ScottishPower
Senior Authorised Person
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HV Operations Specialist
Location: East Anglia Offshore Windfarm, Lowestoft, NR32 1XH
Salary: up to £68,959, shift allowance of £12,067, 10% Annual Bonus and Single Person Healthcare and £100 per night SOV payment + holiday pay
Permanent
Rotation: 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off based on SOV
Help us create a better future, quicker
Help us create a better future, quicker
Scottish Power Renewables is at the forefront of the development of the renewables industry through pioneering ideas, forward thinking, and outstanding innovation. Our ambitious plans include offshore windfarms in East Anglia with our team leading the Group’s international offshore development. With over 40 operational windfarms, we manage all of our sites through our world-leading Control Centre at Whitelee Windfarm, near Glasgow.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading and Implementing Safety Culture: Leading and implementing Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) safety culture and values, maximizing Offshore H&S performance through strict adherence to and application of IBRO HVSRs, you will gain Senior Authorised Person authorisation up to 220KV under the IBRO ESRs.
- Effective Outage Planning and Management: Ensuring optimum availability of the site through effective outage planning and management which minimizes the duration of any outages. You will be required to manage the authorisation process of Competent Persons under the IBR HVSRs whilst performing the role of SAP at voltages between 66kV and 220 kV (future projects could extend to 400kV).
- Implementation of Management Instructions and Codes of Practice: Ensuring that local management instructions, relevant codes of practice, and the HVSRs are implemented. You will be required to prepare switching schedules for maintenance tasks, installation work, fault location, and repair where required whilst keeping records on daily activities and performance of Subcontractors.
- HV Switching, Isolation, Earthing, and Safety Documentation Duties: Organising and executing HV switching, isolation, earthing, identification of the point of work, and issue of safety documentation duties on HV networks up to 220kV (future projects could extend to 400kV). You will perform site risk assessments, review third-party Contractor risk assessments and method statements, ensuring these are comprehensive and fulfil necessary requirements.
- Supervising and Monitoring Equipment Performance: Supervising and monitoring the performance of equipment OEM’s and other Contractors for electrical maintenance equipment. You will also be required to prepare periodic maintenance reports of serviced assets to highlight performance trends, identifying issues, and making recommendations on corrective actions and support the Deputy Site Manager in the management of electrical equipment service and maintenance Contractors.
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What You’ll Bring
- Senior Authorised Person (SAP) Experience: As Senior Authorised Person (SAP) under safety rules of a DNO/NGET/Power Generating company or equivalent, you will possess experience in HV Electrical Maintenance from the Offshore Wind industry or an industry with similar operational and safety challenges.
- Experienced SAP / AP 33kV: You will have practical experience of asset management of industrial HV and LV systems, including resource planning and maintenance project delivery.
- SCADA Systems Knowledge: With a working knowledge of SCADA systems, you will also possess a willingness to work at heights and work Offshore with a good level of physical fitness.
- Travel and Flexibility: Travelling within the UK and Europe on occasion, necessitating overnight stays, you will have the ability to transit Offshore via marine transfer without suffering from sea/travel sickness and possess a flexible approach to working hours in order to ensure the delivery of planned and unplanned activities. Additionally, you will be able to attend site out with normal working hours to respond to any emergency situations.
What’s In It For You
- Competitive Salary: As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits.
- Pension Scheme: With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
- Other Benefits:
- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday Purchase
- Share Schemes
- Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
- Technology Vouchers
- Electric Vehicle Schemes
- Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
- Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan, and annual Health Assessments
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
- Shopping, leisure, restaurant, and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
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Why ScottishPower
Scottish Power is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, Scottish Power can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
Scottish Power is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.
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