66kV Senior Authorised Person

66kV Senior Authorised Person required for a major Offshore Wind Farm Developer based in Poland.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for electrical issues accordingly to the affected Country’s legislation and regulation.
• Delegating scopes of works for the whole team of Transmission Specialist on sites both offshore and onshore work scopes.
• Responsible for and managing rotaplan’s for all Transmission Specialist and Operators on site.
• Leading all improvements of instructions and site-specific instructions improvements related to High Voltage electrical operations on sites.
• Implementation of the clients Electrical Safety Rules on site, including the safe system of Work.
• Advise operationally on high voltage electrical installations to WTG, offshore substations and both HV submarine and onshore cables.
• Oversee safe commissioning of grid connections, onshore substations and associated MV/HV/LV plant and equipment.
• Oversee all MV/HV/LV electrical operational activities to ensure safety, security and integrity of the HV network.
• Contribute to proactive management, good coordination and communication between all parties and that the process works effectively.
• Coordinate MV/HV/LV commissioning activities through the project construction Stages.
• Advise operationally on high voltage electrical installations to WTG, offshore substations and both HV submarine and onshore cables.
• Oversee all MV/HV/LV electrical operational activities to ensure safety, security and integrity of the HV network.
• Oversee and the delegation of planning of all switching activities on sites, both offshore and onshore activities.
• Controlling the safety documents for the Electrical Safety Rules on site.
• Define safety procedures for electrical matters.
• Delegation of tasks to the Operators on sites, who oversee safe commissioning of grid connections, onshore substations and associated MV/HV/LV plant and equipment.
• Reviewing the high voltage scope of work.
• Knowledge and experience with country specific standards.
• Tasks
• Ensure compliancy with and managing of clients Electrical Safety Rules.
• Safety coordination in electrical matters.
• Manage and coordinate HV/MV/LV commissioning activities.
• Coordinate with National Grid and attend commissioning panel meetings.
• Act as senior authorized person.
• Outage management and network control in collaboration with the Control Engineers.
• Prepare and check high voltage switching schedules.
• Update MV/HV/LV schematic diagrams.
• Inspect work sites and perform site safety inspections and auditing for electrical matters.
• Check method statements for electrical matters.
• Implement and provide training programs for relevant staff according to the rules.
• Mentor HV APs during field training.

Requirements:

• Several years of operation and commissioning experience within the field of high voltage electricity, offshore experience preferable.
• Appropriate electrical qualification and background related to the authorization scope.
• Minimum 3 year of working experience within onshore substations systems.
• Complete and up to date GWO courses and HUET with CA-EBS if required by site (climbing gear person weight limit – 120kg/264lb).
• Language requirements: Polish & English speaking.
• Rotation will be aligned on the project – either 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off, 4 weeks on / 4 weeks off, or similar.