Job Title: Principal Design Engineer
Location: Birmingham/Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Principal Design Engineer will lead and work in a skilled team on a wide range of National Grid, SSEN & SPEN substation projects. The position will focus on the project and tender engineering and its interfaces and scope of work involved in HV - substation design and construction projects, within the Linxon EPC and technical lead of the electro-mechanical design of substation to meet customer needs, legislative demands and standards.
What will you do?
Key Areas of Responsibility (KARs):
* Overall responsible for managing & leading all engineering activities from project start till the As-Built stage with strict adherence to Project Specifications & Linxon standards including QA/QC, HSSE & Integrity.
* Technical lead of large and complex EHV/HV Air & Gas Insulated Substation (AIS & GIS) projects in UK.
* Instruct, supervise & coordinate engineering teams within Linxon (local & remote), internal & external partners, sub-suppliers, secondary engineers & civil engineers.
* Provide information for civil designs and coordination of interfaces between construction planning, steel structure engineering, protection and control system, auxiliary power system and all equipment suppliers for the project.
* Participate in technical discussions with customers and suppliers, handle site queries and take necessary actions up to as-built documentation
* Engineering budget, schedule, forecast, risk & change management activities.
* Technical claim management & supporting PM/Contracting/Operation management team.
Technical solutions
* Provide technical solution for substations comprising Single line diagram, technical information, layouts and associated detail drawings and documents by established applicable standards, processes and customer specifications through allocated resources locally and in other business units.
* Develop technical concepts, technical specifications, selection of equipment and connection material considering costs, quality, international standards, and material.
* Provide technical calculations, technical purchasing specification and schedules for all equipment for projects or tenders.
* Prepare bill of quantities & cost estimation, deviations & clarifications for technical solutions.
* Review of Suppliers design, Factory acceptance test plans, attend factory & site tests.
* Provide technical support and to develop tender scheme options and related project scope documents.
Experience Required:
* Bachelor or master’s in electrical engineering or equivalent
* Extensive years substation engineering experience in utilities. Knowledge of required NG, SSEN & SPEN requirements and standards.
Competencies/ Skills Required:
* Principal designer (PD) / LCDAE certification from National Grid.
* Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards it
* Result orientated team player with a proactive approach.
* Expert knowledge in Substation design and engineering, Layouts, Primary design & calculations, Grounding & Lightning design, Steel design inputs, transformers, HV & MV Switchgear systems,