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Commissioning Engineer
Up to 70k + car allowance
UK based travel
The Commissioning Engineer will be responsible cold commissioning various projects all around the UK and mentoring young aspiring commissioning technicians. A strong understanding of cold commissioning 11-33kV switchgear. Liaising with customers representatives and delivering switchgear installations for various manufacturers such as Siemens, Schneider, Ormazabal, ABB etc.
Key Accountabilities
- Mentor up and coming Test & Commissioning technicians.
- Carry out and document all tasks associated with the pre-commissioning / commissioning of the equipment.
- Be responsible in handing over a fully operational system for acceptance by the customer.
- Ensure health and safety procedures and standards are followed on site. Ensure all Health and safety documentation is filed, maintained and updated on site.
- Ensure commissioning schedules, handover and witnessing documents are updated, maintained, completed and filed / issued to project manager prior to project completion.
- Carry out factory acceptance testing when required, Site acceptance testing and customer witnessing.
- Ensure sites are cleared of equipment and materials / products prior to handover / completion.
- To undertake any other duties as requested by senior staff within the business
Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications
- HNC or equivalent in Engineering.
- At least 5-years working within the Power Industry.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal and ability to communicate effectively.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
- Computer literate with experience of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook.
- Full UK Driving license.
- Has good working knowledge of basic protection relays and functions.
- Is capable of performing tests such as Contact resistance (Ductor), Insulation resistance, AC dielectric withstand tests, CT/VT primary and polarity checks, relay secondary injection, scheme checks and CT analysis.
- Capable of working with protection relays and making minor changes to settings and configs as and when required.
- Installation tests on distribution Transformers.
- Occasionally helping senior commissioning engineers on major projects.
