Jobs at Scatec ASA

Main Responsibilities

• Adhere to company policies and procedures
• Any ad hoc task that may arise at request from Management this may include the need to assist Technical teams
• Manage the Operations and Maintenance of all Solar PV Plants including the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) under his/her control
• Manage and take responsibility for Plant Safety in all aspects including legal appointments as required by law at all Plants under his/her control
• Help build a sound Safety and Quality Culture within O&M
• Manage all O&M staff under his/her control
• Develop a good working environment and build a motivated O&M team
• Manage the O&M HR function and support the plant managers/supervisors with HR functions
• Manage training and development needs of Plant personnel
• Accept and implement the relevant legal appointments in terms of the OHS Act or equivalent regulations and
  legislation
• Visit and audit the functioning of all Solar PV plants under his/her control
• Implement the integrated resourcing strategy for all Plants under his/her control
• Analysis and reduction of equipment downtime across all Plants under his/her control
• Drive the effective management of warranty & insurance claims
• Drive and ensure the resolution of nonconformance and issues
• Manage the effective handover of new Plants under his/her control
• Manage the implementation of the O&M functions at new Plants
• Ensure sound O&M administration and document management
• Communicate effectively with other departments, external contractors and management
• Manage all related stakeholders – internal and external
• Communicate company values and objectives
• Manage O&M quality programs and drive continuous improvement across all Plants under his/her control
• Manage the standardised O&M processes & procedures
• Manage the organisational standardised HSSEQ system across all Solar PV Plants (incl. BESS) under his/her control
• Manage the organisational standardised Permit to Work system across all Plants (incl. BESS) under his/her control
• Manage the organisational HV/MV operating regulations and plant safety regulations across all Plants (incl. BESS) under his/her control
• Manage the Plant performance monitoring program (including, downtime, plant events, equipment failure
  analysis, Plant Availability, PR, etc.
• Manage the process for recording equipment maintenance history & calibration records as per organisational standard on CMMS;
• Manage a spare parts management strategy & system across all Plants, and ensure appropriate stock levels
• Manage and control the operational budget as delegated by Management
• Manage and ensure Plant Operating Plans for all Plants under his/her control are in place
• Ensure compliance of O&M processes and procedures to O&M contract
• Designated as GMR2(1) to ensure supervision and operation of machinery in terms of the OHS Act

Reporting

• Manage and coordinate the required operational reports
• Prepare the required reports to top management
• Manage effective communication of Plant significant events to top management
• Attend and support BOD meetings where required
• National Diploma: Electrical Engineering (Heavy Current)
• Ideal: BTech: Electrical Engineering (Heavy Current) or BEng Electrical Engineering
• Required: Government Certificate of Competency – Factories
• Knowledge of Safety legislation and best practices
• Highly computer literate: Excellent knowledge of MS Office
• 5 years’ appropriate experience as an appointed GMR2(1) in a renewable energy plant or power production environment
• 10 years’ appropriate experience in a relevant environment
• Managerial experience in a technical environment
• Experience within the Renewable Energy environment
• Personnel performance management experience
• Experience with HSSE systems and regulations, including GMR (General Machine Regulations)
• Experience in Physical Asset Management, Plant Maintenance Management & Equipment Reliability improvement Exposure to SCADA systems
• Work experience in the power generation or distribution environment
• Competency in pertinent plant electrical equipment such as Transformers, Inverters, Switchgear, Sub-station equipment, SCADA, network communication and Battery Energy Storage Systems
• Experience with HV Operating Regulations and Permit to Work systems
• Experience with CMMS or ERP and Control & Monitoring Centres
• Experience in dealing with a large staff complement and dealing with labour Unions and potential strike/protest action

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Main Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and control all maintenance activities on CMMS of the facilities including analysing equipment needs, reliability issues, developing and improving preventive/predictive maintenance programs
• Coordinates oversees, and/or control repair and maintenance work assignments performed by technicians, vendors, and contractors performing maintenance
• Effectively delegate any maintenance issues to be resolved on each shift and small projects to the right skills in the team, planning and managing effective works
• Develop and update the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedule, ensure full preventative maintenance is carried out, plan in missed maintenance activities, and coordinate and lead the team to deliver effectively
• Assist in compiling Risk Assessments and associated Method Statements for key maintenance tasks
• Audit and ensure compliance of the engineering data systems
• Schedule both internal and external work(s) maximising planned down time and reducing unplanned downtime
• Initiate the optimisation of equipment according to standard procedure, enhancing performance and quality, ensuring the achievement of all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Ensure routine calibration and maintenance requirements of a plant equipment and tools as per OEM and contractual requirements
• Develop clear accountability for maintenance material/services and spend combined with a strategy to manage expenditure
• Manage the process of the introduction of new plant and equipment from drawing up the specification, to managing suppliers through to full installation in collaboration with all relevant parties and internal stakeholders
• Manage the process of disposal of obsolete machinery, plant and equipment from gaining agreement to write off to physically removing it and its safe and lawful disposal
• Attend various meetings and action/communicate instructions
• Produce written technical reports and make presentations
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Identify business improvement opportunities within the facilities
• Provide technical expertise to the team
• Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources as required
• Stay current and up to date on any change(s) that may affect the supply and demand of needed spare parts and materials and advise others of any impact
• Conduct assessments and document of processes and tasks in the department in line with organization strategy e.g., LEAN strategy
• Oversee and audit contractors on site to ensure they meet legal and company requirements
• Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors
• Designated as GMR2(7), assisting GMR2(1) to ensure supervision and operation of machinery in terms of the OHS Act

