Senior HV Engineer

Reporting to the Head of Technical Services, this role is responsible for the management of Operation and Maintenance activities for all electrical plant and apparatus across our portfolio of five areas.

What you’ll be doing:

• Carry out all duties with health and safety as the number one priority.
• Take day-to-day ownership for the performance, reliability, and integrity of all embedded private networks across Conrad Energy's portfolio.
• Lead investigations into network incidents, faults, and performance issues, ensuring timely root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive measures.
• Act as the technical authority for day-to-day decision-making.
• Manage the functional day-to-day reporting of the HV Engineers, ensuring support to the wider Operations team is prioritised based on the nature of breakdowns and timelines for restoration.
• Co-ordinate both Planned and Reactive HV & LV Works with the wider team, ensuring consultation with Area Managers and the Operations Team where required.
• Maintain a continuous focus on the KPI's of the sites' electrical balance of plant, providing recommendations to maintenance practices using sound engineering judgement and cost-benefit analysis.
• Maintain inter-personal relations with seniors, colleagues, and peers to maximise delivery of objectives.
• Help develop and deliver training programs to enhance internal technical competency across electrical and HV disciplines.
• Assess team capabilities to identify skill gaps and drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure a high level of engineering excellence and compliance.
• Assist in developing and implementing annual budgets for electrical spare parts and inventory for the operational sites across the group.
• Bring forward improvement initiatives and implement action plans as required.
• Be actively involved in the handover of newly built sites from the Construction Team or new acquisitions into Operations, including producing reports and snagging items.
• Adhere to all Company Policies & Procedures, including those specified in the Employment Handbook, H&S Policy, Environmental Management Systems, Integrated Management Systems, and any financial/accounting systems.
• Perform other reasonable duties which are part of, and incidental to, this type of work.

Principal Skills:

• Demonstrate in-depth technical knowledge of high voltage systems up to 132kV, including operation, protection schemes, earthing, and fault management.
• Diagnosis and troubleshooting in conjunction with external contractors where required, and design assurance activities across all generation and network assets.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of the full lifecycle of power generation assets from design and connection through to operation, maintenance, and decommissioning.
• Proven people management skills that create a sense of urgency and ownership within the team, whilst continuing to develop the in-house capability of the HV Engineers.
• Understanding of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems and their application in the workplace.
• Comfortable with the use of data, IT systems, and processes to drive continuous improvement and efficiency.
• Fully conversant with the use of Distribution Safety Rules, safety documentation, and their implementation within private networks.
• Comfortable in communicating electrical engineering matters to both senior management and engineering disciplines.
• Provide technical support across multi-disciplinary teams to optimise performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Diagnostic and on-site testing knowledge of alternators both at Low and High Voltage.
• Work closely with and support other departments in the business: Operations Team, Development, Construction, Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, and HSQE.
• Proven track record of having dealt with DNOs and other contacts within the power generation and distribution industry.