Senior Electrical Engineer (Export cables)

Our client Scottish Power Renewables are currently looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join their team based in London or Glasgow on a contract basis initially. Ideally for this role they are looking for someone who has an understanding of Cable System Design as well as Submarine and Land HV cables experience from 220KV up to 400KV. For more information on this see below: Main Purpose of Job The Senior Electrical Engineer (Export Cables) is a key Senior Engineer role within the Offshore Renewables Business, focussing on the delivery of a large-scale offshore wind project, East Anglia Two, in the UK. Belonging to the Project Services team and reporting to a Lead Cable Engineer, the Senior Engineer will be responsible for reviewing documentation, drawings and data reviewing manufacturing progress, test reports and checking compliance with contract Employer's requirements, engineering standards and technical acceptance criteria and ensuring quality, best practices and excellent Health, Safety and Environmental performance are applied. The position may require frequent travel to various locations in the UK and overseas and the individual should be capable of working with teams at different locations. Key Tasks

• Senior Electrical Engineer for the Export Cable package within East Anglia Two offshore windfarm projects providing key engineering advice, assessments, and recommendations to ensure delivery of a multi-contract package within time, to budget and quality following industry best practice and observing the maximum respect for Health, Safety and the Environment to ensure regulatory and legal compliance.
• Provide professional advice on engineering strategies / risk levels and commercial agreements to the key package, to ensure that cost effective technical solutions are identified, fully evaluated and the risk profile is fully understood by the project.
• Ensure that all assessments, advice and recommendations are fully documented in accordance with all internal procedures and industry best practice, and that sufficient technical and commercial due diligence (whether internal or external) exists to support those business decisions.
• Deliver consistent, high-quality, cost-effective engineering advice to the key packages and projects.
• Review of documents, drawings and data submitted by Contractors to ensure compliance with contract and project requirements.
• Ensure that health, safety and environmental requirements are fully considered and adhered to in design to ensure compliance with legislation and industry best practice.
• Manage the inspection and testing of appropriate aspects of offshore plant to ensure that assets are supplied and installed to the required quality and engineering standards.
• Maintain full awareness of the latest technical and commercial developments and identify suitable new technology that has the potential to reduce cost and risk or improve safety.
• Implement offshore standards, procedures, tools, best practices and quality requirements for key work packages to ensure that packages are delivered according to specification, budget and programme without compromising safety.
• Ensure that appropriate lessons learnt regarding offshore wind farm development and construction are captured and shared across the different Offshore Project work packages. Collaborate with the Lead Engineer to ensure that the engineering team implements them to enhance business value.
• Coordination of complex engineering is a key activity in offshore projects (large packages), where CAPEX is higher than 2 million pounds per MW, resulting in total budgets of several billion pounds. Excellent technical ability plus reliable, accurate cost estimation, risk management and budget control are essential requirements.
• Working within high performing, multidisciplinary team(s) spread across Europe and the Americas, which includes the management and coordination of engineering specialists operating across multiple projects incorporating many different educational and cultural backgrounds., Advise Principal/Lead Engineer, Package Lead or Discipline Manager on the impact of technical/specialist risks and issues, and the viability of solutions recommended.
• Balance technical detail with commercial needs and provide recommendations, considering all relevant risks.
• Coordinate support and key expertise from Discipline seniors (electrical, civil, mechanical, etc.) to ensure key packages and contracts technical compliance to minimise costs/risks.
• Collaborate with the Technical Services Team to secure key knowledge inputs for application within key packages/ contracts to secure best practice and value from investments.
• Collaborate with Lead and Senior managers in Operations and Maintenance to ensure requirements are specified and delivered and assets are effectively transferred into operation to deliver business returns.
• Collaborate with Contract Managers for procurement of key contracts and terms/ specification to secure best value and minimise costs/ risks.
• Coordinate with Senior Quality, Health, Safety and Environment advisors to comply with standards and minimise legal/ regulatory risks.
External:
• Management of Consultants to deliver key advice and compliance.
• Management of key Suppliers/Contractors to ensure key package / contract delivery.
• Collaboration with Partners aligning investment plans, sharing knowledge and best practice and delivering joint venture key packages.
  
  Submarine and Land High Voltage Cables, o Experience in design, manufacturing, construction and/or operations. o Specification of HV cables from 220kV to 400kV
o Understanding of cable system design and related engineering studies o Supporting contract and package manager in the delivery and execution of cable supply contracts o Cable design and sizing optimisation o Understanding of design issues relating to long transmission cables o Understanding of the design issues related to installation methods and conditions o Understanding different earthing schemes for Onshore & Offshore Export Cables
• Detailed knowledge of relevant standards such as IEC 60287, IEC 60840, IEC 62067 & CIGRE TBs (446, 490, 722, 880 etc.)
• Competent in the use of Finite Element Modelling (FEM) such as Ansys or COMSOL for the purpose of thermally rating cables.
• High degree of competency in the use of analytical tools such as Python, MATLAB and Excel for early engineering studies.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Achieved or eligible for qualification Chartered Engineer status.
• Substantial experience designing and working in the offshore industry, preferably offshore wind.
• Experience of working in teams involved in multidisciplinary work packages in international environments.
• Pro-active and diligent approach.
• Substantial experience in dealing with health and safety and environmental legislation associated with construction, marine and offshore projects.
• High degree of competency in future planning.
• Proven experience in delivery of large packages, including contract management, programme management, cost and risk control.
• Sound relationship management skills and confidence working with Senior Management.
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to influence and develop key engineering decisions.
• Excellent report writing, presentation skills and ability to summarize key parameters and drivers impacting the package.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Sound planning and analysis skills with the ability to look forward and see / anticipate problems and thereafter plan and implements mitigating solutions to negate the effect of such problems.
• Innovative and creative thinking
• Problem solving - dealing with conflicting requirements.
• Tenacity, persistence, and determination to succeed in overcoming obstacles.
Key Interfaces
• Manage and resolve a range of technical/engineering issues within key packages on a day-to-day basis.
• At short notice, act upon problems and ad-hoc projects without losing focus on major ongoing workload.
• Ability to manage complex packages which require interface and precise coordination with multiple disciplines (structures, turbines, electrical cables, offshore substations, ports, vessels).
• Ability to manage people at multiple international projects and sites.