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Associate director – substation design (uk)

Bristol (City of Bristol)
Aecom
Associate director
€60,000 a year
Posted: 11 May
Offer description

* Full-time
* State/Province: London, City of
* Business Group: DCS
* Legal Entity: AECOM Limited
* Business Line: Energy
* Work Location Model: Hybrid
* Operating Group: International
* Primary Location: UK - London - Aldgate Tower


Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to join a team of talented and innovative engineers within our UK Transmission & Distribution business and grow your career?

Our Transmission & Distribution team delivers HV design for electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltage levels. The focus of this role is primary plant design for large-scale infrastructure, grid connections, and private networks at voltage levels normally between 132 kV to 400kV. Typical projects include feasibility, optioneering, FEED, detailed design, and design assurance on existing or new substations and other infrastructure.

Here’s what you’ll do:

* 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 theclient
* Utilise knowledge ofsubstation 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


Benefits

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.


Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

* 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
* IdeallyCDAE / LCDAEapproval

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

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