Mercury Engineering, Your vision, our duty.

Senior Appointed Person (Electrical), France

Organisational Environment:

Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions. 

We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again. 

We deliver our clients’ visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including: Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection, and Technical Support Services (TSS). 

At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.

 

 

Scope of the Role:

The Electrical Authorised Person is the lead electrical position within the project. They are accountable for managing and implementation of Mercury’s electrical safety rules across a portfolio of data centres ensuring that a safe system of work is always adhered to.

 

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

• The Authorised Person is responsible for implementing, administering, monitoring and auditing the application of Mercury’s (or the contract specific) Electrical Safety Rules
• Authorised Persons will provide the necessary cover for all systems and installations for which the company has control of the electrical danger.
• Take responsibility for the supervision and leadership of the prospective systems carrying out switching operations on the HV/LV system.
• Maintain a register of all training records, plus any other relevant information regarding the authorisation in an ongoing basis
• Ensure that relevant information in circulated on Operational Restrictions and Dangerous Occurrences.
• Ensure that a system is in place to investigate any equipment subject to an Operational Restriction.
• Investigate all Dangerous Occurrences and incidents involving electrical equipment, systems and installations for which the Authorising Engineer is responsible.
• Agree any local deviation that may be necessary for their application to a particular item of equipment, or location
• Ensuring that all Accidents, Incidents or Dangerous Occurrence associated with work on Electrical Distribution Systems, are immediately notified to the Mercury Designated Person
• Implements and is accountable for a management system that ensures all switching schedules have been reviewed and approved for use by the relevant technical authority
• The day-to-day management of the maintenance and operation of the Technical Services Electrical engineering on the portfolio of data centres under management
• Implementing and Managing Maintenance policies for the Technical Services Department
• Attendance at Site Meetings, Internal Project Reviews, Engineering Reviews, Planning and Co-ordination Meetings and Handover Meetings
• Assistance with the close out of all project items including Final Account, O & M Manuals, Punch List, Safety File, QA File, Material and Plant re-locations, Project Plan – all with the support of the site project manager
• Drive the Mercury Engineering culture of safety and quality through the project.
• Provide the safety and quality leadership required on all Mercury projects.
• Ensure all Subcontractor documentation including safety documentation is maintained up to date and filed for future reference.
• All other duties associated with this role.

 

Essential Criteria for the Role:

• A trade background and 10 - 15 years previous experience managing large installation projects and sub-contractors.
• Proven record of supervising and managing large installation projects
• In depth knowledge of Health, Safety and Quality compliance
• Experienced in design and build
• Excellent technical knowledge of Electrical systems
• Knowledge of Mechanical systems
• Excellent IT skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work well within strict deadlines
• Ability to drive a large-scale project

 

 

Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.

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