Marine Electrical Site Supervisor

Job Description

MJR Power & Automation are a well-established electrical & automation engineering business that works in the marine, renewable energy and offshore energy markets providing engineering, construction, and installation solutions to a global customer base from its headquarters in Teesside.

We require a Marine Electrical Site Supervisor who can lead six to twelve personnel, understand the system being installed and take ownership of the job from mobilisation through testing and handover.

Responsibilities

Duties include:

• Supervising site teams and allocating daily work
• Conducting toolbox talks and coordinating RAMS
• Managing permits, isolations and safe systems of work
• Confirming drawings and cable schedules match the installation
• Monitoring workmanship, cable identification and termination quality
• Coordinating tools, test equipment and materials
• Recording progress, delays, variations and client instructions
• Liaising with the clients & ships staff
• Coordinating testing under an approved test procedure
• Supporting commissioning, harbour acceptance and sea trials
• Preparing daily progress reports and approving team timesheets
• Completing handover and punch-list documentation

Job Requirements

Desired Experience:-

• Marine, offshore, shipyard or heavy-industrial electrical experience
• Experience supervising electricians and technicians
• Strong LV knowledge, preferably with some MV experience
• Switchboard, MCC, MCCB/ACB, transformer and distribution-system experience
• Power and control cable installation, glanding and termination experience
• Familiarity with generators, drives, motors and temporary vessel power
• Experience working from schematics, cable schedules and general-arrangement drawings
• FAT, SAT, commissioning and fault-finding experience
• Knowledge of isolation, permit-to-work and LOTO procedures
• Experience liaising with vessel engineers, clients, class surveyors and subcontractors

The ideal supervisor should be :-

• Hands-on: Willing and capable of assisting with installations, testing and fault-finding.
• Technically credible: Electricians should trust their instructions and decisions.
• Well organised: Able to plan labour, tools, materials, isolations and daily activities.
• Commercially aware: Understands that delays, rework and uncontrolled overtime affect project margins.
• Calm under pressure: Vessel mobilisations frequently involve changing information and tight deadlines.
• Make safe site decisions without waiting for constant office direction.
• Provide confidence without promising work outside the agreed scope.
• Ability to produce useful daily reports, timesheets, test sheets, variation records and progress updates.

Preferred qualifications

• Recognised electrical apprenticeship
• Level 3 electrical qualification or equivalent
• ECS/JIB Gold Card or suitable industrial equivalent
• COMPEX for hazardous-area projects
• HV switching or authorised person, training where applicable