Senior Transmission Engineer: Renewables Grid Leader

Arup; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private pension

Medical insurance

Life assurance

Accident insurance

Profit share

Flexible working

Job summary

Arup’s Energy team in Dubai seeks a Senior Transmission Engineer to lead the design and delivery of transmission infrastructure, grid connections and renewable integration across the region.

You will provide technical leadership across feasibility, FEED, and detailed design for substations, overhead lines and cables, coordinating with utilities, developers and EPC contractors while mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in transmission infrastructure design.
• Experience across feasibility to detailed design stages.
• Knowledge of HV/EHV systems, substations, protection and control.
• Experience in power-system studies and grid interconnection assessments.
• Practical experience integrating utility-scale solar, wind, hybrid or BESS into networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and delivery of transmission, substation and grid connection projects.
• Develop transmission concepts, single-line diagrams, layouts and equipment specifications.
• Coordinate primary/secondary systems, protection and control interfaces.
• Lead power-system studies, load flow, short-circuit, stability and protection assessments.
• Assess grid connection requirements for utility-scale renewables and hybrid projects.
• Ensure designs comply with grid codes and IEC standards.
• Prepare technical specifications, tender docs and technical evaluations.
• Review EPC and OEM designs and technical submissions.
• Provide Owner's Engineer and Lender's Technical Advisor support through design and commissioning.
• Interface with utilities, regulators, developers and EPC contractors.

Skills

Transmission design

HV/EHV systems

Grid interconnection

Power-system studies

Renewable energy integration

Project leadership

Middle East markets

IEC standards

Education

Bachelor/Master in Electrical Engineering

Chartered Engineer status preferred

Job description

Arup’s Energy team in Dubai seeks a Senior Transmission Engineer to lead the design and delivery of transmission infrastructure, grid connections and renewable integration across the region.

You will provide technical leadership across feasibility, FEED, and detailed design for substations, overhead lines and cables, coordinating with utilities, developers and EPC contractors while mentoring junior engineers.