Cable Jointing Supervisor

About Us

We have an exciting opportunity and permanent position, for a Cable Jointing Supervisor to join our expanding manufacturing team. Working at a purpose built facility in Irvine, close to our first factory in Hunterston, Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland.

XLCC is the innovative high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable company establishing a new green industry in the UK, with the first factory at Hunterston, Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland. Our mission is to provide the connectivity required for renewable power to meet future global energy needs.

Subsea cable technology has a significant impact in reducing the environmental consequences of electricity generation and consumption around the globe. XLCC’s HVDC cables will run deep under the sea, enabling the transfer of renewable power from generation sites to end users.

In addition to HVDC subsea extruded cable, XLCC will provide additional services such as cable laying, protection and repair services.

There are purchase options in place for cable offtake for clients with various projects including export cables (for bringing offshore wind power back to the beach), for grid reinforcement projects (to improve and upgrade the national grid) and for interconnectors (moving power from one country to another country). XLCC will expand capacity when there are contracts in place providing a business case for expansion.

Role Overview

Due to the scale of the XLCC project, and demand for highly skilled cable jointers in a depleted market, XLCC have created a Modern Apprenticeship (MA) to develop internal talent. The MA includes a day release with Ayrshire College in Electrical Engineering, allowing apprentices to complete an NC, HNC or HND depending on previous qualifications and experience, whilst training to become a highly skilled factory cable jointers. Following an SVQ programme developed in collaboration with Ayrshire College, the apprenticeship program lasts up to four years, aimed at developing skilled and highly competent cable jointing professionals in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering.

This is a supervisory role, which will ultimately have the responsibility to deliver certified factory joints from the cable factory in Hunterston where you will lead a team of experienced jointers in full production. Before the cable factory is completed, the XLCC jointing team work from a purpose built cable jointing training academy in Irvine, where this role will be based. You’ll look after a team of apprentices, training them in workshop practices and cable jointing techniques which will be fundamental to their development. Apprentices/trainee jointers will ultimately be required to produce 3x certified factory joints to the final design specification to demonstrate proficiency and final sign off. How they get to that stage will be down to your guidance, following the XLCC developed cable jointing curriculum which ensures smooth progression from low voltage cable preparation to extra high voltage HVDC.

Results and Outcomes

• Develop the apprentice cable jointers.
• Record the development of each apprentice within the XLCC competence matrix, identifying any gaps and feeding this back through regular 121 sessions/progress meetings.
• Deliver theory and practical training to the apprentices.
• Working with a variety of tools and cable samples, incrementally working through the voltage levels from LV up to EHV including but not limited to AC, DC, MIG/TIG welding, lead plumbing.
• Progress the apprentice learning onto factory jointing practices.
• Support the apprentices through their Modern Apprenticeship.
• Ensure coordination with Ayrshire College for the SVQ work-based learning aspect.
• Identify and manage work based learning tasks for the apprentices to undertake which are in line with SVQ requirements.
• Attend external training in XLCC factory joint design, producing 3x certified joints to demonstrate proficiency.
• Support the delivery of the external XLCC factory joint training programme to the apprentices.

Qualifications and Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience working with EHV joints (AC and/or DC).
• Minimum 275kV-400kV AC land cable joints and/or up to 320kV DC joints.
• Worked at team leader/supervisor at 275kV-400kV level or above.
• MIG/TIG steel/aluminium welding experience.
• Strong communication skills written and verbal.
• Must have the ability to deliver presentations including HSE practices.
• Proficient computer skills, including experience using MS Office.
• Excellent attention to detail, with a passion for manufacturing quality.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and practices.
• Ability to lead, manage and train a team.
• Experience working with apprentices desirable.

Competitive salary and benefits package available.