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Offshore Substation Transmission Specialist
Posted 29 days ago Rhode Island, United StatesContract
Salary: CompetitiveSectors:Offshore WindJob Reference: BH-7041
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Gary Bradley
Gary Bradley
JOB ID: #7041
Offshore Substation Transmission Specialist
Location: Providence, RI
Key Responsibilities
- Implementation of the 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
- 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
- Coordinate MV/HV/LV commissioning activities through the project construction stages.
- Ensure compliancy with and managing of Electrical Safety Rules.
- Safety coordination in electrical matters.
- Act as senior authorized person.
- Outage management and network control in collaboration with the Control Engineers.
- Update MV/HV/LV schematic diagrams.
- Inspect work sites and perform site safety inspections and auditing for electrical matters.
- Coordinate with the Lead Commissioning Project Manager to ensure that accurate updates are distributed to the Project.
- Manage and coordinate HV/MV/LV commissioning activities.
- Coordinate with National Grid and attend commissioning panel meetings.
- Prepare and check high voltage switching schedules.
- Check method statements for electrical matters.
- Implement and provide training programmes for relevant staff according to the rules.
- Provide technical and engineering advice to working parties for electrical matters
- Assist different departments when required.
- Attendance at FAT and SAT tests if required
- Act as Training Mentor for Various projects.
- Take electrical operational responsibility for an entire substation.
- Possibility to work in adverse work conditions/emergency work scenarios.
- On-call may arise during certain work tasks.
- GWO training and HUET training to be completed.
- Ability to pass medical fitness test
- Input to the project commissioning management manual and related documents (including pre-commissioning and commissioning quality plans)
- Participation in different auditsReports from FAT & SAT on the different high voltage equipments.
- Onsite check of switching program.
- Participation in the planning of resource and work activities.
- Participation in authorizations and assessments of new candidates.
- Deliver inputs to the design phase of the project on technical aspect.
- Switching on HV/MV & LV equipmentGrounding of equipment & creating isolation zone’s Setting up demarcation of worksites for contractors based on Work Requests.
- Lead toolbox talks to start working parties.
- Pre and Post energization checks of all equipment across the windfarm.
- Participating in work rotations both offshore and onshore if assigned to that rotation.
- Project specific administrative tasks to assist Lead SAP.
- Ability to work on Microsoft platforms (excel, word, outlook, etc.…)
- Ability to lift 50lbs.
- Say in relation to MV/HV switching and isolations.
- Issue of Electrical Safety Rules safety rules documents.
- Management of electrical safety to work onsite.
- 275kV Senior Authorized Person.
- Appropriate electrical qualification and background related to the authorization scope.
- Several years of operation and commissioning experience within the field of high voltage electricity, offshore experience preferable.
- Complete and up to date GWO and HUET (incl. CA-EBS if required by site).
- Climbing gear person weight limit – 120kg/264lb.
- Minimum 1 year of working experience within onshore substations systems
- Minimum 6 months of working experience within offshore substations systems,
- Minimum 1 year of working experience within wind turbines, preferable.
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