Senior Commissioning Engineer

Mitie Group plc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitie Group plc. is recruiting a Senior Commissioning Engineer to lead commissioning on distribution power system plant and substation equipment. The role involves coordinating activities across projects, preparing documentation, and acting as the customer focal point. Travel across the UK will be required.

The ideal candidate will have an electrical engineering degree, experience with protection schemes, and strong fault-finding capabilities, with safety credentials and regulatory knowledge.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a Commissioning Engineer in electricity supply.
• Experience with LV/MV/HV and protection schemes.
• Proven fault-finding and testing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning activities on distribution power system plant and substation equipment.
• Coordinate and manage commissioning across projects as focal point for the customer.
• Prepare commissioning documentation and test data for final project folders.
• Attend commissioning panel meetings and support FATs.
• Provide technical direction to project team and liaise with design engineers.

Skills

Safety Passport

Willingness to travel UK

Electrical engineering knowledge

Education

HNC / Degree in electrical engineering

Job description

SENIOR COMMISSIONING ENGINEER

Mitie Power & Grid brings together three ICP business units—G2 Energy, ESM Power, and Rock Power Connections—alongside Custom Solar, the UK's leading behind-the-meter solar PV installer. With over 400 specialist professionals across our ICP and solar teams—and access to thousands more engineering experts within Mitie—we are one of the UK's largest and most experienced providers of grid connection and renewable energy services. We offer a comprehensive suite of specialist services across grid application, design, equipment procurement, installation, testing, commissioning and ongoing operations and maintenance. Our focus is on supporting decarbonisation through projects including utility-scale solar, wind, battery energy storage (BESS), and EV infrastructure.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Commissioning Engineer to join our Rock Power Connections Technical Operations team.

This is your role. What part will you play?

To act as Commissioning Engineer undertaking commissioning activities / duties on a wide range of distribution power system plant, control and protection and other substation equipment to a high level of competence.

Responsibilities:

Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality:

• Attend company authorisation / induction courses as required by Mitie Power & Grid
• Ensure that personally held test equipment is maintained in good working order and within calibration and to issue for re-calibration within appropriate time scales
• Maintain a safety & zero lost hours culture for all related site activities through good housekeeping, adhering to site safety rules, wearing correct PPE, proactively identifying safety and environmental improvements, offering solutions to issues and corrections to hazards (if appropriate) and applying company specific safety rules.

Testing & Commissioning:

• Be flexible to travel across the UK when required with fair and reasonable notice
• To attend Commissioning Panel Meetings as required
• To take the role of Lead Commissioning Engineer on designated projects, coordinating and managing commissioning activities, whilst acting as a focal point for the customer
• Completion of Commissioning Inspections, off load commissioning and on load commissioning as identified under the relevant DNO/IDNO Procedures
• To prepare and collate commissioning documentation to be incorporated in to final project folders such as drawing mark-ups and test data / documentation
• To fulfil Commissioning Panel duties within competency e.g., production of commissioning programmes, commissioning method statements, inspection schedules, etc, within specified time scales
• To undertake and complete testing and final commissioning on a wide range of plant and equipment at various voltage levels including fault investigation, diagnostic activities and rectification of faults within competence in accordance with the client's specification and documentation
• To participate, undertake and support FAT's
• To support apprentice commissioning engineers as required and to act as a role Model Staff Development
• To identify and inform Head of Technical Operations when specific product related training is required in order to satisfactorily complete commissioning activities

Day-to-Day Control:

• Provide technical support and direction, within their competence, to Rock Power Connections Project Team members, including the application of technical standards
• To liaise and work with internal and client Design Engineers to resolve design related queries
• To undertake other activities which the Company may reasonably require to be undertaken on a temporary basis which are within an individual's area of competence
• To report progress and/or problems to the Site Manager or Operations Manager / Engineer responsible for project delivery
• Assist & support the Field team - technical queries, quality plans, project commissioning programs, RAMS & EHS (Environmental Health & Safety) objectives

Role Requirements:

• Working Safely or equivalent i.e. Safety Passport
• HNC / Degree in electrical engineering
• DNO Competent Person
• Knowledge of CDM regulations
• Demonstrable extensive experience working as a Commissioning Engineer in Electricity Supply Industry with exposure to LV, MV, HV & voltage schemes
• Demonstrable comprehensive experience of working on a range of protection schemes and protection relays, DC systems, AC systems including primary and secondary injection testing of complex protection schemes.
• Demonstrable comprehensive experience of working on various types of power plant and equipment.
• Proven fault-finding experience
• Understanding of permit control & Isolations for a variety of clients such as NGED, SSE etc

Who are Rock Power Connections?

Since our acquisition by the Mitie Group in 2022, we have completed some of our biggest projects to date. These include the installation of EV charging stations at some of the UK's busiest hubs and partnerships with high profile clients such as hi-speed rail network HS2 and Electric Highway Gridserve, whilst continuing to support and grow our long-standing place on the NGED (formerly WPD) framework agreement to deliver new substations, carry out asset replacement and reinforcement works from 11kV through to 132kV

Having the right people and culture has always been key to our success. Rock would not be where it is today without them. If we do say so ourselves, our employee value proposition is fantastic in terms of benefits, packages, learning and development. Our focus continues to be on quality skills and training, and we believe that the Mitie brand combined with our family friendly ethos gives us that competitive edge.

Our Commitment to Diversity:

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Rock Power Connections celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we celebrate our differences.