Astute’s Renewables Team is partnering with a growing solar and battery storage business committed to integrity, safety, and service excellence. They are looking to recruit a Senior Primary Electrical and Plant Engineer to join their high‑voltage engineering team. The senior role comes with a competitive salary of £60,000‑£80,000, along with a company car, access to a benefits platform, high street discounts, gym savings, enhanced pension, and life cover. If you’re a Senior Electrical Engineer with UK experience in renewable projects and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity, safety and its people at the forefront of everything it does, submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities
* Lead primary electrical design across multiple renewable energy projects
* Take a hands‑on role in BESS site layout and HV/EHV design
* Create layouts for BESS sites, EHV outdoor compounds, switchrooms, control rooms, cable route drawings, LV layouts, earthing layouts
* Produce associated calculations including short circuit studies, earthing studies, electrical layout calculations
* Deliver plant engineering design, including switchgear, transformers, VT/CT equipment
* Produce detailed technical specifications for equipment
* Liaise with internal engineering teams to integrate full design scopes
* Consolidate designs into comprehensive specifications for procurement
* Interface with procurement teams to support equipment sourcing and pricing
* Support procurement by providing market‑ready technical documentation
Qualifications
* Degree/HND/HNC in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems preferred)
* Strong UK project experience across renewable energy projects, BESS, solar and wind
* Proven experience working to DNO standards (G81), TSO standards and National Grid IES standards
* Experience across ICP environments, DNO/iDNO networks, TSO projects and Tier 1 contractors
* Demonstrable experience in primary electrical HV/EHV design, substation layout design (11kV‑132kV), earthing design, power systems and grid connections
* UK experience is essential – this role is not suitable for engineers without UK renewable project experience.
Personal skills
* Able to hit the ground running with minimal training
* Confident working in high‑volume project environments
* Comfortable leading design delivery on multiple projects
* Highly organised with strong prioritisation skills
* Proactive and self‑driven
* Collaborative and team‑focused
* Technically confident across HV/EHV design
Salary and benefits
* £60,000‑£80,000 depending on experience
* Company vehicle
* Mitie benefits platform
* High street discounts
* Gym savings
* Enhanced pension
* Life cover
* Hybrid working
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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