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Senior Substation Primary Plant Design Engineer
Atkinsréalis
A global engineering & nuclear services firm delivering end‑to‑end infrastructure and energy solutions.
Senior Substation Primary Plant Design Engineer responsible for providing technical leadership and quality assurance in the design of high voltage electrical substations for transmission and distribution clients.
Ensure adequate quality assurance and delivery of FEED, Detailed Design and bids for our clients. Ensure adequate resources and training of resources for the purposes of delivering FEED and detailed design work for National Grid.
Provide Technical Leadership on the FEED and Detail Design workstream for National Grid, SSEN-Transmission or other Transmission & Distribution clients.
Review the HV plant aspects of different projects including HV layouts, elevations, maintenance access drawings, earthing design and reports, mechanical interlocking, HV busbar calculations and technical specification for the HV plant equipment. Act as Principal Designer Representative when required.
What you bring
bp141 hv sub
electrical engineering
ehv design
chartered engineer
design review
leadership/management
BP141 / TP141 HV Substation qualification or equivalent authorised or ability to do so. Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or equivalent qualifications and experience, with experience in Substations Design in UK Transmission sector.
Maintain existing and develop new client relationships. Experience in coaching and developing junior engineers. Flexibility to travel to client sites when required.
Track record of leading teams in the delivery of Front-End Engineering and design or Detailed Design of EHV (132kV-400kV) substation projects.
Ability to attend and chair the Design Review and Hazard Review meetings and reviewing HV plant design packages as required. Attending site visits, FAT and SAT as required. Communication skills along with teamworking attributes.
Capability to work under tight deadlines while achieving objectives with the ability to deal with competing priorities and manage time appropriately. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Customer focused when dealing with customers, identifying their needs along with business development skills.
Experience of working for a client organisation such as transmission system owner/operator, distribution network operator or a design consultancy delivering to such organisation.
Chartered Engineer through the IET, or working towards.
Act as BP141 (former TP141)/equivalent assurance engineer where required (candidates working towards BP141 HV Plant / Substation qualification will also be considered).
You’ll be client focused – being able interface with clients, understand their needs and convert opportunities into successful workstreams.
Building strong and trusted relationships is a key part of this role. You’ll enjoy working with others, sometimes directly at client sites, sometimes from our offices.
Experience in a leadership/management position in a similar environment.
Strong understanding and leadership of the engineering projects through asset lifecycles.
Coordination with back-office engineers, sub-contractors and suppliers as required. Proven record of ability to manage tender packages as tender manager and doing HV plant aspects of technical offers.
Benefits
You will be working in a senior position within one of our Electrical Engineering teams based either in Epsom, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow or remotely.
Training + Development
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Interview process
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Security clearance
security clearance may be required for this role
5 years or longer uk residency required for security clearance
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