Senior Primary Design Engineer
Scotland - Home based
Permanent
Competitive Salary + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits
Freedom Professional Services are seeking a Senior Primary Design Engineer to join our growing team and work on a variety of complex and challenging engineering projects, helping to deliver the UK's Net Zero targets. Our projects span the complete energy system - from generation, transmission, distribution, and storage to load-end consumers in manufacturing, processing, data, and recycling.
This is a home-based role; however, you will be expected to attend nearby Freedom or NG Bailey offices in line with our hybrid working policy. The role will also require travel to other Freedom/NG Bailey offices and client sites across the UK, with overnight stays where necessary.
A strong history of teamworking, career achievement, and high-quality project delivery.
Relevant work experience in the sector.
The ability to draw on professional networks to gain insights, identify new work opportunities, secure third-party support, and obtain peer reviews.
Promote safety through design and actively participate in hazard review meetings.
Perform site surveys and collaborate with site teams as required.
Carry out design calculations to support plant design, including:
Cable thermal and mechanical force calculations.
Cable sizing.
Lightning protection design calculations.
Achieve key performance indicators for design quality and on-time delivery.
Comply with project documentation, employer requirements, and industry standards.
Strong budgetary and project management capabilities.
Good commercial understanding of design and construction contract forms such as NEC.
Experience of working within contract conditions.
Degree in Engineering (Electrical preferred).
Chartered Engineer (CEng) with a professional body such as the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) or Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE).
Strong experience in EHV/HV substation plant design, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects within the power sector.
Full UK driving licence.
NEBOSH, IOSH) desirable but not essential.
We continually evolve our benefits to ensure we attract and retain the best talent. Competitive salary.
~ Car or car allowance.
~25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.
~ Pension with a leading provider and employer contribution.
~ Sick pay.
~ Personal wellbeing and volunteer days.
~ Private medical insurance.
~ Free 24/7/365 Employee Assistance Programme (including counselling sessions and legal advice).
~ Flexible benefits including dental insurance, gym memberships, Give As You Earn, travel insurance, and tax-free bikes.
~ If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. About Us Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.
Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies
Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be