High Voltage Commissioning Specialists - DATA CENTERS

About Us – Are you ready?

 

CAI is a professional services company established in 1996, that has grown year over year to nearly 850 people worldwide. We provide commissioning, qualification, validation, start-up, project management and consulting services related to operational readiness in the Life Sciences and Data Center markets. 

 

Our approach is simple; we put the client’s interests first, we do not stop until it is right, and we will do whatever it takes to get there.  Our Purpose informs everything we do:

 

We exist to be the trusted solution for our clients as they strive to build a better working world and improve the human experience.

 

As owners of CAI, we are committed to living our Foundational Principles, both professionally and personally: 

·        We act with integrity 

·        We serve each other 

·        We serve society 

·        We work for our future 

With employee ownership, one person’s success is everyone’s success; we work diligently to accomplish team goals. We place Team Before Self, demonstrate Respect for Others, and possess a can-do attitude. That is how we have grown exponentially.  

Description and Responsibilities of the Role:

 

As a High Voltage Commissioning Engineer/Agent you will be required to undertake the following responsibilities as a consultant engineer overseeing, witnessing and partaking in vendor commissioning activities on and off-site.

 

·       Understand the design concept and intent by reviewing construction documentation, including drawings, specifications, vendor submittals and sequences of operations.

·       Provide recommendations and feedback regarding the design, equipment selection, pre-functional checklists, startup and functional test scripts, maintainability, and constructability enhancements.

·       Develop and review of MV/HV/EHV QA/QC pre-functional checklists, start-up and functional test scripts for switchgear (including but not limited to; site wide MV/HV/EHV infrastructure, Switchgear, Relays, DC Systems, Transformers and Earthing Systems.)

·       Review of IED protection settings and logic files of most IED manufacturers.

·       Travel to sites for site reviews and work with on-site commissioning engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits, and startup as needed.

·       Review documentation for compliance with client standards, industry standards, and design specifications.

·       Assess the capability of commissioned systems to match the design intent.

·       Verify the system’s performance, including establishing acceptance criteria, obtaining completed reports, performing verification and spot checking for validation.

·       Assist in as-built documentation and review for accuracy and completeness.

·       Undertake Factory Witness Testing on behalf of the client.

·       Communicate commissioning issues, questions and concerns through proper channels in a timely manner.

·       Develop project specific commissioning schedules and plans.

·       Conduct commissioning coordination meetings as needed with project management and commissioning representatives.

·       Track commissioning issues until resolved and closed.

·       Represent CAI at project specific commissioning coordination meetings.

·       Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally for up to 60% of the time.

 

Qualifications:

 

·       Minimum 5 years’ experience in commissioning of high voltage transmission, generation and/or distribution settings.

·       Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel and Outlook required; advanced knowledge of SharePoint (or similar) preferred.

·       Ability to read and understand construction documents (design drawings, control diagrams, specifications, etc.).

·       Ability to interpret COMTRADE files to assist with fault finding.

·       Ability to understand complex relay and PLC logic.

·       Advanced knowledge of MV/HV/EHV substation switching protocols.

·       Advanced knowledge of high voltage protection and control philosophies, schemes and how to accurately test each of them.

·       Advanced knowledge of substation monitoring, automation and control including IEC61850 protocol or equivalent.

·       Advanced knowledge of the workings of electro-mechanical and digital relays.

·       Detailed understanding of technical international standards and demonstrate experience in commissioning and delivery of large and small-scale substation projects.

·       Experienced in undertaking MV/HV/EHV testing both Primary and Secondary systems using test equipment such as Omicron CMC.

·       Advantage if worked within Data Centre environments/clients.

·       Degree qualified advantageous but not essential. Must have strong proven exposure to HV commissioning either way.

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