HV/LV Infrastructure Engineer

Job summary

Holmen Board and Paper is seeking an experienced and proactive HV/LV Infrastructure Engineer to join their Engineering team at Workington Mill. This role involves maintaining and developing the mill-wide HV/LV infrastructure to maximize availability, reliability, and long-term performance of electrical systems. The successful candidate will take ownership of HV/LV systems and roadmaps, manage obsolescence, and ensure compliance with electrical regulations.

Benefits

Qualifications

• Recognized Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent experience with large scale electrical distribution systems.
• HNC qualification in Electrical Engineering (Degree Preferred).
• Excellent understanding of HV/LV systems, switchgear, substations, UPS systems, and electrical infrastructure.
• Previous experience as Senior Authorised Person for Electrical distribution systems on a large industrial site.
• Knowledge of BS7671 and electrical compliance requirements.
• Excellent knowledge of maintenance and project engineering/management.
• Experience leading technical investigations and engineering improvement activities.
• Good understanding of contractor management and engineering safety standards.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Good computer literacy, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience using plant management and maintenance database systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop mill-wide HV/LV infrastructure to maximize availability, reliability, and long-term performance of electrical systems.
• Take ownership of HV/LV systems and roadmaps.
• Support management of obsolescence, spare parts strategies, service agreements, and technical competence development.
• Ensure compliance with BS7671 for electrical installations and testing.
• Contribute to engineering duty rota and support business continuity and risk management activities.
• Responsible for site HV/LV infrastructure from import/export transformers through HV and LV distribution to LV boards.
• Act as Site HV Senior Authorised Person for electrical infrastructure and distribution.
• Perform HV Switching as required to support mill operations.
• Own and develop the HV/LV infrastructure roadmap across the mill.
• Lead technical assessments and support prioritization of engineering work.
• Develop and improve maintenance strategies, engineering standards, and work task templates.
• Prepare, coordinate, and supervise contractor activities, including inductions and competence audits.
• Lead modifications in line with change control procedures.
• Identify and support capital investments and major repair activities.
• Manage technical aspects of criticality analysis, failure investigations, and root cause analysis activities.
• Identify spare parts requirements and manage technical obsolescence.
• Lead responses to downtime incidents and drive corrective actions.
• Support asset data collection, asset hierarchy updates, and CAD drawing requests.
• Ensure compliance with relevant electrical regulations and safety standards.
• Act as a technical specialist within the HV/LV discipline across the mill.

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