Senior O+M Engineer
Iberdrola
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Glasgow • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £57,600 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead technical due diligence for new HV cable installations, ensuring design, installation, testing, and documentation meet regulatory, quality, and industry standards.
- Define and manage required HV cable spares and associated accessories for offshore projects.
- Manage assigned maintenance contracts, driving cost optimisation and maximizing business EBITDA.
- Define improvement and maintenance strategies for HV/MV/LV cable systems to ensure:
- o High asset availability
- o Regulatory compliance
- o Best-in-class service quality aligned with international standards
- Identify technical risks related to asset condition and develop risk mitigation plans.
- Investigate HV cable system issues through troubleshooting and root cause analysis, implementing solutions to prevent recurrence.
- Develop and maintain contingency planning procedures to ensure effective response to unplanned events.
- Share lessons learned and best practices across other Offshore O&M Hubs.
- Prepare method statements and implement corrective and preventive maintenance activities, directly or via contractors.
- Support the development and application of electrical safety management philosophy, promoting a strong safety culture aligned with regulatory and company standards.
- Coordinate daily maintenance activities with SPR technical site teams, ensuring quality, schedule adherence, and H&S compliance.
- Support new offshore projects by defining technically robust and maintainable cable solutions in collaboration with Project teams.
- Coordinate electrical maintenance strategies with European O&M Hubs to ensure global standardisation.
- Prepare Scopes of Work and conduct technical supplier evaluations, actively supporting procurement processes.
- Interface with Global Technical Services, Offshore Site Teams, OEMs, Grid Operators, Certification Bodies, and Regulators as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (minimum)
- Significant experience in HV cable operation and maintenance
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to influence decisions
- Excellent report writing, presentation, and summarisation skills
- Experience of offshore electrical equipment and systems
- Contract management and scope definition experience
- Ability to interpret electrical drawings and technical documentation
- Strong planning, organisational, and analytical skills
- IT literate, proficient with MS Office and project management tools
- Ability to work effectively in an international, multicultural environment
- Willingness to travel across the UK & Europe
- Experience of HV Cable interfaces such as HV Electrical Plant would be advantageous
Benefits
- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
- Share Schemes
- Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
- Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
- Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
- Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
- Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
HV cable installationHV cable operationHV/MV/LV cable systemstroubleshootingroot cause analysiselectrical safety managementcontract managementscope definitioninterpret electrical drawingstechnical documentation
Soft Skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillsinfluence decisionsreport writingpresentation skillssummarisation skillsplanning skillsorganisational skillsanalytical skillsability to work in multicultural environment
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering