Power Systems Engineer

Babcock; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Power Systems Engineer in Plymouth, where you'll provide technical support for electrical power distribution networks. This role involves design support, power system calculations, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Enjoy hybrid working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package, including generous holidays and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Understand electrical engineering principles.
• Familiarity with key industry frameworks and standards.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical support to electrical power distribution network.
• Undertaking power system calculations using technical software.
• Maintaining configuration of technical drawings and documentation.

Skills

Electrical Engineering Principles

Power System Knowledge

Engineering Drawings

Education

HNC in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Title: Power Systems Engineer
Location: Plymouth + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £43,935 - £53,795 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF62161

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Power Systems Engineer at our Plymouth site.

The role
As a Power Systems Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Providing technical support to Devonport’s electrical power distribution network and associated equipment to ensure availability and reliability, whilst maintaining legal and regulatory compliance.

Day to day, you’ll be providing design and technical support to the private electrical power distribution network at Devonport, consisting of standard HV/LV distribution, frequency conversion, high integrity supplies for critical facilities and nuclear naval vessels and SCADA systems for remote control and monitoring purposes.

• Providing technical advice on the operation and maintenance of power distribution equipment.
• Undertaking power system calculations and studies using appropriate technical software.
• Maintaining configuration of technical drawings and documentation.
• Analysing data and presenting findings in written reports.
• Specifying replacement equipment and components.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Power Systems Engineer

• Understand electrical engineering principles;
• General power system knowledge;
• Familiarity of key industry frameworks, standards and codes;
• Ability to understand engineering drawings and produce electrical drawings using AutoCAD;

Qualifications for the Power Systems Engineer

• A minimum of HNC or equivalent in an Electrical/Electronic Engineering discipline.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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