Do you want to provide electrical leadership at one of the world’s most unique, large-scale power and propulsion testing facilities?
Responsibilities
- As Lead Power Systems & Test Engineer , you provide electrical leadership for the Marine Power Test Facility, balancing the maintenance of existing infrastructure with the installation, commissioning, and testing of new power systems and equipment.
- Reporting directly to the Marine Power Test & Trials Manager. You will be a key member of the Marine Power Test Facility, engineering test and commissioning team.
- You act as a key member of the engineering, test, and commissioning team, ensuring that all work meets the highest standards of safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. You manage safe systems of work as a Senior Authorised Person (SAP), coordinate complex site activities, and collaborate with leadership to drive process and system improvements that ensure our world-class facility remains at the cutting edge of power and propulsion technology.
- To be competent and have a proven record of HV/LV plant and systems commissioning.
- To carry out switching operations and the operation of permit to work, sanction to test and access limitation systems on large projects.
- Be competent to produce, and maintain, documentation to the required standards.
- Undertake installation and commissioning of cabling, switchboards, circuit breakers, contactors, transformers, UPS systems, generators and motors, power conversion / converters ensuring the overall installation, commissioning and test meets internal standards customer, and all regulatory / safety requirements.
- Manage the upkeep and maintenance requirements of the facility and specific systems and equipment.
- To produce as commissioned, tested and maintenance documentation in accordance with independently audited Company Quality and Safety Management Systems e.g. BS EN 18001 and Classification Societies e.g. Lloyds Register and DNV.
- Supervise test, trials and control room operations in line with approved procedures and safe working practices.
- Establish and manage design documentation and drawings control as necessary.
- Working with site leadership and EHS, manage safe systems of work, risk assessments and method statements associated with electrical work and testing.
- Comply with all company and customer health and safety regulations.
- Supervise Permit and LOTO systems as a SAP at MPTF.
Requirements
- Electrical HV authorised & some experience in managing safe systems of work.
- Proven record of continuous professional development.
- Must have established record of sitework.
- Good communication skills, written and verbal in English.
- Customer Focused.
- Existing or the ability to obtain the higher levels of UK Security Clearance including “SC Clearance” and “UK Eyes Only Clearance “ which are required for this role.
- Experience of system integration working on multi-discipline projects.
- On site commissioning of large projects.
- Electrical engineering in relevant industry (Marine, Energy, Renewables, Oil & Gas, etc.).
- Experience in integrated control schemes with PLCs, HMI and Drives.
- Power generation and distribution.
- LV and MV variable speed drives and motors.
- Ability to multi-task on a variety of projects to strict time scales.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Good report writing skills.
- Good personal organisational skills.
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