2805 – Senior Design Engineer – Power

On-site

As a Senior Design Engineer, you will lead the technical output of the Design Engineers and undertake your own projects, which will be of a complex or high value nature. Reporting to the Design Manager you will be involved in the coaching and training of individuals whilst keeping up to date with industry standards. You will promote value engineering and authorise the design checks of others.

Skills and Experience Required:

  • HND or degree in an electrical discipline
  • Experience of 132kV, 66kV, 33kV and 11kV substation design
  • LV design to a high level of quality as per BS 7671
  • Experience of earthing designs across multiple DNO regions
  • Proven track record of authorising design checks across multiple DNO regions
  • Demonstratable competency in the physical and practical application of electrical installations
  • Ability to effectively communicate design requirements to clients, Project Managers and site teams
  • Working knowledge and experience of private electricity networks, data centre, solar farms , Battery storage
  • Ability to recognise gaps in own be it technical or soft skills
  • Ability to work and share knowledge with junior engineers
  • Ability to multitask and prioritise own complex workload with needs of the team

Principal Duties and Accountabilities:

  • Work with lead engineer for concept design and taking project design to completion at detail stage and as built stage
  • Knowledges of Single line diagram, Primary design calculations, cable calculation up to 33kV (not essential), sizing of primary plant items like transformer, swgr , bubsar , layouts, cross sections , cable trench sections etc
  • Attend and present design in technical meetings to clients
  • Develop plant specification for procurement
  • Knowledge of cable design up to 132kV desirable not essential. Cable terminations. Estimation of cable lengths
  • Liaise with other departments on and try to resolve the issues
  • Produce compliant designs in accordance with customer requirements and industry standard
  • Understand, apply and train others on ENA, DNO & IDNO G81 design standards and engineering recommendations BS and IEC standards
  • Promote value engineering and better ways or working within the team
  • Monitor and maintain design standards
  • Ensure all design work is carried out in line with NERS accreditations
  • Ensure all design drawings passed to the Construction arm of the business are buildable and in line with project financials
  • Escalate problems in a timely manner to minimise business exposure
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Benefits:

  • Private Pension Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Company Vehicle and Fuel Card
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