Principal Design Engineer – HV (Substations)

Salary: £50,000 to £70,000 depending on experience
Location: Manchester, London, Derby or Warwick
Permanent
 
SUMMARY:
As the Principal Substations Design Engineer you will be reporting to the Associate Director of the HV Power team and will be responsible for ensuring the quality and consistency of the team’s output in the production and control of drawings and technical documents. You will also assist during the bid process in order to secure further work.
 
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Production of all designs, calculations, reports & drawings associated with new or modification of EHV projects from 11kV – 400kV covering primary design, secondary design and protection & control. This will cover the production of Substation primary layouts, primary equipment specifications, equipment rating calculations, busbar short circuit force calculations, earthing studies, impressed voltage calculations, production of material specification lists, fault calculations, P&C wiring diagrams, protection requirements and system modelling.
- Manage the production through a robust checking process
- Develop drawing office standards
- Mentor and train the CAD technicians
- Support the actual delivery of the outputs from the CAD Technicians.
 
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Essential:
- Minimum BEng/Bsc in Electrical Engineering, ideally MEng/MSc in Electrical Engineering.
- The candidate shall be proficient in the technical requirements of Primary Design as identified in the Job Description.
- Must have a reasonable level of maths and science, preferably from a power engineering background and have good communication skills.
Desirable
- Be or working toward CEng status
- Ideally working toward TP137 / TP141 authorisation by National Grid
- It is desirable that the candidate be proficient in Secondary and P&C Design as identified in the Job Description although not essential
- Strong preference for experience in 11kV – 400kV

BENEFITS:
Working with us means a chance to make your mark on some of the most exciting design and engineering projects in their sectors. Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry.

Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry. What you get will depend on what you do, with individual performance-related rewards also on offer in addition to:
- Company car or cash allowance
- Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
- Life assurance scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
- Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
- Family friendly policies
- Employee assistance
- Professional development

This company is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
 
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