Principal Electrical Engineer – Substations
Location: Brighton, Altrincham, Croydon, Glasgow, York
Recruiter contact: ABHIJEET BARPANDA
Job Overview
Mott MacDonald seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our expanding Power Transmission and Distribution team. The role is based in various locations within the UK. The successful candidate will work on diverse industry‑leading projects, developing innovative solutions for power transmission grid systems and client transmission and distribution installations, ensuring the security of electricity supply, integrating renewable energy sources, and delivering large power infrastructure plans from concept to delivery.
Your role includes working with major utilities and global demand customers in a rapidly changing energy sector.
Responsibilities
- Primary plant layout for HV substations
- Equipment specifications for HV plant and ancillary equipment
- Provide engineering design input to major electrical power infrastructural development projects across all lifecycle stages, from feasibility to detailed design, site construction monitoring, and commissioning
- Coordinate with client project teams and internal disciplines within Mott MacDonald, including civil, structural, environmental, survey/geotechnical, transport, protection and control, and CAD/BIM teams
- Deliver projects featuring new technologies such as energy storage, HVDC systems, smart grid solutions, and waste‑to‑energy
- Provide professional services to clients in the UK and overseas
Candidate Specification
- Qualified to degree level; ideally holding or working toward Chartered Engineer status
- Experience in the power transmission and distribution industry
- Experience in design, delivery, and supervision of HV substation solutions (110kV to 400kV)
- Experience in developing specifications for HV AIS/GIS substations and associated primary/secondary equipment
- Experience in all stages of project lifecycles
- Experience applying regulatory and client‑specific health and safety requirements to HV plant system designs
- Experience preparing technical reports in English
Preferred, but not required
- Experience designing Overhead Line Systems for transmission networks
- Experience designing HV cable systems (minimum 110kV)
- Experience in site construction and/or testing/commissioning for HV plant systems
- Experience in earthing software design (CDEG) and system studies/protection coordination software (ETAP)
- Experience in control and protection systems design
- Master’s Degree
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need support to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will discuss how we can support you.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits including:
Health and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
- Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
- A variety of wellbeing support available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many extendable to your family
Financial wellbeing
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
- Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with option to increase cover to 6× salary
- Income protection scheme providing a financial benefit, and absence and return‑to‑work support due to long‑term illness or injury
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
- Annual bonus schemes shared among all colleagues
Lifestyle
- Minimum 33‑35 days holiday per year, inclusive of public holidays
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers
Enhanced family and carers leave
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
- Shared parental leave matches maternity leave, paying up to 24 weeks at full pay
- Up to five additional days leave for those with significant caring responsibilities, two paid
Learning and development
- Primary annual professional institution subscription
- Opportunity to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
- Join a range of groups including Advanced Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, parents/carers communities
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