Overview
Hoare Lea is a human-centric and planet-conscious engineering consultancy. We offer intelligent and sustainable solutions to complex design challenges for the built environment throughout the UK and further afield.
Nationwide – About Us: Hoare Lea provides a wide range of engineering and consultancy services, including acoustics, air quality, building services (MEP), fire, lighting, security and sustainability. We bring buildings to life with technical expertise and problem-solving skills, ensuring designs are outstanding and operations meet community needs. We offer an environment that supports wellbeing, individuality and professional development, including a 9-day fortnight scheme, social and networking events, and extensive benefits packages.
About The Role
We have a brand-new opportunity for a Senior Power Systems Engineer to join our HV team and this role can be based in any of our UK offices. It is an exciting time to join our HV team with a track record in Infrastructure and Mission Critical and Data Centre projects across the UK and Europe. You will join a collaborative, knowledgeable, highly engaged team that supports flexible, high-performing work culture. The role will involve Power systems analysis on HV, MV and LV distribution for small and large-scale Infrastructure / Data Centre and other mission critical projects.
Responsibilities
* Be responsible for the day-to-day technical delivery and design calculations for assessing electrical loads on buildings sizing utility connections, generators, uninterruptible power supplies and renewable technologies, together with associated earthing and distribution systems design services for multi-disciplinary projects across a number of building sectors.
* Produce design deliverables including specifications, drawings, and schedules, including design and calculations of substations and points of connections from LV to HV. Undertake load flow, fault level, G5/5 harmonic and protection studies.
* You will work on Earth rise touch and potential studies
* Interact regularly with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring a communicative, collaborative and timely approach to delivery.
* Support timely invoicing, debt chasing, management of WIP and forward workload/resource planning for your own projects.
* Mentor and support our “next gen” professionals including apprentices and graduates.
Qualifications
* Proven experience working as a Power Systems Engineer or HV Engineer, with a track record delivering on complex projects.
* Experience of modern technical delivery processes, and use of relevant software/tools such as BIM, Revit, CAD electrical ETAP, Amtech or EOM.
* Conversant in power systems high voltage substation design, earthing arrangements, CT calculations, arc flash calculations, differential protection and stability slopes etc and rate of rise voltage calculations.
* LV system analysis software to model complex networks and run advanced power systems studies.
* Power quality capability to undertake studies for G99 export applications, including Harmonics.
* Ability to produce schematic designs, fault discrimination studies preparing specifications and reports and carrying out site inspections of surveys and detailed design development is crucial a passion for accurate power design systems is key
* Ability to carry out studies such as G5/5 harmonics, load flow, fault studies, transient studies and protection coordination studies .
* Further experience regarding network resilience analysis would be beneficial, linked to the mitigation or failure modes and single points of failure.
* Demonstrable experience working with clients / contractors / architects in a design oriented / consultant role.
* Self-awareness, an open mind, and a spirit of generosity.
* Experience of supporting others to develop knowledge, skills, and confidence.
How To Apply
To apply simply complete a CV profile and submit your application, or for further information please contact aureliacherradi@hoarelea.com. If shortlisted, one of our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange a introductory call (about 30 minutes) to discuss the role and your experience in more detail. From there, successful candidates will be invited to attend a panel interview, either via Microsoft Teams or in person at one of our offices.
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