Group Principal Duty Holder, Dublin, Ireland

Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions.
We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world's leading corporations.
Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things.
Our people have the courage to be innovative.
Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.
We deliver our clients' visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.
At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves.
We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.
Scope of the Role:
The role of the Principal Duty Holder in Mercury is a requirement of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in Ireland and the principles of the role and the responsibilities have been adopted for all other jurisdictions in which the business operate.
You will be responsible for ensuring that competent persons who are engaged in electrical installations and testing are adequately trained and suitably qualified for the work that they will carry out.
Furthermore, they are responsible to ensure that all electrical installations are conducted in a safe manner using the safety systems in place.
The Principal Duty Holder has responsibility for the maintenance of the overall standard and quality of the electrical work carried out or managed by the enterprise and for ensuring that there are systems in place whereby all electrical work undertaken is carried out by competent persons who are adequately and appropriately supervised.
This Group Principal Duty Holder shall be required to work closely with other departments within the group, namely QEHS, Commissioning and all Business Unit Operations to ensure that the policies, procedures and minimum requirements for operating and energising LV and MV systems are understood, the relevant personnel involved understand their role and responsibilities and that they are qualified to undertake the role.
Training and auditing of the aforementioned procedures is a key responsibility of the Principal Duty Holder.
Key Responsibilities of the Role:
Shall act as the "Lead coordinator" of the Mercury Electrical Working Group.
This is a group of SMEs within the business that retain a mandate to update, adapt and enhance the existing "Operational and Energisation Procedures for work on LV and MV Systems".
This group will support on development and standardization of all procedures pertaining to electrical safety.
Responsible for developing standards, processes, procedures, workflows, training material relative to Electrical Safety and ESSOW.
Support all Electrical Accident / Incident investigations within the Group.
Development of Root Cause Analysis is the output of the process that will inform the business in terms of lessons learned and advise on need for procedural change (where relevant.
Work side by side with the QEHS department lead within this process.
There is an existing procedure developed that the Principal Duty Holder shall follow.
Manage a Group Quarterly COHE audit that will take in all projects by all Business units within the Group.
An existing process exists.
The Principal Duty Holder shall stay informed on relevant electrical safety standards pertaining to the country and regions that the business operates and ensures that our policies and procedures are kept up to date and communicated to our people to ensure that we always compliant.
Review and feedback to all Business Units on the Commissioning KPI Audits submitted per project monthly.
The COHE checklist is contained within the Commissioning KPI Audit.
Manage the appointment process for all authorised persons within the group.
This is an established, digital process.
Ensure that persons engaged in electrical installations and testing are competent.
Ensure that persons engaged in electrical installations and testing are adequately trained.
Ensure that Persons engaged in electrical installations and testing are suitably qualified
Ensure that Electrical installations are conducted in a safe manner, using the safe systems of work in place.
The Principal Duty Holder is responsible for ensuring that Safe Electric certification / membership is renewed and always in date.
Shall work with the Group Finance Controller to ensure that this membership does not lapse.
Responsible for ensuring that the "Operational and Energisation Procedures for work on LV and MV Systems" details the statutory and legal requirements for executing the duties of an authorised person in all countries and regions which the business operates.
Responsible for Satisfying the conditions as set out by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) in Ireland.
Essential Criteria for the Role:
Bachelor's degree in engineering.
Proven experience in the role of Principle Duty Holder
Strong understanding of relevant electrical safety standards.
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Project management skills are essential and qualification if preferred.
Weekly European travel is required.
Desirable Criteria:
A Principal Duty Holder may also be a Qualified Certifier.
Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.
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