Systems Administrator

Reference Number - 79123

This Systems Administrator will report to the SAP PM Manager and will work within the Information Systems directorate based in either our Crawley, Bury St Edmunds or Colchester office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £51,245 and a bonus of 3%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 07/07/2024

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Annual Leave
• Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
• Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose:

You will carry out system administration and maintenance of the master data within SAP Plant Maintenance (PM). This will include the processing of data provided by third parties.

Dimensions:

No Line Management Responsibility

No Budgetary Management.

Principal Accountabilities:

• System administration of the SAP PM master data for Assets and Work management
• Manage the master data configuration - e.g. Classes, Characteristics, Standard Texts Keys, PRTs, Templates
• Investigate system incidents - relating to the system configuration or set-up of the master data.
• Set-up and modification of Maintenance Plans
• To act as a contact for third parties SAP PM related matters
• Execute data exchange process, typically with third party companies.
• Creation of work orders to suit ad hoc business activities and one-off work programmes.
• Bulk extraction, transformation and load (ETL) of data into SAP PM utilising both standard and bespoke bulk load transactions
• High volume data extract using both SAP transactions or Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Data analysis and cleansing
• Undertake routine system administration activities. Identifying and documenting new activities as the need arises
• Auditing of the system to ensure master data is aligned to policy - e.g. correct maintenance plans / strategies have been applied.
• Provide both SAP technical and business process support to SAP PM users.

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Qualifications:

• Educated to Degree level in a related subject
• Minimum 2 years' experience of SAP Master data management (preferable Plant Maintenance).
• A sound understanding of the terminology used within the electrical distribution industry or utility-based asset management.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Practical experience using Structured Query Language (SQL) for data extraction.
• Experience of SAP PM bulk update transactions or WinShuttle.
• Advanced IT skills in the Microsoft Office suite - Excel and Access
• The desire to work toward the highest standards in data quality.

Consideration may be given to applicants who do not fulfil all the above criteria; provided they can demonstrate they have the fundamental skills required and the right attributes to develop into the role.

Nature and Scope:

The Asset Information function is responsible for the development, application and enhancement of UK Power Networks Asset Databases and Geospatial Information Systems and all associated data and information.

The Asset Systems Team has the primary responsibility for configuring and the data management within our principal asset management systems. These applications underpin our entire asset management, work management and operational activities relating to all plant and equipment on the electrical distribution network.

Specifically, SAP PM acts as the asset and work management register for over 6 million assets. Inspection and maintenance activities on the assets are driven by SAP PM and all data recorded during that work activity is held within these systems. SAP PM is the master register for asset nameplate, commissioning, condition, calibration, defect and measurement data. This information is fundamental to the efficient and successful operation of our business, informing our forward investment plans, asset management strategies, legislative compliance and regulatory reporting.

Reporting directly to the SAP PM Manager, the Systems Administrator fulfils an important role of undertaking routine system administration activities, processing third party data exchanges and dealing with many business user requests. You will require a technical understanding of SAP PM, the data which resides in it and engineering knowledge to interpret requirements. The asset data quality is important to the business and tasks will involve working with the Asset Data Quality Analysts to improve the asset data quality, accuracy and completeness within SAP PM and other applications supported by the team.

Whilst focussed on SAP PM you will develop such that they can perform a similar role across all systems for which the Asset Systems team are responsible.

As part of a small, diverse team, the Senior Systems Administrator will help lead the investigation and resolution of system and asset issues. You will also advise on system development, update and performance testing to ensure system and data integrity is maintained.

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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