Senior Authorised Person

Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.

Senior Authorised Person, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions. We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life‑changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.

We deliver our clients’ visions through leading‑edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.

At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.

Scope of the Role
The Electrical Senior Authorised Person is the lead electrical position within the project. They are accountable for managing and implementation of Mercury’s electrical safety rules across a portfolio of data centres ensuring that a safe system of work is always adhered to.

Key Responsibilities
Safety

Senior Authorised Person will be responsible for any live or potentially live systems under their control.

Manage, audit and enforce the principles and application of control of hazardous energies procedures including operational control of lock out‑tag‑out system.

Identify electrical hazards and implement mitigation deemed necessary.

Be conversant with arc‑flash risk, hazard identification and mitigation measures, including electrical safety PPE. Monitor the condition of PPE and safety equipment, advise project Senior Authorised Person of calibration requirements or replacement safety equipment as required.

Manage, audit, employ and enforce adherence to an Electrical Safety Permit System including access control.

Manage, monitor and operate access control system in conjunction with approving, cancelling and closing Electrical Safety Permit System.

Implement Mercury SOP’s, jurisdictional requirements, client requirements, project‑specific ESSOW’s and ensure they are employed on the project through managing, auditing and permitting.

Complete any training required for compliance in jurisdiction and with Mercury ESSOW. Ensure team members are competent prior to appointment, including training requirements for their roles. This must be recorded and monitored to ensure continued development and compliance.

Plan and execute safe electrical energisations, isolations and switching including approval of requests, drafting and approval of switching plans. The Senior Authorised Person will ensure that approved switching plans and system boundaries are in place as required for HV/ MV and LV systems.

Escalate any safety breaches or non‑compliance issues to the Person in Charge of the Electrical Installation and Senior Engineer prior to hazard‑causing risk.

The Senior Authorised Person will ensure periodic inspection and auditing is completed as required by Mercury’s SOP, client requirements and jurisdictional requirements.

Review and approve electrical safety related risk assessments and method statements.

Provide evidence of successful completion of colour‑blindness test if not done so during proof of qualification.

Assist in electrical incident investigations should an incident occur ensuring that all Accidents, Incidents or Dangerous Occurrence associated with work on Electrical Distribution Systems, are immediately notified to the Mercury Designated Person.

The Senior Authorised person must be full‑time onsite and nominate a deputy of equal competencies to act on limited occasions in their absence.

The Senior Authorised Person will ensure any project mitigation against electric shock and arc flash are adhered to including the provision, sign out and monitoring of arc‑flash PPE to effected personnel according to the project arc‑flash study or the…