Principal Electrical Engineer

Head of HV Substations, Electrical Design

Salary: £110,000 plus extensive benefits.

We are looking for the top person for this Substation Design leadership role. It will be the most senior person for substation design in a significant design and build group in the UK.

The Head of Substation design is responsible for leading the primary plant HV design team and overseeing customer design projects ranging from 33 kV to 400 kV. This involves group authority for primary plant design of T&D projects in the UK. The role can be home or office based in the UK.

• Expertise in substation electrical design within the energy sector.
• Senior Electrical Engineer with a degree, and likely Chartered status.
• Experience in recruiting and leading HV plant design engineers, and developing their skills.

• Act as the technical authority and mentor and coach junior and senior design team members.
• Deliver transmission and distribution level substation primary plant design projects to targeted levels of quality, timeliness and profitability to DNO and NGET standards.
• Produce detailed substation plant design, layouts, plant specifications, short‑circuit calculations, cable system design calculations, ancillary equipment selection and specification.
• Be responsible for the design liability and risks in relation to design change, compensation events, safe operability and adherence to industry standards.
• Oversee and lead the team on all primary plant design including transformers, GIS and AIS switch gear, busbar and GIB, GIS cable termination through to MV AIS terminations, and other substation ancillary equipment at all voltages up to 400 kV.

Please apply to , Duncan Carter, Director.

Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level.

Employment type:

Full‑time.

Job function:
Engineering and Information Technology.

Industries:
Staffing and Recruiting.

Location:

Harrogate, England, United Kingdom
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