Senior HV Technician: Safe Switching & Reliability

Syngenta Crop Protection; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Private medical & life insurance

36-hour working week

31.5 days annual holiday

Job summary

Syngenta Crop Protection’s Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre seeks an HV Technician to ensure safe, reliable operation of a large electrical-distribution network. You will manage HV/LV assets across 33 kV, 11 kV, 3.3 kV and 415 V systems, acting as a Senior Authorised Person and coordinating switching activity to maintain continuous production.

You will contribute to planning, compliance, and continuous improvement while mentoring Grade 8 Service Technicians and contractors.

Qualifications

• Minimum NVQ Level 3 or equivalent electrical qualification.
• Experience with HV distribution networks up to 11 kV and associated equipment.
• Experience preparing and carrying out HV switching programmes, ideally as an Authorised Person.
• Strong knowledge of electrical safety, safe isolation and arc-flash controls.
• Experience with planned and preventative maintenance systems and technical reporting.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Senior Authorised Person and manage switching programmes for planned, operational and emergency work.
• Maintain, inspect, test and fault-find on HV/LV distribution systems and transformers.
• Plan and coordinate planned and preventative maintenance per maintenance plans and compliance requirements.
• Issue and control electrical safety documentation and maintain audit-ready records.
• Collaborate with operations, asset teams, planners, contractors to protect continuity of supply and drive reliability improvements.

Skills

HV switching programmes

Electrical safety

Risk assessment

Maintenance planning

Stakeholder communication

Documentation

High voltage distribution systems

Authorised Person experience

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent electrical qualification

SAP/AP City & Guilds certification

Tools

CMMS systems

Job description

Syngenta Crop Protection’s Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre seeks an HV Technician to ensure safe, reliable operation of a large electrical-distribution network. You will manage HV/LV assets across 33 kV, 11 kV, 3.3 kV and 415 V systems, acting as a Senior Authorised Person and coordinating switching activity to maintain continuous production.

You will contribute to planning, compliance, and continuous improvement while mentoring Grade 8 Service Technicians and contractors.