High Voltage Senior Specialist

Imagine a future where you deal with high voltage electrical systems, such as power generation, transmission, and distribution

Join us in this role where you’ll be supporting our offshore wind farms in UK East Region and take responsibility for undertaking all manner of maintenance activities on our HV assets. The role will be based both onshore and offshore, and you’ll report to the East Coast Hub Senior HV & Transmission Manager.

Welcome to Regional Support
You’ll be part of HV Specialists where you, together with your colleagues, will manage our high-voltage assets, carrying out planned and reactive maintenance, and act as a site supervisor for contractors and working parties. As a team, we manage and maintain the HV side of over 590 wind turbine generators and seven offshore substations, together working continuously to learn and develop in a dynamic and fast-paced working environment

You’ll play an important role in:

• providing safety for both planned and unplanned works on the high voltage network
• creating and following high voltage switching schedules and preparing, issuing, and cancelling safety documents
• training authorised persons to prepare them for authorisation in single-end feed high-voltage switching for planned works
• handling communication and technical support for the wider organisations group’s management.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have previous authorisation as a senior authorised person or Authorised Person at levels from 33kV to 400kV and are a safety-focused individual with faultless good safety behaviour
• have demonstrable electro-mechanical competences that can be evidenced through a portfolio of achievements
• have completed a recognised apprenticeship and HNC/HND in an engineering discipline
• have knowledge of HV protection systems and demonstrable knowledge of maintenance management and process control systems
• are able to take on increasing levels of responsibility and can document previous responsibility for high-value assets.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accomodation@orsted.com.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country.