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400kV Lead Commissioning Engineer - SSEN
400kV GIS Substation Extension - Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Salary: Excellent Day Rate
- Contract: 12 Month Contract + Likely Extensions
- Start Date: November
- Hours: Monday to Friday (10 Hour Days) + Potential Weekend Work
- Status: Outside IR35
We are currently looking for an experienced Lead Commissioning Engineer to support a major SSEN Transmission 400kV GIS substation extension project in Aberdeenshire.
The successful candidate will take a lead role across the commissioning programme, overseeing the integration and energisation of new 400kV assets into an existing operational transmission substation.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate commissioning activities for the 400kV GIS substation extension, from pre-commissioning through to final energisation and handover
- Manage the commissioning and integration of new 400kV GIS bays and associated primary plant into the existing operational substation
- Coordinate primary and secondary commissioning activities across GIS, protection, control, interlocking and auxiliary systems
- Lead the testing and integration of busbar protection, including modifications and extensions required to accommodate the new 400kV assets
- Oversee IEC 61850 testing and integration between new and existing protection and control systems
- Plan and coordinate commissioning activities around existing live 400kV infrastructure, outages and staged energisations
- Develop, review and manage commissioning programmes, procedures, ITPs, test documentation and energisation plans
- Coordinate commissioning engineers, OEM representatives, subcontractors and other project stakeholders
- Manage technical interfaces between the existing substation and new extension works, identifying and resolving commissioning issues
- Liaise closely with SSEN Transmission throughout testing, outage, energisation and handover activities
- Review test results and ensure commissioning documentation is completed to the required SSEN standards
- Provide technical leadership throughout multiple commissioning phases of the long-term project
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Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Lead/Senior Commissioning Engineer on 400kV transmission substations
- Strong experience commissioning 400kV GIS and associated HV primary plant
- Valid or previous SSEN authorisation strongly preferred, but not essential
- Strong understanding of busbar protection and IEC 61850 systems
- Strong knowledge of protection, control and secondary systems
- Experience working on substation extensions, brownfield interfaces and existing live HV infrastructure
- Experience coordinating outages, staged energisation and handover of transmission assets
- Excellent leadership, technical coordination and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple commissioning phases throughout a long-term project
- Right to work as a contractor in the UK
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Interested? Please apply or get in touch using the contact information below to learn more!
Cian McLoughlin
Principal Contract Recruitment Consultant
Hunter Philips Executive Search
Contact Information:
- Landline: +44 161 240 3338
- Mobile: +44 7881 418 441
- Email: cian.mcloughlin@hunterphilips.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cian-mcloughlin-628a72258
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