Transmission Specialist

About the role

You’ll support our North-East program of offshore wind farms. You’ll be responsible for commissioning, maintaining, operating, and trouble-shooting high and low-voltage equipment in a safe and controlled manner, as well as providing safety guidance for all working parties in accordance with Ørsted Electrical Safety Rules (ØESR).

Responsibilities

• Provide safety by electrical or mechanical isolation, earthing, and switching of high-voltage and low-voltage equipment in substations for both planned and unplanned work.
• Undertake preventive and corrective maintenance of high-voltage substation assets in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.
• Perform troubleshooting activities using alarm signals on SCADA or local control system.
• Operate transmission system configurations and contingencies for a wind farm and be able to comprehend transmission system relay protection schemes.
• Outage manage and network control in collaboration with relevant personnel and be able to operate the transmission assets using the SCADA or local control system.
• Lead contractors and working parties working on transmission assets within a substation and participate in coordination of inter-system operation, testing, and associated safety procedures.

Requirements

• At least five years of electrical working and maintenance experience working at substation as a qualified person operating under the company’s HV Safety Rules.
• Experienced in performing switching operations on high-voltage transmission assets.
• Need to become a qualified person under the ØESR with support and training provided to gain this internal accreditation in the first year of employment.
• Able to work a shift-pattern, sometimes spending up to 7/14 days offshore at a time on a service operation vessel (SOV).
• Have the clear medical checks and safety training programs as required by Global Wind Organisation (GWO) standards.
• Have a valid US driver’s license.

Qualifications

Cultivate a collaborative, dynamic, and diverse work environment and encourage career-long learning and development so our people can realize their full potential. The role will be based both onshore and offshore.

Skills

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.

Benefits

Our benefits package includes fully paid premium for family insurance coverage for health, life, dental, and visions; flexible spending accounts; health savings accounts; short- and long-term disability insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; 18 weeks or an hourly equivalent of parental leave with an additional short-term disability benefit of 6-8 weeks or an hourly equivalent for the birthing parent; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with up to 5% employer match; commuting benefits; 7 paid sick days per year; 20 paid time-off days; 13 annual paid holidays; 16 hours of volunteer time-off; and a monthly book benefit from Amazon of up to USD 25.

Pay

The salary range for this position is USD $45.00 to USD $45.00 per hour. Our salary ranges are based on position level and reflect the cost of labor across multiple U.S. geographic markets. Individual pay within the range is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.