Job: O&M Engineer / SAP
Location: North East or Midlands or Central Belt Scotland - Home to site
Salary: Up to £50k plus overtime plus bonus and package
Role overview:
This role involves the inspection, maintenance, installation, and testing of LV/HV substation equipment up to 33kV. Responsibilities include protection testing, HV/LV jointing, switchgear and transformer installation, earthing tests, and compiling work packages and safety documentation. The position also requires HV switching and permit issuing, coordination of technicians/subcontractors, and direct liaison with clients to ensure projects meet safety, technical, and performance standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Inspection and Maintenance of LV/HV Substation equipment.
- Protection Testing.
- HV/LV jointing including specialist cable terminations.
- Troubleshooting/fault finding.
- Installation of switchgear and transformers.
- Testing of Earthing and associated equipment.
- Produce remedial works quotations.
- Compile Work Packages, Job Instructions and RAMS.
- Coordinating the work of technicians, craftspeople and sub-contractors.
- Manage individual project resource allocation.
- Liaise with clients, stakeholders and other interested parties to ensure individual project objectives, deliverables and expectations are managed/maintained.
- Ensuring that individual projects meet safety requirements/regulations.
- Ensuring that individual projects meet technical system performance requirements.
- Planning and executing of HV Switching, isolation, earthing up to 33kV.
- Ensuring safety from the system – issuing of permits and safety documentation in accordance with company/customer safety rules and operational procedures.
- Testing installations and systems, analysing test data and compiling test reports.
Suitable candidate will ideally have:
- HNC in Electrical Engineering ideally in Power Distribution, or the equivalent.
- Experience in Private Networks and or the Renewable Energy sector.
- Familiarity with all relevant current Health & Safety Legislations.
- GWO Certifications for onshore wind farm work.
- Emergency First Aid & Manual Handling
- Full Clean Driving Licence
- Good IT skills
