Senior HV Engineer

Senior HV Electrical Engineer

Conrad Energy are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior HV Electrical Engineer to join a growing team within the Technical Services Department. Reporting to the Head of Technical Services, this role is responsible for the management of Operation and Maintenance activities for all electrical plant and apparatus across the portfolio. The portfolio is split into 5 areas, each managed by an Operations Manager, with a number of sites and a team of field engineers looking after the day-to-day running of the sites.

Our UK asset base of embedded power generation equipment is a mixture of reciprocating gas engines, wind farms, battery storage plants and utility scale PV Solar plant. The size of our fleet ranges between 2 - 10MW connected at 11kV with larger plants between 20 - 50 MW connected at 33kV, 66kV and 132kV.

To optimise plant uptime, this role requires working with our regional HV Contractors, Specialist High Voltage Electrical Engineers and EC&I Engineers across construction, commissioning and operations phases of the business; working alongside the Area Operations Managers to provide high levels of support and service, including the development and implementation of computerised maintenance management systems of our assets.

• Take health and safety as a number one priority. Responsibilities for your own Health and Safety, for the Health and Safety of your work colleagues and any others who may be affected by the operations under your responsibility or control.
• Take day-to-day ownership for the performance, reliability, and integrity of all embedded private networks across Conrad Energy's portfolio. Lead investigations into network incidents, faults, and performance issues, ensuring timely root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive measures. Act as the technical authority for day-to-day decision-making.
• Manage the functional day-to-day reporting of the HV Engineers, ensuring support to the wider Operations team is prioritised based on the nature of breakdowns and timelines for restoration.
• Coordinate both Planned and Reactive HV & LV Works with the wider team, ensuring consultation with Area Managers and the Operations Team where required.
• Maintain a continuous focus on the KPIs of the sites' electrical balance of plant, to identify and provide recommendations to maintenance practices using sound engineering judgement and cost benefit analysis.
• Maintain interpersonal relations with seniors, colleagues and peers to maximise delivery of your objectives.
• Help develop and deliver training programs to enhance internal technical competency across electrical and HV disciplines. Continually assess team capabilities to identify any skill gaps, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure a high level of engineering excellence and compliance.
• Assist in developing and implementing annual budgets for electrical spare parts and inventory for the operational sites across the group.
• Bring forward for consideration any improvement initiatives and implement action plans as required.
• Be actively involved in handing over newly built sites from the Construction Team or new acquisitions into Operations, including producing reports and snagging items.
• Adhere to all Company Policies & Procedures (including but not limited to those specified in the Employment Handbook, H&S Policy, Environmental Management Systems, Integrated Management Systems and any financial/accounting systems).
• Apart from the duties summarised in your Role Profile, the company reserves the right to include other reasonable duties which are part of, and incidental to, this type of work.

• Demonstrate in depth technical knowledge of high voltage systems up to 132kV, including operation, protection schemes, earthing, and fault management. Diagnose and troubleshoot in conjunction with external contractors where required, and design assurance activities across all generation and network assets.
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and experience of the full lifecycle of power generation assets from design and connection through to operation, maintenance, and decommissioning.
• Proven people management skills that create a sense of both urgency and ownership within the team, whilst continuing to develop the in-house capability of the HV Engineers.
• Understand ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems and how this is used in the workplace.
• Comfortable with the use of data, IT systems and processes to drive continuous improvement and efficiency.
• Fully conversant with the use of Distribution Safety Rules, safety documentation and their implementation within private networks.
• Fully comfortable communicating electrical engineering matters to both senior management and engineering disciplines – recognising the use of language and the impact it can have.
• Provide technical support across multidisciplinary teams to optimise performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Diagnostic and on-site testing…