Marine Electrical Site Supervisor

MJR Power & Automation are a well-established electrical & automation engineering business that works in the marine, renewable energy and offshore energy markets providing engineering, construction, and installation solutions to a global customer base from its headquarters in Teesside.

We require a Marine Electrical Site Supervisor who can lead six to twelve personnel, understand the system being installed and take ownership of the job from mobilisation through testing and handover.

Duties include:

• Supervising site teams and allocating daily work
• Conducting toolbox talks and coordinating RAMS
• Managing permits, isolations and safe systems of work
• Confirming drawings and cable schedules match the installation
• Monitoring workmanship, cable identification and termination quality
• Coordinating tools, test equipment and materials
• Recording progress, delays, variations and client instructions
• Liaising with the clients & ships staff
• Coordinating testing under an approved test procedure
• Supporting commissioning, harbour acceptance and sea trials
• Preparing daily progress reports and approving team timesheets
• Completing handover and punch-list documentation

Desired

Experience:

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• Marine, offshore, shipyard or heavy-industrial electrical experience
• Experience supervising electricians and technicians
• Strong LV knowledge, preferably with some MV experience
• Switchboard, MCC, MCCB/ACB, transformer and distribution-system experience
• Power and control cable installation, glanding and termination experience
• Familiarity with generators, drives, motors and temporary vessel power
• Experience working from schematics, cable schedules and general-arrangement drawings
• FAT, SAT, commissioning and fault-finding experience
• Knowledge of isolation, permit-to-work and LOTO procedures
• Experience liaising with vessel engineers, clients, class surveyors and subcontractors

The ideal supervisor should be :

• Hands-on:
  Willing and capable of assisting with installations, testing and fault-finding.
• Technically credible:
  Electricians should trust their instructions and decisions.
• Well organised:
  Able to plan labour, tools, materials, isolations and daily activities.
• Commercially aware:
  Understands that delays, rework and uncontrolled overtime affect project margins.
• Calm under pressure:
  Vessel mobilisations frequently involve changing information and tight deadlines.
• Make safe site decisions without waiting for constant office direction.
• Provide confidence without promising work outside the agreed scope.
• Ability to produce useful daily reports, timesheets, test sheets, variation records and progress updates.

Preferred qualifications

• Recognised electrical apprenticeship
• Level 3 electrical qualification or equivalent
• ECS/JIB Gold Card or suitable industrial equivalent
• COMPEX for hazardous-area projects
• HV switching or authorised person, training where applicable