SAP - Senior Authorised Person

The Senior Authorised Person holds overall accountability for Sensori's electrical safety rules regime across their assigned projects, ensuring a safe system of work is established, governed and adhered to at all times.

Where the Authorised Person implements the rules on a single project, the SAP owns the framework behind them - assessing and appointing Authorised Persons, approving switching programmes, adjudicating on operational restrictions, leading incident investigations and acting as the senior technical authority for control of electrical danger.

Key Responsibilities

• Own, implement and continually review Sensori's (or the contract-specific) Electrical Safety Rules, ensuring they remain aligned with current legislation, standards and client requirements.
• Audit the application of the Electrical Safety Rules across projects, closing out findings and driving corrective action.
• Ensure Sensori's Operation and Energisation procedures for work on LV and MV systems are correctly applied, and contribute to their development and revision.
• Retain overall responsibility for cover of all systems and installations for which the company has control of the electrical danger.
• Implement and govern maintenance policies for the Technical Services Department.
• Assess the competence of candidates for Authorised Person appointment, and issue, limit, suspend or withdraw authorisations as appropriate.
• Maintain the register of Authorised Persons and Competent Persons, including scope of authorisation and training currency.
• Provide technical support, mentoring and escalation cover to Authorised Persons across the project portfolio.
• Verify that AP-led LOTO processes and procedures are correctly applied on site.
• Review and approve low voltage switching plans prior to execution on site.
• Review and approve high voltage / medium voltage switching plans prior to execution on site.
• Act as senior technical authority for switching operations on the HV/LV system, undertaking or directing switching where required.
• Approve the release of systems for energisation and hand-back, and interface with the client's SAP or site owner on system ownership and control boundaries.
• Govern the QR code process for ACBs/MCCBs where implemented on a project.
• Commission, review and interpret project arc flash studies, and set the resulting PPE requirements for work within electrical rooms.
• Where no arc flash study exists, determine the applicable controls in line with Sensori's Operation and Energisation procedures for work on LV and MV systems.
• Adjudicate on and authorise Operational Restrictions, and own the system for investigating any equipment subject to one.
• Act as the escalation point for all accidents, incidents and dangerous occurrences associated with work on electrical distribution systems.
• Lead or oversee investigations, determine root cause, and ensure lessons learned are communicated across projects and reflected in procedure.
• Report to senior management and, where required, to the client and relevant authorities.
• Ensure subcontractor documentation, including safety documentation, is maintained, current and filed for future reference.
• Attend site meetings, internal project reviews, engineering reviews, planning and coordination meetings and handover meetings.
• Support the close-out of project items including final account, O&M manuals, punch list, safety file, QA file, material and plant relocations and project plan.
• Set and drive the Sensori culture of safety and quality across all assigned projects.
• Provide visible senior safety and quality leadership to project teams, subcontractors and client stakeholders.

Essential Criteria

• Trade or engineering background with 15+ years' experience on large installation projects, including significant time in an Authorised Person capacity.
• Completed High Voltage Authorised Person / Senior Authorised Person training within the last 2 years.
• Completed Low Voltage Authorised Person training within the last 2 years.
• Demonstrable experience assessing competence and appointing or overseeing Authorised Persons.
• In-depth knowledge of health, safety and quality compliance, and of relevant electrical standards and regulations.
• Excellent technical knowledge of LV and MV electrical distribution systems and switchgear.
• Experience leading incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Experience in design and build.
• Excellent IT and communication skills, with the ability to influence at client and senior management level.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines and provide authority across multiple concurrent projects.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience on data centre, pharmaceutical or large-scale commercial projects.
• Working knowledge of mechanical systems.
• Experience authoring or revising electrical safety rules and energisation procedures.
• Familiarity with arc flash study commissioning and QR-coded asset management processes.