in operating HV switchgear. This full-time position may require out-of-hours site support and travel.

Qualifications

• Must be an Experienced Senior Authorised Person (to at least 33kV).
• Must be able to make effective decisions in pressured situations.
• Experience with preventative maintenance on HV electrical equipment is required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for routine HV switching operations (up to 33kV).
• Follow the preventative maintenance schedule agreed with the Asset Management team.
• Attend site during electrical failures to establish the root cause.

Skills

Experience operating HV electrical switchgear

Ability to interpret electrical schematics

Good written and verbal communication skills

Health and Safety focused

Education

Background in Electrical Engineering

Tools

HV switchgear

Job description

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.

Job Description Summary:

You will be a member of the Asset Maintenance department responsible for ensuring our assets can continue to operate safely for the long term. The O&M Engineer will be part of this team, reporting to the Electrical O&M Engineer – Specialist. You will contribute to meeting KPIs including minimising response times to site during faults and completing maintenance activities to the highest standard in the low wind months.

Job Description:

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.

Competencies & Behaviours

Essential:

• 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

Essential:

• 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.

Desirable:

• 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.

Relevant Experience

Essential:

• Experienced Senior Authorised person regularly issuing Permit to Work and Limitation of Access documents.
• Experience operating a wide range of HV switchgear.

Desirable:

• 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

Essential:

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

Desirable:

• 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.

Location

Edinburgh

Time Type

Full time

Worker Subtype

Regular