High Voltage Senior Authorized Person / Switching Engineer

It takes the brightest minds to be a technology leader. It takes imagination to create green energy for the generations to come. At Siemens Gamesa we make real what matters, join our global team.

Siemens Gamesa is part of Siemens Energy, a global leader in energy technology with a rich legacy of innovation spanning over 150 years. Together, we are committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. As a leading player in the wind industry and manufacturer of wind turbines, we are passionate about driving the energy transition and providing innovative solutions that meet the growing energy demand of the global community. At Siemens Gamesa, we are constantly seeking talented individuals to join our team and support our focus on energy transformation.

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How to contribute to our vision

Drives and influences developments, value streams or processes within own field of expertise according to strategic needs, impacting the business

• Ensuring the safe operation of LV/HV installations in accordance with the applicable regulations and standards.

• Managing the safe work within LV/HV installations and guaranteeing safe working according to legislation and SGRE procedures.

• The development and approval of work and switching-plans.

• Supervising the execution of works.

• Responsibility for key management and the related designation policy and training policy for the installations concerned.

• Responsibility for correct asset data (e.g. documents, drawings, EIPs, nominations.).

• All electrical operations, more specifically the integral electrical installations and all electrically powered work equipment.

• Maintaining the safety of these electrical installations and electrical work equipment.

• Periodic inspections and timely and adequate repair of the observed defects.

• Setting up an access regulation for areas of the electrical services and cabinets to the technical condition of the automated machinery.

• Analyzing faults and making suggestions for improvement.

• Ensuring a detailed planning with regards to inspections, maintenance and repair work.

• Maintaining contacts with external parties (distribution and transmission grid owners, SGRE clients, etc.).

• Making an inventory of the risks including formulating adequate advice with regards to working safely. The following risks must be investigated as a minimum: risk of electric shock as a result of direct or indirect contact discharges, arcs and potential spreads accumulation of energy (ex. capacitor), overvoltage’s and overcurrent’s o overheating, fire and explosion voltage drops and recurrence of voltage and other risks inherent to the electrical installations non-electrical risks due to a fault or malfunction of an electrical equipment component, such as control circuits.

What You Need To Make a Difference

A passion for renewable energy and a sense for the importance to lead the change.

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

• Experience of at least 5 years in installation maintenance of HV installations including low-voltage maintenance at the level of at least the HS + LS work manager.

• Knowledge of and experience with high-power transformers, protection relays, power switches for both high voltage and low voltage, as used in high voltage distribution stations.

• Knowledge of electrical installations, NEN-EN-IEC 61936-1, NEN-EN 50522, NEN 3140, NEN 3840, EN50110, AREI and "asset management" (ISO 55000).

• Knowledge of project management and process improvement.

• Being able to rewrite our processes if the legislation changes. You have experience in writing technical documents.

In return of your commitment we offer you…

• Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come
• A global team of diverse colleagues who share passion for renewable energy
• Trust and empowerment to make your own ideas reality
• Personal and professional development to grow internally within our organisation
• Competitive Pension Scheme

Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come. We are a global team of diverse colleagues who share a passion for renewable energy and have a culture of trust and empowerment to make our own ideas a reality. We focus on personal and professional development to grow internally within our organisation. Siemens Gamesa offers a wide variety of benefits such as flexible working hours as well as home-office possibility for many colleagues, employer-funded pension, attractive remuneration package (fixed/variable) and local benefits such as subsided lunch, employee discounts and much more

Empowering our people

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Our global team is on the front line of tackling the climate crisis, reducing carbon emissions – the greatest challenge we face.

We believe diversity creates more opportunity for success. That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life: it doesn’t matter the gender, age, ethnic background, sexual orientation or disability. Our main aim is to find people from around the globe who can contribute to world-changing technology.

Siemens Gamesa is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a work environment that is free from discrimination and where employees are treated with dignity and respect. Employment at Siemens Gamesa is based solely on an individual's merit and qualifications, which are directly related to job competence. Siemens Gamesa does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, ancestry, genetic information, citizenship, religion, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, rules or regulations. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, promotion and benefits.

We are driven by people - from more than 100 different countries, they build the company we are every day. Our diverse and inclusive culture encourages us to think outside the box, speak without fear, and be bold. We value the flexibility that our smart-working arrangements, our digital disconnection framework and our  family-friendly practices bring to the new way of working.