HV Substations Engineer
Our client has a requirement for an experienced HV Substation Engineer.
Base Location: Glasgow
Site locations various Scotland
Applicants MUST be UK national
You will be accountable for the following tasks including but not limited to a range of SSEN Transmission projects, AIS, GIS, up to 400kV some of them are new substations, and some of them are replacement or extensions.
Roles and Responsibilities:
These are typical substation design work we do all over the country from FEED / Development phase to Detailed Design:
* Provide Leadership on the FEED and detail design workstream for SSEN or National Grid.
* Ensure adequate quality assurance and delivery of FEED, Detailed design and bids for SSEN, NGET and DNOs.
* Ensure adequate resources and training of resources for the purposes of delivering FEED and detailed design work.
* Review the HV plant aspects of different projects including HV layouts, earthing design and reports, mechanical interlocking, HV busbar calculations and technical specification for the HV plant equipment.
* Coordination with back-office engineers, sub-contractors and suppliers as required.
* Proven record of ability to manage tender packages as tender manager and doing HV plant aspects of technical offers.
* Ability to attend and chair the design review and Hazard review meetings and reviewing HV plant design packages as required.
* Attending site visits, FAT and SAT as required.
* Strong communication skills along with teamworking attributes.
* Customer focused when dealing with customers, identifying their needs along with business development skills.
Requirements
* A degree in Electrical Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline and Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution or working towards chartered status
* Minimum 8 years of experience within an electrical discipline and experience in delivering complex multi-disciplinary projects, minimum 5 years of experience in UK working on National Grid or SSEN Transmission projects.
* Relevant, professional experience in HV and LV experience and knowledge of Substations/ Primary Plant 132kV, 275kV, 400kV - Experience preparing design calculations, reports, and detailed drawings.
* Leadership and Management: Strong leadership skills to manage teams and projects effectively.