HV Cable Expert – Condition Monitoring

• Location: Middle East – Saudi-Arabia
• Salary: very competitive 
• Key Skills: Gird condition monitoring, HV Cables, Cable Testing, Cable Failure Analysis
• Must have previous experience working on European or USA grid/cable assets.

Turner Lovell are currently recruiting for experts with experience in grid and HV cables that have exposure to maintenance subjects on HV cable assets throughout the Middle East. Our client is a leading and innovative electricity and power generation consultancy providing advice and expertise internationally. They are building a team who will provide expert advice to TSOs in the Middle East.

The ideal candidates should have strong expertise in asset management and maintenance activities for high voltage grid infrastructure. Furthermore, the candidate should have an extensive testing background and failure analysis expertise in order to advise the client in the most efficient ways to operate and maintain transmission assets while coaching the client's teams on all HV cable topics.

• Support the end client on asset inspection and health index estimation of various equipment and infrastructure.
• Recommend preventive and reactive maintenance activities based on the condition of the client assets.
• Support client during major incident by providing recommendation to repairs or restore failing equipment.
• Challenge OEM on the recommendation given to our client and support client during repairs activities.
• Collaborate with colleagues in the European HQ & research lab to study or analyse major equipment failures.
• Serve as specific field’s expert and technical advisors for our client on this specific subject.
• To visit the sites jointly with the client maintenance crew to monitor their activities, provide coaching and training when needed and identify area of improvement.

• Formal education, degree or diploma in electrical engineering or related topic.
• Strong expertise in testing and cable condition monitoring – candidate must have experience in the following:
  • Types of Cable testing: Partial Discharg, Sheath Integrity, Core Insulation Test, Tan delta, VLF withstand test, DC insulation resistance
  • Test during Failure Analysis: the one above with Hot oil bath, Microscopic analysis, Water tree analysis
• 5-10 years of experience in transmission grids O&M
• Demonstrable experience working with a Transmission System Operator in the US or Europe
• Proven experience working on transmission grids (not only distribution grids)
• Willingness to work as an expat advisor to coach and teach managers their and teams
• Willingness to work in Riyadh and relocate to Saudi Arabia for the duration of the project / up to 3 years

If this sounds like your next challenge, and you are motivated by a move to O&M in the Middle East, do not hesitate to share your CV with Marcia Colin or Curtis Thompson– marcia.colin@turnerlovell.com – or call directly on +44(0)2074481100