vom 27.10.2026
Provide SCADA and secondary systems subject matter expertise to the Offshore Delivery Team in support of offshore transmission project delivery and operational readiness. Develop and maintain technical assurance frameworks, compliance assessment methodologies, review criteria, testing strategies and knowledge transfer approach for offshore SCADA and secondary systems. Develop, review and contribute to policy, procedures, user requirements and operational requirements for the offshore business control room and associated SCADA interfaces. Support all signal & data retrieval for the control room. These signals include ancillary systems, marine co-ordination, personnel locator beacon data, cable distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) and distributed temperature sensing (DTS) and other systems required to facilitate safe and effective offshore control room operations. Review contractor and vendor design submissions against functional requirements, outline designs, operations and maintenance requirements, standards and policies. Undertake technical due diligence on secondary systems, control and protection functionality, SCADA architecture, telecontrol interfaces, testing, commissioning, parameterisation and maintainability requirements. Assess whether proposed designs and services to be provided by contractors are suitable for operations and maintenance obligations. Support onsite inspections and monitoring of construction progress where required to confirm compliance with standards, functional requirements, outline designs and operations and maintenance requirements. Define and maintain technical acceptance criteria for SCADA and secondary systems and lead the technical evaluation of relevant infrastructure project design, stage gate review testing, commissioning and handover evidence against those criteria. Support technical engagement with contractors, stakeholder consultants, engineering vendors, ESB Networks and internal functions on SCADA, operational and secondary systems matters. Coordinate with peers to manage issues, support business priorities, provide specialist guidance and act as an escalation point for offshore delivery leadership where required. Prepare and present technical assessments, reports, review outputs and project approval material for senior governance forums, including the Offshore Programme Board where required.
Requirements: Chartered Engineer status, a BEng degree, and Safe Pass certification. 10+ years’ experience in the delivery, design review, commissioning, operation or maintenance of SCADA, control, protection or secondary systems within the power industry. Demonstrable experience with HV transmission substations, offshore transmission assets, offshore wind grid connection assets or comparable grid-connected infrastructure. Strong understanding of secondary systems design, SCADA systems, control and protection concepts, operational interfaces, commissioning requirements and maintenance considerations. Ability to review detailed technical submissions and exercise expert technical judgement against standards, functional specifications and project requirements. Experience working with EPC contracts, contractor design submissions, technical assurance processes and project delivery governance. Experience of site inspection, construction monitoring, commissioning readiness review or technical acceptance of transmission assets. Excellent written communication skills, including clear technical report writing and the ability to explain complex SCADA and secondary systems issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strong stakeholder management capability, including internal stakeholder coordination, customer/vendor management and technical consultant engagement. Document & drawing control experience. Strong understanding of the requirements of external stakeholders and industry for the transmission system and associated developments.
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