Protection & Commissioning Manager

Electricity North West

Blackburn, United Kingdom

About the Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Protection & Commissioning Manager to join our team delivering electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltage levels. This role will be responsible for ensuring all work is delivered to, and complies with, the engineered design, company policies and industry standards. Providing the final sign off / approval that the design (including equipment) is safe to operatives and provides the full functionality for over £50 million of construction projects.

Managing a team of engineers, this role will be responsible for creating testing policy and procedures, commission work through undertaking assurance and testing for small to large-scale high voltage infrastructure and grid connections at voltage levels normally between 11kV and 132kV.

Our projects would include feasibility, detailed design, procurement, construction, test and commissioning on existing or new substations and associated infrastructure.

Principal responsibilities of the role

Portfolio accountability to ensure each project is delivered to company Health & Safety and Technical Policies including; through the managing of an engineer team, creating test policy for building work that is compliant with manufacturers testing requirements and engineering design.
Act as point of escalation for the customer and the company for technical policy and commissioning both during tendering and implementing current and future projects.
Accountable for commissioning the technical quality of building work carried out on a portfolio of between £10m to £50m of engineering projects including producing monthly status reports and analysis of technical trends and risks.
Operate across the whole of the delivery team as a technical lead, responsible for technical policy.
Ensure the business maintains policy, commissioning & testing systems for data, document, and process control, in compliance with ISO standards.
Provide excellent customer service through clear communication and meeting customer expectations such as; working in the safest manner, only accepting high quality work, achieving customer milestones and outperforming contract budgets.
Promote the company’s reputation through a positive attitude and behaviours, good time keeping and a professional appearance.
Continually seek to identify future sales opportunities either providing sales leads to the business development team and/or supporting estimators in the pricing and drafting of sales tenders.
Stand in for the Engineering Design Manager as required.

Who we’re looking for

Minimum Degree in Electrical Engineering, with at least five years of relevant experience; (essential).
Proven record of managing teams of engineers on complex EHV projects.
The role is to manage a team, though you may also be required to provide hands on support when required; (essential).
An excellent understanding of electrical transmission and distribution equipment, including protection and control systems, switchgear, transformers and circuits.
Trained and experienced in developing technical procedures and quality assurance documentation.
Excellent understanding of the Health & Safety and Engineering technical standard requirements for large scale projects.
Experienced at developing quality & assurance strategies and implementing process change; (essential).
Hold or be committed with support of the company to gaining professional engineering accreditation; (essential).
Be an excellent written and verbal communicator, with experience in the developing and delivering management reports, business presentations and cascade team briefings; (essential).
Analytical thinker coupled with good numerical skills.
Hold a valid, full UK driving licence; (essential).