About Us – Meeting a Higher Standard:

CAI is a professional services company established in 1996, that has grown year over year to nearly 850 people worldwide. We provide commissioning, qualification, validation, start-up, project management and consulting services related to operational readiness in the Life Sciences and Data Center markets. 

Our approach is simple; we put the client’s interests first, we do not stop until it is right, and we will do whatever it takes to get there. Our Purpose informs everything we do:

We exist to be the trusted solution for our clients as they strive to build a better working world and improve the human experience.

As owners of CAI, we are committed to living our Foundational Principles, both professionally and personally: 

· We act with integrity 

· We serve each other 

· We serve society 

· We work for our future 

With employee ownership, one person’s success is everyone’s success; we work diligently to accomplish team goals. We place Team Before Self, demonstrate Respect for Others, and possess a can-do attitude. That is how we have grown exponentially.

Description and Responsibilities of the Role:

As a High Voltage Commissioning Engineer/Agent you will be required to undertake the following responsibilities as a consultant engineer overseeing, witnessing and partaking in vendor commissioning activities on and off-site.

· Understand the design concept and intent by reviewing construction documentation, including drawings, specifications, vendor submittals and sequences of operations.

· Provide recommendations and feedback regarding the design, equipment selection, pre-functional checklists, startup and functional test scripts, maintainability, and constructability enhancements.

· Develop and review of MV/HV/EHV QA/QC pre-functional checklists, start-up and functional test scripts for switchgear (including but not limited to; site wide MV/HV/EHV infrastructure, Switchgear, Relays, DC Systems, Transformers and Earthing Systems.)

· Review of IED protection settings and logic files of most IED manufacturers.

· Travel to sites for site reviews and work with on-site commissioning engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits, and startup as needed.

· Review documentation for compliance with client standards, industry standards, and design specifications.

· Assess the capability of commissioned systems to match the design intent.

· Verify the system’s performance, including establishing acceptance criteria, obtaining completed reports, performing verification and spot checking for validation.

· Assist in as-built documentation and review for accuracy and completeness.

· Undertake Factory Witness Testing on behalf of the client.

· Communicate commissioning issues, questions and concerns through proper channels in a timely manner.

· Develop project specific commissioning schedules and plans.

· Conduct commissioning coordination meetings as needed with project management and commissioning representatives.

· Track commissioning issues until resolved and closed.

· Represent CAI at project specific commissioning coordination meetings.

· Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally for up to 60% of the time.

Qualifications:

· Minimum 5 years’ experience in commissioning of high voltage transmission, generation and/or distribution settings.

· Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel and Outlook required; advanced knowledge of SharePoint (or similar) preferred.

· Ability to read and understand construction documents (design drawings, control diagrams, specifications, etc.).

· Ability to interpret COMTRADE files to assist with fault finding.

· Ability to understand complex relay and PLC logic.

· Advanced knowledge of MV/HV/EHV substation switching protocols.

· Advanced knowledge of high voltage protection and control philosophies, schemes and how to accurately test each of them.

· Advanced knowledge of substation monitoring, automation and control including IEC61850 protocol or equivalent.

· Advanced knowledge of the workings of electro-mechanical and digital relays.

· Detailed understanding of technical international standards and demonstrate experience in commissioning and delivery of large and small-scale substation projects.

· Experienced in undertaking MV/HV/EHV testing both Primary and Secondary systems using test equipment such as Omicron CMC.

· Advantage if worked within Data Centre environments/clients.

· Degree qualified advantageous but not essential. Must have strong proven exposure to HV commissioning either way.

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We are an equal opportunity employer; we are proud to employ veterans and promote diversity and inclusion in our workplace. Diversity is a strength for our global company. We pledge that CAI will be operated in a way that is fair and equitable to all – our employees, our customers, and the broader society.