Vacancy Engineering Department: Traction Power Supervisor (24 hrs/week)

Responsibilities

Contract Management & Supervision

Supervision & Technical Quality Assurance

Switching Authority & EVH Execution

Meetings, Reporting & Handover

You will become part of the Systems team within the Engineering Department. From the Traction Power Supply discipline, you will primarily be deployed on railway engineering projects for tram and metro. Within these projects, you will work integrally with, among others, railway engineering, technical automation, train control, project management, Infrastructure Service, and executing market parties. Agreements on deployment and prioritization will be made between the Project Manager and the Team Leader.

• Acting as representative and, as mandated, contract authorized representative for the project manager towards contractors.
• Coordinating the execution process for the traction power component within railway engineering projects and monitoring coherence with the integrated project plan.
• Monitoring contractual and financial agreements and assessing additional and less work and change proposals within the granted mandate.
• Proactively informing the project manager about progress, deviations, risks, and finances.
• Assessing and monitoring performance statements, work plans, quality plans, and V&G plans for the traction power activities.
• Coordinating and preparing permits, work windows, de-energizations, and commissioning moments in collaboration with the project team and operational organization.
• Maintaining coordination with Infrastructure Service and other involved disciplines regarding interfaces with operations, exploitation, and maintenance.
• Engaging specialists in a timely manner and preparing documents for handover files.
• Developing, updating, and executing risk-based supervision plans for traction power activities.
• Supervising work on traction power supply within railway engineering projects, including, where applicable, HV/LV and DC installations, power and return current connections, cables, earthing, and switching installations.
• Technically assessing drawings, calculations, and execution documents, including selectivity, short-circuit withstand, cable routing, earthing and return current, SCADA/control interfaces, and FAT/SAT results.
• Contributing specific knowledge of traction power supply, RET installations, and switching diagrams and advising on technically feasible solutions.
• Verifying that work is performed in accordance with contract documents, drawings, specifications, approved work plans, applicable standards, and safety regulations, including EVH, NEN 3140, and NEN 3840.
• Monitoring and coordinating technical interfaces between power supply and, among others, track, civil engineering, technical automation, train control, and operations.
• Overseeing compliance with VGM (Safety, Health, and Environment) obligations and EVH procedures.
• Checking for correct de-energization, earthing, and switching operations.
• Monitoring project-specific availability and continuity requirements for the power supply and timely signaling of risks for operations and commissioning.
• Performing night and weekend supervision during de-energizations.
• Acting as WV (Work Supervisor) or VP (Competent Person) HV/LV in accordance with EVH and STIPEL, as applicable within the relevant activities and designation.
• Executing and monitoring switching operations and de-energizations.
• Preparing and monitoring switching letters and earthing plans.
• Overseeing the correct execution of RI&E (Risk Inventory & Evaluation), TRA (Task Risk Analysis), and LMRA (Last Minute Risk Analysis).
• Working in accordance with the applicable access, work, and safety regimes for tram and metro infrastructure and, where applicable, monitoring Metro DVP (Driver's Permit) authorizations.
• Preparing and, where agreed, chairing construction, work, and coordination meetings and ensuring adequate reporting.
• Monitoring schedule, availability, quality, and safety.
• Assessing FAT/SAT reports, inspection and test reports, as-built documentation, and contributing to controlled commissioning and handover.
• Recording and monitoring deviations, outstanding issues, and open actions until handover to management and maintenance.
• Reporting to the project manager.
• Completed technical education at a minimum MBO-4 level, preferably electrical engineering or installation technology.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience with supervision and/or inspection within rail or transport infrastructure.
• Demonstrable technical knowledge of traction power supply and rectifier substations.
• Demonstrable knowledge of high voltage (up to 23 kV) and low voltage (up to 690 V).
• Demonstrable experience with rail infrastructure projects where the power supply forms an integral interface with track work and operational exploitation.
• Experience with activities during de-energizations, commissioning, and work in an operational rail environment.
• Experience with coordinating contractors, supervisors, and technical specialists within multidisciplinary projects.
• Knowledge of SCADA/control systems and demonstrable experience with testing and commissioning of traction power installations.
• Demonstrable work experience in the field of traction power supply and/or railway engineering projects with a substantial traction power component.
• Railcenter training 110 (Traction Power Engineering) and Railcenter 122 (Competent Person Traction Power Supply) is a plus.
• Experience with Systems Engineering, verification/validation, and traceable handover and transfer files is a plus.
• Experience with de-energizations, commissioning, and AVV/BVL (Permit to Work/Permit to Work for Electrical) procedures.
• VCA-VOL (Safety for Operational Managers) and demonstrable experience with VGM, V&G (Safety and Environment), RI&E, TRA, and LMRA processes.
• Familiarity with the RET organization is a plus.

Project details

• Start: Zo snel mogelijk
• Location: Rotterdam, NL
• Rate: 79-79 EUR/h
• Languages: Dutch