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.
We are an equal opportunity employer; we are proud to employ veterans and promote diversity and inclusion in our workplace. Diversity is a strength for our global company. We pledge that CAI will be operated in a way that is fair and equitable to all – our employees, our customers, and the broader society.