Principal Design Engineer - England

Progressive Global Energy; Greater London, Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Progressive Global Energy is seeking an experienced Principal Engineer with a proven track record in HV substation engineering and turnkey substations. You will be embedded in the project team, coordinating with execution and engineering groups to drive design excellence.

Based in the UK, the role requires liaising with the Project Director on budgets, managing schedules, and coordinating with Lead Engineers on design submissions and hazard reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Extensive HV substation experience for utilities.
• Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution practices (400kV to 11 kV).
• Excellent communication, able to interact with external and internal parties at all levels.
• Fluency in English - both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the design team across all disciplines.
• Liaise with the Project Director on engineering budgets and provide forecast cost to complete estimates and justification for changes in expenditure.
• Manage the programme and interface with the planning engineers for design.
• Coordinate with the Principal Design Engineer (Lead Engineer) for design submission, reviews and hazard reviews.
• Coordinate with the Principal Design Engineer (Lead Engineer) forecasts for completion and resource planning.
• Support the Project Director in overall project risk and opportunity assessments and resulting actions.
• Contribute to creation of subcontracts/purchase orders and manage subcontractors/suppliers with other functions.
• Support the Commercial Manager in contractual and commercial aspects of project engineering.

Skills

Communication skills

Proactive

Time management

Multi-cultural teamwork

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Location: Middleton, London and Chelmsford

We are looking to secure the services of an experienced Principal Engineer with a proven track record in substation engineering and project expertise relating to turnkey HV GIS/AIS substations. In this role, you will be embedded into the project team and work in close coordination with the execution and engineering teams.

Key Areas of Responsibility (KARs)

• Coordinate the design team across all disciplines.
• Liaise with the Project Director on engineering budgets and provide forecast cost to complete estimates and associated justification to changes in expenditure.
• Manage the programme and interface with the planning engineers for design.
• Coordinate with the Principal Design Engineer (Lead Engineer) for design submission, design reviews and hazard reviews.
• Coordinate with the Principal Design Engineer (Lead Engineer) forecasts for completion and resource planning.
• Support the Project Director in overall projects' risk and opportunity assessments and implementation of resulting actions.
• Contribute to the creation of subcontracts/Purchase Orders and manage the subcontractors/suppliers jointly with other involved functions.
• Support the Commercial Manager in contractual and commercial aspects of project engineering (including Customer's Instruction, Early Warning Notice, Compensation Event ).
• Work with customers to shape and deliver solutions, seeking feedback and innovating with the customer to drive and deliver improvements.

Experience Required

• Bachelor or master's in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in HV substation for utilities.
• Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution practices (400kV to 11 kV). Knowledge of required NG standards will be considered as a plus.
• Excellent in communication, able to interact with external and internal parties at all levels in a multi-cultural environment.
• Result orientated team player with a proactive approach.
• Capable of working to tight time scales.
• Fluency in English - both written and spoken