Principal Electrical Engineer - Hv Substation Design (Uk & Ireland)

Aecom; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working model

Career development opportunities

AECOM University

Volunteering days

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to help shape the future of energy infrastructure. You will contribute to HV substation design, FEED through to detailed design, provide design assurance, and mentor junior engineers across multiple projects.

The role offers a hybrid work model, exposure to leading edge projects, and opportunities to collaborate with national grids and data centre operators within the UK and Ireland.

Qualifications

• FEED designer experience for HV projects.
• Detailed design experience in HV infrastructure.
• Owners engineer role experience is advantageous.
• Client-facing skills and relationship management.
• Ability to manage multi-discipline engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Produce primary plant layouts for HV substations.
• Lead engineering design input to major infrastructure projects.
• Develop optimum cable routes considering length, thermal conditions and land use.
• Draft equipment specifications for HV plant and related equipment.
• Develop specifications with technology specialists and external partners.
• Prepare tender specifications and evaluate tenders.
• Provide design assurance of tender docs and during supplier meetings.
• Support commissioning and fault resolution on site with suppliers.

Skills

FEED designer

detailed design

owners engineer

client facing

project management

multi-discipline engineering

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to join a team of talented engineers and shape the future of energy infrastructure? Join us and sit at the heart of our HV Substation Design team, leading design delivery on groundbreaking projects within a varied and exciting portfolio such as;

• National Grid’s ‘Great Grid Upgrade’ Great Grid Partnership: Enabling the UK’s energy transition
• Working with the world’s leading Hyperscalers and Data Centre Operators on forward-thinking, revolutionary projects.
• EirGrid AECOM appointed to EirGrid engineering design, planning and project management services framework

Grow your career and apply your expertise within an innovative team of talented engineers!

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Produce primary plant layouts for HV substations
• Lead engineering design input to major infrastructure projects
• Undertake Project Development/Pre-construction activities. E.g. the development of optimum cable routes considering length, thermal conditions and land use
• Undertake equipment specifications for HV Plant and associated equipment
• Develop specifications with technology specific specialists and external project partners
• Develop tender specifications and undertake tender evaluations
• Provide design assurance of tender return documentation, during tender evaluation and supplier meetings
• At construction phase, review supplier technical designs, undertaking manufacturing assurance audits, attending FAT and providing commissioning support and fault resolution support
• Be a trusted partner to key clients
• Offer mentorship and guidance to junior team members

Driving excellence.

At AECOM, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration within our Transmission and Distribution team. We believe that technology should empower you so that you can focus on creative problem-solving, successfully manage complexity and deliver exceptional results. By embracing advanced automation tools, we seek imaginative thinkers who are excited about leveraging these tools to drive efficiency and enhance our projects. Join us in shaping the future of infrastructure, where your unique insights and creativity will play a vital role in our success!

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Previous experience with consultancy, contractor or utility in the energy sector
• Client experience with National Grid, ESB, EirGrid, SHET, SSE, SPT or any other transmission utility or developer in UK or Ireland
• Extensive experience as FEED designer, detailed design or owner’s engineer role
• Experience designing the HV infrastructure at concept and FEED design stages
• Experience in detailed design, design assurance and owners engineer would be advantageous
• Understanding of electrical AC HV Plant infrastructure and equipment both AIS and GIS
• Good team player and have a client-focused mindset customer facing skills
• Ability to work flexibly across multiple projects
• Full driver licence
• Ideally project management experience (incl. budget, time and quality)
• Experience of managing multi-discipline engineering projects

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.