Senior Authorised Person (SAP)
Location: Sidcup, Bexley, Greater London
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Working Hours: (Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, 40 hours per week 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.
25 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…
We have a fantastic opportunity to join the RJ Power / Ipsum Team in Sidcup, Bexley, Greater London
As a Senior Authorised (SAP) you will be joining an award winning business and working on numerous client sites maintaining Transformers and Switchgear projects, undertaking and/or managing LV and/or HV operations, plant installation and associated commissioning activities. This is an important role within our growing Power Division, ensuring that we are compliant with HV safety rules and procedures at all times.
As a Senior Authorised Person (SAP) you will …
Production of switching schedules and carrying out switching on a large variety of private HV networks on commercial, industrial, construction and various government agency sites.
Switching, testing, commissioning, fault diagnosis and maintaining of high and low voltage networks up to a minimum of 11kV (experience of networks up to 33kV)
Preparation and briefing of risk assessments and method statements for installation and maintenance tasks. Ability to take the lead in fault location activities.
Familiarity with a variety of HV switchgear, transformers and associated cabling systems.
Basic fault diagnosis and testing of HV/LV protection schemes. Working knowledge of the various components of a typical protection scheme and their inter-connection.
Planning and Scheduling requirements in alignment with Project Delivery requirements.
Technical Client Correspondence and liaison.
Ability to apply specification to materials list set out as a Bill of Quantities for the Project and the collation of documentation required from a technical perspective for project completion handovers.
About you…
Essential:-
Senior Authorised Persons course with recent refresher (within last 3 years)
DNO or Private Networks experience
A good working knowledge of Electricity at Work Regulations, High Voltage Distribution Safety Rules, CDM Regulations and general Health and Safety legislation
Management of staff and projects
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Respond to requests, and the ability to work under pressure and inquires in a timely manner, manage, prioritise competing projects on a day-to-day basis
Ability to recognise deviations to the Project from a commercial perspective and relay all necessary information to SPM for follow up.
Ability to multi-task, take ownership and follow tasks through to completion
Excellent organisational skills with attention to detail
Team player with a pro-active approach and a willingness to contribute new ideas
A full UK Driving Licence is required
Desirable:-
ONC/HNC / or equivalent in Electrical Engineering
SMSTS
Protection Training
IOSH Working Safely or equivalent
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Next steps...
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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.
