Outage Planner
£70000 - £80000 DOE plus car/allowance
Faraday Office Park Basingstoke
We do what we say
If you strive to do what you say, we’ll have a lot in common.
As a Distribution Outage Planning Engineer you will, as part of a team coordinate and consider the needs of multiple stakeholders in order to deliver a workable annual outage programme. You will be expected to consider system security, ensuring that the programme is realistic and achievable, and obtaining client approval, in order to rebuild the network, deliver the construction programme, and make sure security of supply is maintained. This will be a key role in ensuring the flexible response of our networks on a real time and future basis, working closely with our Control Engineers and regional Engineers to offer guidance and assistance.
In this role you’ll prepare, manage and take ownership of the SSEN ED2 outage process, understand and analyse the risk associated with specific outages and associated many interactions.
Here are some of the tasks you will be involved in...
* regular engagement with internal teams
* You will be required to confirm network compliance with relative engineering standards, you’ll promote the Distribution Network Access Policy, Distribution and Grid Code to ensure compliance with the license obligations.
* Carry out network contingency studies and provide reports to internal stakeholders.
* Prepare, manage and take ownership of the SSE HV outage process, understand and analyse the risk associated with specific outages and associated many interactions.
We'd love to hear from you if you can demonstrate...
* Qualified to a minimum HNC level in Electrical Power Engineering or similar subject
* Have detailed knowledge of the operation and nature of a power distribution system and be commercially aware.
* Demonstrate a passion for solving problems by developing cost efficient solutions and an ability to drive business strategies.
* Have detailed knowledge of the operation and nature of a power distribution system and be commercially aware.
* Experience using network modelling software packages such as PSS®E, PSS®Sincal and/or Power Factory would be preferred but not essential.
* A confident communicator with the ability to produce reasoned justifications in structured written reports and be comfortable organising, planning and prioritising your workload to achieve demanding targets and deadlines.
* Demonstrate a passion for solving problems by developing cost efficient solutions and an ability to drive business strategies.
Our Company
Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.
Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.
We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.
What Next
You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don’t receive feedback within that timescale, please don’t be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!
Benefits
In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.
Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.