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Senior authorised person

Southampton
SSE Contracting
€63,000 a year
Posted: 30 October
Offer description

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Enerveo is one of the largest contracting businesses in the UK, offering a broad scope of services including mechanical, electrical, high voltage, electrical vehicle (EV) infrastructure installation, test and inspection services, as well as street lighting.


Job title

Senior Authorised Person (up to 33kV)


Base location

Slough, Southampton or Poole


Salary

Base salary up to £63k depending on experience for a 37-hour week.


Working pattern

Temporary | Full Time


Notes

Please note this is a temporary role and successful applicants will be employed via our preferred supplier recruitment agency.


What you will be doing (Role purpose)

We are recruiting a Senior Authorised Person (SAP) to carry out LV & HV/EHV switching, isolation, earthing, PTW, SFT, identification of the point of work and issue of safety documentation duties on construction and asset replacement projects on SSEN networks. You will be responsible for all aspects of operational duties, creating switching schedules and methods of work. You’ll control & monitor all Electrical construction and fault restoration work on HV/LV networks up to 33kV. You will be the delegated lead electrical person in cases of emergency and power restoration.


Responsibilities

* Plan outages and produce switching programmes and liaise with System Control.
* Make dead, isolate and earth high voltage electrical networks.
* Identify and release apparatus to be worked on by issue of Safety Documents and Permits to Work, SFT.
* Carry out high voltage testing and fault location.
* Manage and supervise Jointer and Fitter teams.
* Provide technical knowledge and expertise to the wider team and support clients in solving engineering challenges.
* This is predominantly site-based and may require travel within the region, weekend work, and on-call duties on a rota basis.


Requirements

* Authorised to conduct switching operations from LV to 11kV; 33kV experience would be advantageous.
* Strong safety focus and commitment to operational excellence.
* Technical knowledge of DNO switchgear & associated plant.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to lead a team.
* Knowledge of current regulations, standards, and codes of practices.


Nice to have

* 132 kV Authorisations would be advantageous.


Seniority level

* Mid-Senior level


Employment type

* Full-time


Job function

* Information Technology


Industries

* Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

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