Job Title: Senior Substation Secondary (P&C) Design Engineer
- IR35 Determination: Inside
- Office Location: Surrey, Birmingham, Leeds, or Glasgow (Hybrid)
- Start Date: ASAP
- End Date: Minimum 12 months (Likely to be long term)
- Charge Rate (Per Hour): £60
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Notice Period for Termination: 4 weeks
- Vetting Required: Yes – C
- Expenses: Yes (For travel to sites)
Role Overview
Our client's team is looking for engineers with a strong understanding of electrical engineering, power systems, and energy markets, who are keen to develop their knowledge and make a meaningful contribution to the energy sector. If you're passionate about shaping a sustainable future and curious about how engineering can support the journey to Net Zero, we'd love to hear from you.
In this role, you will be part of a team working on substation design projects, focusing on electricity transmission and distribution networks. You will also have opportunities to support projects across the wider Power & Energy Solutions team.
The clients include National Grid, SSEN, and other organisations both in the UK and internationally. You will gain experience delivering multi-disciplinary design projects from Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) to Detailed Design.
This role also offers personal development, training, and support towards chartership, with plenty of opportunity to get involved in a wide range of impactful projects.
Key Responsibilities
- You will operate in a senior role within an Electrical Engineering team, based in Surrey, Birmingham, Leeds, or Glasgow.
- You'll build strong and trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders, often working directly at client sites and in office.
- You will be client‑focused, able to interface with clients, understand their needs, and convert opportunities into successful workstreams.
- You will provide Technical Leadership on FEED and Detailed Design workstreams for National Grid, SSEN Transmission, and other Transmission & Distribution clients.
- Ensure quality assurance and technical governance of FEED and Detailed Design deliverables, including protection schemes, CT/VT sizing, relay configuration philosophies, SLDs, and I/O schedules.
- Ensure resourcing, capability development, and training for teams involved in delivering P&C design packages.
- Review P&C aspects of projects, including:
- Protection schemes
- Settings and coordination
- Substation automation architectures
- SLDs
- Wiring diagrams
- I/O lists and interface drawings
- Control room layouts, marshalling cabinets, and protection panels
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, back‑office engineers, subcontractors, and suppliers (relay manufacturers, SAS vendors, control/SCADA integrators).
- Proven experience managing tender packages, responding to technical queries, and producing high-quality P&C technical offers.
- Ability to attend and chair Design Review and Hazard Review meetings and review P&C plant design packages as required. Site visits for clients may be required.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills, with a customer‑focused and business development mindset.
About You
- A passion for working in a consultancy environment.
- Championing a culture where everyone belongs.
- A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, always seeking new solutions.
- Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek development opportunities within a supportive team.
- Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable).
- Comfortable embracing agile ways of working and learning new technologies.
- Willingness to spend a minimum of three days per week in the office or on‑site (project dependent).
- Experience in Electrical Engineering, with a focus on P&C design (up to 400kV preferred, but not essential).
- Minimum of a 2.2 BEng in Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems, or Renewable Energy.
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