Lead Design Engineer (Protection & Control)
Location: United Kingdom (remote work with travel across the UK)
Competitive salary + company car + private health insurance + pension match scheme + bonus
TGRC has been retained by a leading UK infrastructure services provider at the forefront of the high-voltage power sector. They are a key delivery partner on National Grid frameworks, delivering HV and EHV substation design, upgrades, and refurbishment projects across the UK. The business offers a collaborative engineering environment where experienced engineers can work on technically complex, large-scale projects with real impact on the UK’s energy network.
This is a principal-level position for a highly experienced design engineer focusing on protection and control within substation design for National Grid projects.
The Role
* Principal-level experience is required
* Extensive detailed design experience for National Grid projects is essential
* Ideally, the candidate should have a CDAE (Contract Design Approval Engineer) appointment on National Grid projects, enabling them to sign off detailed designs and submit them to National Grid
* Ability to produce designs that can be successfully constructed, commissioned, and handed over to the client
* Strong appetite for attending sites to address construction-related issues, verify designs against site conditions, and update designs accordingly
Your Profile
* Degree in Electrical Engineering (or similar)
* 8+ years in electrical design, with 4+ years on UK transmission projects (NGET, SSEN)
* Deep knowledge of HV substations (132kV–400kV) and UK standards
* Hands-on experience with protection relays, CT/VT sizing, and AC/DC drawings