Electrical Technical Authority

Electrical Technical Authority

Act as the most senior designated competent person within the project lifecycle. Providing coaching and technical guidance and governance for internal and external resources engaged within the design and construction of clean energy assets:

Developing internal standards, providing initial project direction and technical oversight, supporting design reviews and design sign off.

Accountabilities

• Ensuring required technical standards and compliance are met.
• Accountable for ensuring compliance to relevant codes and standards.
• Holds Technical Authority status for Electrical Engineering, ensuring relevant skills and competence exists within the team to ensure compliance with standards and to support the delivery of the UK&I business plan.
• Acts as focal point within discipline for regulator's audits and visits.
• Assesses and manages discipline specific risks to ensure the business is not exposed to unacceptable or unmitigated risk.
• Assuring adherence to standards within discipline and resolving any deviations to ensure technical risks are managed.
• Set company standards, codes of practices and technical policies/procedures in line with industry and Centrica group wide best practices ensuring that they are up to date within review period.
• Defines and sets competence levels and standards for all roles within discipline. Sets audit programs and carries out audits to ensure teams are trained and meet the required level.
• Monitors & audits activities.
• Reviews technical bid packages for service contacts, ensures commercial aspects link with technical requirements. Audits service contracts to ensure compliance to contract.
• Audits all management framework procedures to manage major accident hazards, people, legislative, operational, plant, environmental & financial risk to ensure that they are compliant within discipline.
• Works with the projects delivery team to specify, design and manage the optimum technical solution in line with business planning guidance.
• Analysis of Safety, Operational, Financial, Environmental, Legal, Reputation & Plant risk.
• Provide direct support for Centrica activities as required.

Experience

• Demonstrate at least 10 years' experience at a senior level of electrical design & engineering.
• Scopes of work up to £15M.
• UK building regulations and relevant standards.
• Commercial Acumen e.g. ability to balance design, customer and commercial outcomes to decisions and coaches others to build capability in the function.
• Demonstrates commitment to CPD, external networking and is a thought leader.
• Able to perform technically at Principal Engineer level.

Education

• A Masters Degree in a relevant technical discipline or an honours degree and significant relevant experience.
• Chartered Engineer status or commitment to achieving it.

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