Job Description

Position: Commissioning Site Technician, Electrical

Location: Portsmouth, Virginia

Contract Duration: Initial 12-month contract (likely to be extended)

Airswift has been entrusted by one of our esteemed power clients to find a Commissioning Site Technician, Electrical for an exciting opportunity in Portsmouth, Virginia . This is an excellent chance to work on large-scale projects within the offshore wind industry, with the potential for contract extension.

High-Level Project Overview

The following defines responsibilities of the Electrical Commissioning Technician for electrical authority scope of the offshore assets including Offshore Substation (OSS), OEC/IAC Cables, Wind Turbine Generators (WTG), Transition Pieces (TP). Role reports functionally to the Commissioning Site Manager.

The candidate will be required to be stationed at the pre-assembly site located at Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT) in Virginia starting at the end of Q1-2025 until the closure of the installation campaign projected by Q1 2027.

Responsibilities

• Present at work location to supervise, coordinate, and perform commissioning activities
• Ensure coordination and compliance by commissioning working parties to HSE programs, Project requirements, and contract agreements.
• Focus is electrical, equipment, instrumentation, and controls systems and activities including electrical PTW, LOTO and SIMOPS
• Authorize, plan, and execute electrical work as HV Electrical Authority
• Support coordination, authorization of work activities in an energized perimeter
• Participate in daily coordination meetings with Contractors related to commissioning work
• Provide technical test status and schedule inputs to managers, schedulers as needed
• Support process and review of deliverable documentation, e.g. reports, plans, As-Builts, etc.
• Execute and coordinate Owner LOTO isolations, documentation, and plans
• Execute and coordinate Owner energization activities of high and low voltage equipment
• Review, and authorize plans, procedures, and certificate documentation
• Owner representation to witness, inspect, audit, walkdown, and accept work
• Monitor network systems for healthy state; prioritize alarms for troubleshooting daily
• Perform SLD walks, breaker line ups, isolations, and system validations prior to in-service energizations

Requirements

• 5+ years of Electrical Technician/Commissioning Site Technician, specific preference would be to have that experience be directly related to Wind Turbine Generator projects.
• Must have prior experience on major capital projects (100M+) in the offshore wind industry directly handling electrical projects and scope.
• Experience in the Offshore Wind Industry working directly in an Electrical Technician role/scope.
• Experience coordinating, performing commissioning scope of HV & LV systems.
• Demonstrated expertise, qualifications, aptitude with electrical programs, procedures, and tools.
• Minimum High School Diploma/GED.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to lead, collaborate, or work effectively in a variety of teams, including multi-disciplinary teams.

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