Earthing Technician

Description

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Working within our Design &Engineering teams youll create some of the worlds most iconic and ground-breaking structures and spaces that transform the world around us from making journeys easier to opening public places that bring people together.

The role sits within our global business area work to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations. Around the world were feeling the effects climate change rapid urbanization loss of biodiversity. The rate at which were seeing large-scale unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires is becoming more are here to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations.

Working within our established Transmission & Distribution team you will be responsible for undertaking substation earthing measurements ensuring the health & safety of substation operatives. You will also be responsible for maintaining and repairing test equipment and liaising with clients to schedule works.

Reporting to an Engineer you will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of project-related site measurements and developing reports to issue to the client. As part of your role you will be responsible for conducting risk analysis of the work area and identify potential hazards and risks. Using your expertise in Electrical Earthing you will make recommendations on potential mitigation for any issues identified or work with stakeholders to agree actions.

The role requires a level of flexibility to visit site locations across the UK.

Role accountabilities:

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Earthing system measurements including but not limited to.
  • Soil resistivity measurements
  • Earthing resistance/impedance measurements
  • Conductor tracing
  • Earthing continuity measurements
  • Visual condition inspections
• Production of risk assessments/Method Statements and taking responsibility for Health and Safety
• Production of reports detailing the site measurement results
• Maintaining and repairing test equipment

Qualifications & Experience:

• Working knowledge of earthing system measurements
• Ability of communicating technical issues to peers or senior managers
• Ability to develop working relationships quickly and effectively
• Experience in writing clear and concise documentation
• Flexibility to travel both in the UK and overseas.
• Full clean driving licence
• First aid training
• Experience in HV substation environments and/or substation authorisations for Transmission / Distribution system operators

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1