Senior Authorised Person
Senior Authorised Person
Salary negotiable
Senior Authorised Person role based in Copenhagen, Denmark, working on cutting-edge data centre projects. This contract position offers significant responsibility for electrical safety and system implementation.
Key Highlights
- Lead electrical safety implementation on data centre projects
- Manage and audit hazardous energy control procedures
- Approve and cancel Electrical Safety Permit System
- Plan and execute safe electrical energisations and isolations
Senior Authorised Person — Role Overview
As the Electrical Senior Authorised Person, you will take the lead electrical position on the project. You will be responsible for managing and implementing electrical safety rules across a portfolio of data centres, ensuring adherence to safe systems of work.
Senior Authorised Person — Responsibilities
As Senior Authorised Person, you will:
- Manage any live or potentially live systems under your control.
- Manage, audit, and enforce hazardous energy control procedures, including operational control of lock out tag out systems.
- Identify electrical hazards and implement necessary mitigation measures.
- Manage, monitor, and operate the access control system, approving, cancelling, and closing the Electrical Safety Permit System.
- Implement project-specific Electrical Safety Safe Operating Procedures (ESSOWs), jurisdictional requirements, and client requirements through managing, auditing, and permitting.
- Complete required compliance training and ensure team member competency through training and monitoring.
- Plan and execute safe electrical energisations, isolations, and switching, including approval of requests and switching plans.
- Escalate safety breaches or non-compliance issues to the Person in Charge of the Electrical Installation and Senior Engineer.
- Ensure periodic inspections and audits are completed as required.
- Review and approve electrical safety-related risk assessments and method statements.
- Assist in electrical incident investigations, ensuring immediate notification of Accidents, Incidents, or Dangerous Occurrences.
Senior Authorised Person — Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Familiarity with arc flash risk, hazard identification, and mitigation measures, including electrical safety PPE.
- Experience managing, auditing, and enforcing adherence to an Electrical Safety Permit System, including access control.
- Qualified electrician with a National Craft Certificate (or equivalent) and verification by Naric.
- Electrical award equivalent to Level 6 or higher on the National Framework of Qualifications.
- Completion of jurisdictional training in Verification, Testing and Certification and a recognized switching course at HV/MV and LV within the last two years.
- Conversant with jurisdictional regulations and ensuring compliance.
- Competency in pre- and post-connection electrical testing, live dead live testing, and assessment of results.
- Competency in electrical troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with equipment such as main panels, ACBs, MCCBs, MCBs, RCBOs, VSDs, MCCs, busbars, sub-distribution boards, and final circuits.
- Ability to understand and work from project information such as SLDs, wiring diagrams, schematics, punch list procedures, and vendor manuals.
- Experience reviewing and managing commissioning processes from Level 2B to Level 5.
- Experience managing work and safety precautions across control boundaries.
- Experience performing/supervising advanced cable works including phasing, testing, and identifying.
- Experience in testing and verification of HV/ MV and LV systems.
- 10-15 years of experience managing large installation projects and subcontractors.
- Completion of high voltage authorized person training course in last 2 years.
- Completion of low voltage authorized person training course in last 2 years.
- In-depth knowledge of Health, Safety and Quality compliance.
- Experienced in design and build.
- Excellent technical knowledge of Electrical systems.
- Knowledge of Mechanical systems.
- Excellent IT skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
Rewards & Package
Tier-1 contractor rates reflecting the specialist nature of this role. Full international assignment support including accommodation arrangements, flight allowances, and visa sponsorship as required.
Comprehensive benefits package: company healthcare plan, pension scheme with employer contributions, and access to extensive training and professional development programmes. Full package details confirmed at offer stage.
About the Company
Our client is a major EPC contractor specializing in data centres, life sciences facilities, and fire protection systems across Europe.
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Frequently Asked Questions About This Senior Authorised Person Role
What does a Senior Authorised Person do in data centre construction?
A Senior Authorised Person in data centre construction is responsible for delivering specialist work on Tier III and Tier IV facilities. Day-to-day tasks vary by project phase but typically involve coordination with MEP teams, quality assurance, and ensuring build standards meet client specifications.
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