Job Description

Senior Authorised Person (SAP)

Location: East Midlands

Employment type: Full time

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours, with overtime opportunities available

What’s in it for you…

We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it. 

24 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
Group Personal Pension Plan
Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
24/7 access to a virtual GP and Mental health support & counselling services 
Cycle to Work scheme 
Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more! 
Life assurance cover 
Long service recognition 
Enhanced Maternity Pay
Paid volunteering opportunities in your community

About the role…

Reporting directly to the NGED Contract Manger, this hybrid role will focus on regular SAP duties as and when required, providing onsite support for problematic and more complex sites and working closely with the planning team to provide guidance.

As a Senior Authorised Person (SAP) you will…

Manage projects to the highest safety standards - zero harm.
Responsible for site safety and work quality and compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality standards - compliance with health and safety legislation.
Manage Projects to the highest electrical safety management safety standards - zero harm, network security.
Manage Projects to the company Environmental Standards - zero environmental impact.
Develop good relationships with clients, other service providers, architects, consultants and end customers - Increased sales and repeat business.
Promote, design and deliver full project management solutions - reduced customer effort and time, ensuring value for money.
Deliver the project at the expected level of safety, quality, performance and cost - continuation of work.
Act as the site management interface between, customer’s staff and other service providers, ensuring resolution of site issues and project success.
Responsible for customer service and being actively involved in working with and delivering customer-facing initiatives, cultivating positive customer service and reducing customer complaints.
Ensuring that adequate progress is being made and reporting is in place during the project lifecycle - project reporting, highlighting cost control, progress and variation management.
Managing all directly employed staff involved with Projects, ensuring effective utilisation of employees.

About you…

BTEC in Electrical Engineering or C&G equivalent.
Minimum ONC in Electrical Engineering discipline or equivalent – essential.
Pre-existing authorisation to work for midlands distribution network operator (NGED) - desirable.
Full UK driving license – essential.
A thorough Understanding of Electrical Power System up to 33KV.
Good Transformer knowledge and understanding
Experience of resource planning and scheduling support
Distribution Network experience within the Electrical Supply Industry.
Ability to give direction in application of Distribution Safety Rules, safety procedures and codes of practice in combination with health & safety legislation requirements.
Familiarity with relevant network diagram software programs.
Customer awareness and knowledge of DNO client expectations and how to meet/exceed these.
Demonstrable knowledge of the requirements of electrical projects and procedures required for delivery.
Proven ability to apply relevant design/planning procedures and requirements.
Proven ability to deliver projects within time, cost, quality and safety parameters.
Good understanding of the asset owner interfaces and network attributes.
Previous DNO experience

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Next steps...

If you’re interested in this opportunity, please apply or reach out to the Talent Team for more info!

About Ipsum

At Ipsum, we provide specialist engineering services across the UK’s regulated water and energy companies and private sector businesses.

We work with our customers to maintain, optimise and develop their above and below ground assets to ensure security and resilience, and with our smart systems and ways of working, we ensure we deliver on time, on budget and safely.

At Ipsum, we develop long-term working relationships with our customers by providing essential utility services on both public and private networks. We have many long-term contracts and framework arrangements in place which are built upon great customer service, safe working practices and the ability to flex and deploy specialist skillsets at short notice.

The growth of Ipsum has been built upon our people and our ability to meet the demanding and ever-changing needs of our customers. The UK utility sector is evolving and expanding to meet increasing customer demand, regulatory-driven outcomes and to exploit new innovative technologies, at Ipsum we will continue to grow in this sector by being a reliable, flexible and agile service partner that helps customers meet these new challenges.

As we know, utility service provision is not a 9 to 5 business, our customers don’t switch off their networks or assets at night, or at the weekends, or on holidays, or when things are quiet. They need them to work round the clock – and we at Ipsum are right beside them 24/7 to make sure they do.

We pride ourselves in providing specialist scheduled maintenance services, being able to respond to an individual call-out or mobilise onto a major upgrade project and that our customers can rely on Ipsum 24/7/365.

Industry

Energy & Utilities

Company Size

501-1,000 employees

Headquarters

Chorley, GB

Year Founded

2017

Website

ipsum.co.uk

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