People Management

• Coach and develop a high performing Maintenance team that meets agreed objectives, and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements
• Propose objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of maintenance team(s) to O&M Manager
• Report on achievement of maintenance targets and identify any actions required
• Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the maintenance team(s) so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviours expected of them
• Review, and update company records e.g., technical training matrices

Financial and Budget Control

• Assisting the O&M Manager with annual budget preparation for facility maintenance and maintaining efficient cost control by operating within the operational budget set for the facilities
• Assist in preparing long term maintenance forecast expenditure and all capital expenditure proposals as well as ensuring compliance with legal standards

Reporting

• Assist in managing and coordinating the required operational reports
• Prepare communication of Plant significant events to top management
• Assist in preparing communication/notifications to external stakeholders, e.g., Network operator

Qualifications And Competencies

• National Technical Diploma in Electrical Engineering (N6) or NQF equivalent/NDIP: Electrical Engineering (Heavy Current)
• ECSA registration is an advantage
• Registered as Candidate Engineer for GCC Factories advantageous
• Extensive knowledge of safety legislation and best practices
• Highly computer literate
• 3 years’ appropriate experience as an appointed GMR2(7) in a renewable energy plant or power production environment
• 5 years’ appropriate experience in a relevant environment
• Experience in maintenance and operation of power systems
• Demonstrated experience in MV and HV electrical systems
• Demonstrated experience in CMMS or ERP and SCADA systems
• Experience with HSSE systems and regulations, including GMR (General Machine Regulations)
• Experience in Physical Asset Management, Plant Maintenance Management & Equipment Reliability improvement
• Work Experience within the Renewable Energy, Power generation or Distribution environment
• Competency in pertinent plant electrical equipment such as Transformers, Inverters, Switchgear, Sub-station equipment, SCADA, network communication
• Experience with ORHVS and Permit to Work systems
• Experience with CMMS/ERP and Control & Monitoring Centres

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Main responsibilities 

Support to Structuring Phase of projects

• Support in the development and establishment the technical base case and specifications of the project
• Review and evaluate technical documentation and contracts (PPA, Grid Code, Connection Agreement, etc.)
• Support Supply Chain Management on compilation and evaluation of RFP documents and supplier responses
• Support in tasks assigned to manage, coordinate and compile the complete system design package
• Support in management, coordination and review the detailed engineering design package/process
• Ensure that all relevant design information identified throughout the structuring phase is implemented in the detailed designs issued for construction

Support to Projects in Delivery/Execution

• Ensure detailed engineering is implemented from the design stage
• Review design change request or proposals in the event of deviations
• Conduct site visits to monitor and ensure design expectations are implemented
• Support and drive testing and commissioning activities towards Commercial Operation Date Support in project close

Qualifications and Competencies 

• Degree in Electrical / Electronical Engineering
• Degree in Electromechanical Engineering organisation
• 5+ years electrical / electromechanical engineering experience
• 1+ years renewable energy experience
• 1+ years project environment experience
• 1+ years distribution and reticulation design experience
• Experience in PVSyst modelling
• Experience in AutoCAD
• Experience in Weather data sets (MN7, SolarGIS)
• Exposure to High Voltage Networks and Sub-Stations
• Experience in Utility Scale PV Project design and execution

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Main responsibilities

• Develop, own and maintain a central data architecture and platform/service for relevant data across the organisation
• Deliver valuable and high-quality data products to business units
• Expand and centralise common business data and enterprise data models
• Ensure best practice infrastructure and database optimisation for improved delivery lead-time
• Design and execute processes to ensure strong data governance, quality and integrity
• Build and maintain common datasets for self-service reporting across the organisation
• Maintain global standard reports and data sets
• Train and support end users in reporting tools and relevant analysis tools

Qualifications and Competencies

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or other quantitative field, or relevant experience with documented results
• 2–3 years relevant professional experience
• Fluent in both written and spoken English
• Excellence in data engineering and building data transformation pipelines using SQL and DBT
• Strong understanding of data modelling concepts and techniques for data warehousing and governance
• Experience with Databricks and Azure
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, DevOps and DataOps practices
• Experience in data integration across enterprise systems
• Ability to work with data visualisation and reporting tools such as Tableau, Power BI and Excel
• Familiarity with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations is favourable
• Knowledge of ML models and MLOps is an advantage