Job Introduction
An opportunity is available for an 18-month fixed term contract at the Control Centre in Cardiff for a Senior Control Engineer whose role will be to train, coach, and supervise Trainee Control Engineers and Control Engineers in their journey of progression, seeking to gain operational authorisations and competency from 11 – 132kV.
Having been a National Grid Distribution Control Engineer within the last two years, you will have a passion for wanting to share your knowledge and experience with people who are at the earlier stages of their careers as a Control Engineer, where safety will be your number one priority. You will help shape the success of the individuals that you coach and helping them towards success
- Depending on experience, you may initially be appointed at a lower salary until all relevant courses and training are complete.
Main Responsibilities
In Providing Supervision And Training, You Will Undertake The Following Activities And Supervise Others With An Aim To Instil Competency In The Following Tasks
- Assessing HV / EHV System security and actions necessary to maintain optimum security on the whole electrical distribution network.
- Operation of the company Network Control system (ADMS) for both licence areas in base location
- Ensuring all operations are carried out within the Distribution Safety Rules and other appropriate Company policy and regulations.
- Initiating or approving all switching items at all voltages up to 132kV.
- Approving the release of plant and equipment from service for work or testing and consenting to the issue of Safety Documents up to 132kV.
- How to work with Control Engineers of other systems to agree and initiate switching. This may include the issuing of cross-network documents such as RISSPs, for example.
- How to respond to emergencies or unplanned events, such as ESR, ESEC, OC6, voltage reductions, LFDD as examples, also directing other Control Engineer actions where necessary.
- Facilitating the connection and commissioning of new plant and equipment at all voltages up to 132kV
- Checking and approval of planned switching schedules at all voltages up to 132kV.
- Maintaining a record of all switching items using the company’s Control Room system.
- Issuing field control (FCON) on defined sections of network up to 132kV
- Fault switching to enable rapid restoration of customers supplies at all voltages up to 132kV.
- Responding to situations compromising public safety by danger from the system.
- Facilitate other activities not directly associated with switching e.g., entry to substations.
- Maintaining and ensuring an accurate record of customer outage data that is recorded for IIS reporting.
Ideal Candidate
You will have held the authorisation of a Control Engineer up to and including 132kV in the last two years, working with an NGED authorisation and be a competent user of the ADMS system.
This role is about providing coaching and training to colleagues in their learning journey so no formal training qualification is required. However, you should be fully conversant with National Grid’s values.
Requirements
As the post you are applying for attracts a National Security Vetting clearance there are further eligibility requirements, information can be found on the gov.uk website. To meet national security vetting requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 5 years for Security Clearance (SC) prior to the date of application. There are exceptions to this however and examples of these include:
- you have been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
- you were studying abroad
- you were living overseas with parents
If you have any further queries relating to National Security Vetting, please email
[email protected]National Grid Electricity Distribution is committed to safeguarding the interests of the Company, colleagues and customers. This role is subject to a satisfactory Barring Service, (DBS) check, depending on the role different levels of screening and vetting are required. Some roles require a triannual check.
About Us
We’re National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), the owner and operator behind the electricity distribution systems for the Midlands, the Southwest of England and South Wales. Serving communities of more than 8 million people, our expert teams deliver heat, light and power for homes and businesses.
National Grid employs over 29,000 people worldwide. We are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues – who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Our vision is to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future and we are doing this in a fast-moving industry with an increasing focus on tackling climate change, exploring new energy sources that are renewable, low carbon, and improve efficiency to meet demand.
