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Principal hv data centre/sub-station engineer

London
Aecom
Principal
Posted: 6 January
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Job Description


We are looking for a Principal HV Data Centre/Sub-station Engineer to join our busy established Data Centre team.

The successful candidate will:

* 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 issue to 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.

Role requirements:

* Previous experience with consultancy, contractor, or utility in the energy sector. Client experience with National Grid, SHET, SSE, SPT, HV Data centre substation design 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 typical client standards and specifications including IEC and BS.
* 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, HV Protection & Control, Earthing, and HV cables knowledge would be advantageous.




Qualifications


A degree in Electrical Engineering and/or a Power Systems Engineering qualification with proven practical design experience





Additional Information


About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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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