Electrical Engineering Technical Authority / Lead

What will you do

The Electrical Engineering TA / Lead reports to the Engineering Manager, leads a small team of electrical engineers, and works closely with the Projects, Maintenance, and Operations teams.

The Electrical Engineering TA / Lead ensures that the operation, maintenance and configuration of installed electrical equipment is safe, compliant, and optimised. They focus on the long-term operability and maintainability of installed equipment and drive project work to enhance asset performance.

The main work location is the Alkmaar office. The position requires visits to the onshore facilities in Noord Holland and offshore installations in the Dutch North Sea.

Responsibilities

Technical Authority for the Electrical Engineering Discipline

• Accountable for defining the performance standards for all Safety and Environmentally Critical Elements (SECEs), ensuring compliance, and approving deviations in the event of performance standard failure

• Defines the maintenance requirements for electrical systems and equipment

• Ensures industry standards and relevant legislation are met or exceeded

• Keeps up to date with latest changes in legislation and industry standards and ensures that the changes are incorporated in inspection and maintenance programs

• Takes the lead in resolving non-routine problems related to electrical systems and equipment

• Performs root cause analyses of system failures

• Works in collaboration with the Installatie Verantwoordelijke (IV) to ensure: electrical equipment is adequately specified, installed and safe to operate, operational risk assessments adequately consider electrical hazards, government regulators are satisfied compliance is achieved

• Accountable for maintaining the integrity of electrical documentation

Engineering Lead

• Coordinates the electrical engineering team, ensuring work is prioritized and progressed with appropriate timing and quality

• Manages the approved discipline budget and inputs to project planning

• Provides direction, engineering support or advises on modifications, improvements and new projects

• Provides field presence during installation and commissioning activities, supervising engineering & installation contractors, offering coaching and assuring quality

• Independently manages selected electrical-related projects

• Sets the electrical engineering design standards for TAQA NL, including Maintaining the Hazardous Area memorandum, schedule and drawings, Specifying engineering documentation requirements; scopes of work, datasheets, drawings, design calculation methodology, Specifying commissioning protocols, Reviews and approves electrical documents and drawings, created internally or externally

• Participates in study work, including feasibility, FEED and detailed design

• Manages third-party engineering vendors

• Monitors compliance with standards and procedures

What we search for in you

We’re happy to hear from professionals with a bachelor’s/master's degree in electrical engineering and at least ten years of experience in electrical engineering, preferably in the following fields: Low Voltage and High Voltage systems, Electrical drive systems, Electrical equipment in explosive atmospheres (ATEX) and knowledge of relevant electrical and instrument standards. In this role you'll require both Dutch and English language skills.

We'd also like to see as many of the following skills on your CV:

• Client-side experience on operational facilities (onshore or offshore)

• Hands-on field experience diagnosing and resolving equipment failures

• Ability to make authoritative technical decisions and clearly justify them to management

• Strong situational awareness of facility status and operational priorities

• Effective prioritization and progression of HSE, Operations, and Project-related tasks

• Proven leadership and mentoring skills for developing junior engineers

• Understanding of engineering contracts, procurement processes, and project procedures

• Proficiency in electrical diagnostics and measurement techniques, including interpretation of results (e.g. partial discharge testing, insulation resistance, thermography)

• Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary project teams

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• BOSIET and VCA Vol training

• Experience with safety-related reviews like HAZOP, SIL

• Experience with project engineering / project management

• Full-time position

• Willingness to travel offshore and to remote sites as required

• Eligibility to work in the Netherlands

• Living in the Netherlands

Even if you do not see yourself reflected in all the skills required, we still encourage you to apply. Research has shown that not everyone applies if they do not feel 100% qualified. However, with our personal development budgets we'd be more than happy to help you grow to your potential in this job.

What we offer

You'll be part of the TAQA team filled with energetic and international people that describe their colleagues as helpful, driven, knowledgeable and professional!

Join us in our work environment and spend your own learning budget on personal development.

We offer a competitive salary, with holiday allowance (8,33%) and thirteenth month. Additionally you'll enjoy a variety of secondary benefits and a more than solid pension plan.

Who are we

We focus on the on- and offshore production of oil and gas as well as the operation of two underground gas storage facilities. The latter are strategic assets in the reliable provision of gas in the Netherlands. Their importance will only increase in the coming years as the greater dependence on gas imports will mean domestic storage becomes key to maintaining security of supply.

The energy landscape in the Netherlands is changing, and TAQA is supporting the energy transition in two key ways: we are contributing to continuity of gas supply in the short-term as the transition agenda moves forward. We are also participating in large-scale sustainability developments such as hydrogen and green gas expertise center Investa and Porthos, a CO₂ capture and storage project.

Our success as a company depends on the engagement and passion of our people. Although our organization is large and global, locally we work with short reporting lines in an open and informal culture.

We strive for diversity when attracting talent to our organisation and give your personal development our full attention. In all we do, safety is our first priority. The safety and care of our people, as well as our surroundings and the environment.

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