As Electrical Package Engineer, you will:
- Provide technical High Voltage support to the electrical package team
- Assist in the design process, supplier selection process, production and installation phase of the OHVS (Offshore High Voltage Station), HV and MV cables
- Identify and check the technical and contractual interfaces between OHVS contract, cable supply contracts and installation contracts
- Ensure that relevant HSE requirements are satisfied for the different contracts
- Assist in the technical part of the Employer Requirements process
- Report to the Electrical Package Manager.
Furthermore, during the construction phases of our projects you will follow up fabrication and construction works in the factories and the pre-assembly and construction sites.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Predesign of basic electrical HV infrastructure and SLD for operating an offshore windfarm
- Define and calculate the major components of which the electrical infrastructure of a windfarm is composed of: HV and MV cable sections, HV transformers, MV reactors,…
- Participate in the design review with contractors of the proposed overall electrical infrastructure for an offshore wind farm
- Follow up the different tenders issued for the Electrical Infrastructure
- Review the contractor’s assumptions and documents to assure a feasible design as well as a design that meets the Parkwind requirements on availability and maintainability
- Check the proposed electrical design in respect to the requirements of the TSO, the Parkwind Employer Requirements and interface descriptions
- Assist in discussions with TSO/Contractor regarding the design of the reactive power compensation and implementation
- During production phase check quality assurance and product specification of cables produced
- Monitoring of production schedules
- Witnessing of the factory acceptance tests (FAT)
- Overall inspection of the quality plan of the manufacturer and the production records (internal checks, deviations and routine tests)
- Build up knowledge on the applicable IEC standards and the critical items during FAT of cables
- During the onshore and offshore installation phase of the wind farm follow up and check the necessary quality assurance and control related to the OHVS commissioning and cable installations
- Interface coordination and management between the different scopes and parties such as the Supply and Installation Contractor of the export cable and inter array cables and OHVS contractor
- Evaluation of transport plans and provisions
- Quality and HSE control on onshore cable installation and jointing procedures and workmanship
- Interface coordination TSO – Contractor on HV connection, protection settings, information exchange and reactive power compensation
- Evaluation of commissioning and test plans
Flexibility (in both directions) will be a large part of your function. You will have the opportunity to perform offshore visits (and occasionally you will have to travel, in Belgium as well as abroad).