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Associate director – substation design (uk)

Newcastle Upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
Aecom
Associate director
€55,000 a year
Posted: 11 May
Offer description

Responsibilities

* Lead substation technical discussions with the client and internal multi-disciplinary teams to establish scopes, define interfacing and ensure delivery
* Lead the technical delivery with engineering teams by agreeing approach, supporting scope understanding, monitoring progress and quality checking of deliverables prior to issuing to the client
* Utilise knowledge of substation project/asset life‑cycle from a design perspective to successfully deliver client projects
* Liaise with the project management team to produce resourcing forecasts and programmes.
* Demonstrate commercial awareness to carry out proposal development, monitor/manage project costs and enable opportunity identification
* Build client relationships, understanding client requirements and perspectives, building trust and adopting a client orientated project delivery mindset.
* Drive the safety in design ethos within projects
* Mentor and develop more junior staff to build team capability and capacity over the medium and long term


Qualifications

* Previous experience with consultancy, contractor, or utility in the energy sector. Client experience with National Grid, SHET, SSE, SPT or any other transmission utility or developer in UK or Ireland
* Experience designing HV infrastructure at concept and FEED and detailed design stages
* Understanding of electrical AC HV Plant infrastructure and equipment both AIS and GIS
* Working knowledge of National Grid standards and specifications
* Proposal/Bid development experience, including leading multi discipline proposals to completion.
* Experience of design & site construction review, the role is primary plant focused, but knowledge and understanding of secondary system design will be advantageous
* Experience with Control systems, transformers, HVDC systems, interconnectors, HV Protection & Control knowledge and experience would be advantageous
* Ideally CDAE / LCDAE approval


Equal Opportunity & Diversity

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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