Senior Associate, Wind Construction (EBOP TL Specialist)

Vena Energy Services (Australia) Pty Ltd; Laguna; On-site; PHP 2,856,000 - 5,712,000; Full time

Job summary

Vena Energy Services (Australia) Pty Ltd in the Philippines seeks an Owner's Representative to oversee electrical and control systems on a large-scale wind farm project. You will ensure works comply with drawings, specifications, and international and local standards, and manage quality plans and handover to commissioning.

Responsibilities include inspection and testing oversight, NCR handling, documentation review, and coordination with grid operators and contract management.

Qualifications

• Oversees electrical installation to drawings/specs and standards.
• Ensures quality, safety, and compliance across construction.
• Experience with inspection, testing, and nonconformance management.

Responsibilities

• Act as Owner's representative to oversee electrical installation and control system conformance to E&I drawings, project specification, international codes and local standards (IEEE, IEC, NFPA, NEMA, PGC, PEC 1 & 2).
• Assist EBOP Manager by enforcing quality control and assurance without compromising safety.
• Review Project Quality Plan to meet project and operational quality needs.
• Review inspection reports and quality control records from contractors.
• Assess adequacy and competence of execution contractor quality.
• Recommend and lead efforts for sustaining improvement processes.
• Identify root causes and drive corrective actions with defined communication plans.
• Perform inspection and review of condition reports and notify contractors of problems.
• Responsible for quality evaluation on standards per ITP and ensure NCRs are tracked.
• Provide timely information on issues impacting handover progress.
• Coordinate review and audit plans for handover phases and liaise with related teams.

Skills

Quality control

Safety leadership

Inspection

Test plans

Project coordination

Grid interface

Documentation review

Contract management

Education

BSc or MSc in Electrical

Tools

Inspection Test Plans (ITP)

Job description

Job Summary

Serve as the Owner's Representative for electrical and control systems, overseeing quality, safety, and compliance throughout construction and handover of a large-scale wind farm project. The role ensures all electrical works-including cabling, substations, and transmission lines-are executed in accordance with engineering drawings, project specifications, international and local standards, and approved quality plans. Responsibilities include inspection and testing oversight, contractor quality assessment, nonconformance management, document and test package review, and coordination of handover to commissioning. The position also supports contract and grid interface management, monitors progress against schedule, enforces risk and safety requirements, and ensures timely, compliant delivery of the full electrical scope.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as Owner's representative of the company to oversee and inspect the electrical installation and control system in conformance to E & I drawings, Project Specification, International codes and local standards (IEEE, IEC, NFPA, NEMA,PGC, PEC 1 & 2).
• Assist EBOP Manager by enforcing quality control and assurance without compromising the safety aspect of the company asset.
• Review Project Quality Plan which meets the expectation and needs of the project and overall operational quality needs.
• Review inspection report and records of quality control carried out by execution contractor.
• Assess adequacy and competence of execution contractor quality.
• Recommend and leads effort for establishing sustaining improvement process.
• Identify and resolve exception root cause analysis and corrective action /recovery plan through defined communication plan.
• Perform inspection and review report of condition found during inspection activities, notify the Contractor of significant problem and complete documentation necessary attest to satisfactory completion of inspection or test activity.
• Responsible for performing quality evaluation on standard according to engineering drawing, specification and as per Inspection Test Plan (ITP) and method statements. Also responsible for maintaining NCR register and tracking.
• Provide timely and accurate information on issues that may impact the hand over progress.
• Assist in coordination of review and audit plans for the various hand over phases. Liaise with related team to ensure that handover activities are executed in line with project expectations and requirements.
• Review electrical test package / project dossier prior for hand over to commissioning team and be able to close issues in resolved the noncompliance report.
• Review and approve Inspection and Test Plans to verify that execution of contractor is performing all required inspections and witnessing all required tests and hold points for company inspection.
• Monitor and control the BOP contractor's work associated with cabling, substation, and transmission line establishment for a major scale wind farm
• Support with the contractor and authorities' communication for all electrical scope related aspects
• Assist in management and oversight of Grid Connection Agreements and the respective grid operators and their scope
• Support the development and implementation of Contract Management Plans for the relevant contractors
• Ensure that the entire scope of work of all contractors is delivered as per specifications and on time
• Execute checks of documents availability confirming quality characteristics of designs, products, materials, and equipment, used during construction of an object - technical passport, certificate, lab tests results certificates etc.
• Participate, contribute, and provide leadership in toolbox talks, safety inductions and risk assessments
• Verify all contractor deliveries meets the quality specifications and establish and maintain the QA records of the same
• Support the implementation and follow-up of appropriate risk management and environmental protection measures.
• Keep a daily dairy of events that may be relevant for contractual discussions and disputes later
• Verify contractors' formal acceptances of deliveries from subcontractors / suppliers
• Participate in Permit to Works meetings with subsequent sign-off of PTW's.
• Monitor work progress vs. schedules and act accordingly in case of delays.
• Monitoring compliance with technological processes during construction.
• Evaluate the consequences of activities for risk impact on cost and plan.
• Support and monitor the interface between different contractors.
• Interact with Technical and Author Supervision representatives.
• Provide daily progress reports in coordination with contractors.
• Demonstrate Safety Leadership and lead by example.
• Ensure that the Basis for Design is adhered to in full.
• Support the approval of the suppliers' quality plans.
• Support the approval of milestone deliveries.
• Support as built and IFC documentation.
• Perform other tasks as required.

Prerequisites

BSc or MSc in Electrical