Principal O&M Engineer – Transmission Assets

Within this position, your key tasks will be to:

• Accountable for HSE case handling for OFTO assets, driving HSE performance improvements, sharing lessons learnt and action follow up and close out in Equinor HSE reporting system.
• Attending onshore, offshore Substations and affected land sites as required to oversee maintenance delivery in role as SAP, AP or Area Responsible.
• Accountable for OFTO Asset Technical Integrity and reporting the status.
• Accountable for the Operations Plan (12month) delivery in accordance with Budget.
• Accountable for preparing OFTO Asset budget annually with a 3-year view.
• Performing Local Representative role for HV Safety Rules (with sufficient training).
• Integrate best practice and knowledge sharing within other Business Areas within the organization - including lessons learned.
• Investigate and support performance losses of the asset, produce recommendations for short- and long-term improvements and modifications.
• Review and QA maintenance data and history within SAP in accordance with ARIS Manage Maintenance Processes.
• Collaborate with other PTA system owners to increase competence and share learning across Sheringham Shoal, Dudgeon, and other Business Units in Equinor.
• Author, of Work Requirements, Procedures, System Operation manuals.
• Accountable for compliance with regulatory requirements (Crown Estate, MMO License etc.) with support from required competence.
• Attend risk analysis, procedure reviews and audits as requested.

At Equinor, there are some overall qualities we regard as essential. We want you to identify with the values that guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow: open, collaborative, courageous and caring. We expect you to make safety your priority and to contribute to our zero-harm culture. And for this specific position, we are also looking for:

• A Role Model for Safety and Compliance, leading by example and driving safety performance improvements across the OFTO O&M delivery.
• Flexibility is necessary. On occasion, unplanned and unforeseen events will require full attention, such as actual of imminent unplanned transmission asset trips, and these will need to be prioritised.
• Minimum ONC/HNC Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering or Equivalent.
• Senior Authorised Person at minimum 132kV or demonstrating sufficient knowledge, training, and skills to achieve this in a short time frame.
• Knowledge of HV protection schemes, discrimination, ancillary plant and apparatus such as Fire and Gas systems, SCADA, UPS, LV circuits, Emergency Generators.
• SF6 Handling Qualifications.
• NEBOSH/IOSH.
• Partial Discharge Inspection.

Please note that recent changes to the UK immigration rules have tightened the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. If you require Equinor UK to act as a sponsor in order to undertake this role, please note Equinor UK cannot guarantee that the role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. If, following assessment against the applicable Home Office requirements (including skill and salary thresholds, and any role ‑ specific lists), it is determined that Equinor UK is not able to sponsor this role, any conditional offer of employment may be withdrawn. This does not affect candidates who already have the right to work in the UK, without the need for visa sponsorship from Equinor UK.