Operational Engineer

2 weeks ago


Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom UK Power Networks Full time

Operational Engineer - SAP

This Operational Engineer - SAP will report to the Lead Operational Engineer and will work within UKPN Services based in our Chatham office. You will be a Permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £76,229 plus car and a bonus of 3%.

If you are successful, you will need to undertake a medical and DBS reference check

Close Date:.02/07/2024

We also provide the following additional benefits

Annual Leave Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme Season ticket loan Occupational Health support Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products. Discounted access to sports and social clubs Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose:

A vacancy exists for an experienced Operational Project Engineer to work with the Chatham Region Projects and Maintenance Teams, to plan and deliver new connection work, diversions, fault location and repair in addition to lifecycle replacement schemes and construction activities associated with electrical distribution equipment and infrastructure.

Dimensions:

No direct reports or financial budget.

Principle Accountabilities

Ensure safety management throughout all responsibilities. Responsibility for delivery of all construction, maintenance and fault works to time, cost and quality. Ensure compliance with all policies and work to a high standard of quality. Daily planning, coordination and real-time responsibility for the efficient utilisation of resources. Liaise with HV/LV control – submission of HV/LV switching schedules, complete HV/LV network operations in accordance to distribution safety rules and procedures Support and provide technical support to field staff. Produce Risk Assessments and Method Statements for the safe delivery of projects work. Complete quality assurance checks of works completed and rectify any quality issues identified. Liaise with and manage relationships with our customers to meet their expectations wherever possible. Be prepared to assist other sections e.g. organisational changes, system emergencies as determined by your experience. Complete out of hours safety/emergency response (Standby). Management/Supervision of contractors, carrying out high and low voltage maintenance activities.

Qualifications:

Senior Authorised Person as defined by the Distribution Safety Rules – Preferable 33kV. Experience in distribution systems through the range 400v to 33kV. Educated to a minimum HNC level qualification in Electrical Engineering or equivalent. High Level of Customer Focus, adds value to the customer and ensures the team completes all projects to customer expectations. Team Working, manages and integrates well in a team and promotes good team work. Analytical Achieve full Ministry of Defence Security Clearance. Identify problems, understand important issues and investigate alternatives. Hold full driving licence. Work with minimum supervision and manage and prioritise a varied work load, Communicate at all levels. Work as part of a small team committed to the delivery of a high profile project. Use Microsoft Office suite, Outlook, MS Project and other bespoke software packages An understanding of Health and Safety and Environmental Legislation, CDM standards and focussed on safe working. Initiative, acts in the interest of the company to develop the business to agreed objectives.

Measure of Success:

Success will be measured by the Project Engineer's understanding and management in the following areas:

Technical competence Adherence to internal and external safety systems and quality systems Customer satisfaction Project management Resource-management Commercial awareness

Should you not have the full range of essential skills, qualifications and competencies listed above, there may be an opportunity for further training to equip you. If you do not have all relevant competencies for the core grade, it will be appropriate to appoint at a lower grade until you have developed the required competencies.

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used.

If in doubt ask

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.


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