Principal Electrical Engineer -Substations

Mott Macdonald; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to join their Power Transmission and Distribution team. This permanent role involves working on diverse projects, ensuring the security of electricity supply, and developing innovative solutions for power infrastructure. The successful candidate will need a Degree in Engineering, experience in the power transmission industry, and a commitment to safety regulations. A hybrid working policy is available with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Pension contributions matched

33-35 days holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Degree qualified and ideally working toward Chartered Engineer status.
• Experience applying regulatory and client health and safety requirements to HV plant system designs.

Responsibilities

• Design primary plant layout for HV substations.
• Provide engineering design input to electrical power infrastructural projects.
• Deliver projects in energy storage, HVDC systems, and smart grid solutions.

Skills

Experience in power transmission and distribution

Design of HV substations (110 kV to 400 kV)

Experience in preparing technical reports in English

Regulatory and client health and safety requirements

Education

Degree in Engineering

Masters Degree

Tools

Earthing software design (CDEGs)

Protection coordination software (ETAP)

Job description

Overview

Mott MacDonald has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our expanding Power Transmission and Distribution team. This permanent role can be based in various locations in the UK. The successful candidate will work on diverse, industry-leading projects developing innovative solutions for power transmission grid systems and client transmission and distribution installations, ensuring security of electricity supply, developing the integration of renewable energy sources, and delivering large power infrastructure plans from concept to delivery. You will work with a range of clients and stakeholders including major utilities and large global demand customers in a rapidly changing energy sector.

The role reports to the Power team Principal Engineer and will involve a range of tasks including a variety of design and delivery activities across lifecycle stages.

Responsibilities

• Primary plant layout for HV substations
• Equipment specifications for HV plant and ancillary equipment
• Provide engineering design input to major electrical power infrastructural development projects through feasibility/front end engineering to detailed design, site construction monitoring, and commissioning
• Coordinate with client project teams and internal disciplines (civil, structural, environmental, survey/geotechnical, transport, protection and control, and CAD/BIM team)
• Deliver projects in new technologies such as energy storage, HVDC systems, smart grid solutions, and waste-to-energy
• Provide professional services to clients in the UK and overseas

Requirements / Qualifications

• Degree qualified and ideally working toward Chartered Engineer status
• Experience in the power transmission and distribution industry
• Experience in design, delivery, and supervision of HV substation solutions (110 kV to 400 kV)
• Experience in developing specifications for HV AIS/GIS substations and associated equipment
• Experience across all stages of project lifecycles
• Experience applying regulatory and client health and safety requirements to HV plant system designs
• Experience in preparing technical reports in English
• Preferred: experience in design of Overhead Line Systems for transmission networks
• Preferred: experience in design of HV cable systems (minimum 110 kV)
• Preferred: experience in site construction and/or testing/commissioning for HV plant systems
• Preferred: experience in earthing software design (CDEGs) and system studies/protection coordination software (ETAP)
• Preferred: experience in control and protection systems design
• Masters Degree

Benefits and Other Information

• Flexible benefits including health and wellbeing programs, with the option to adjust salary to access benefits
• Health and wellbeing: private medical insurance, health cash plan, access to wellbeing resources
• Financial wellbeing: pension contributions matched, life assurance, income protection, and flexible benefits
• Enhanced family and carers leave: maternity, adoption, paternity/partner leave, shared parental leave, caring responsibilities leave
• Learning and development: professional subscription and opportunities for technical and soft skills growth
• Networks and communities: involvement in employee networks and social impact activities
• Holiday entitlement: 33-35 days with the option to buy/sell leave; increases with service

About the Company

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and offer a hybrid working policy to support flexibility and well-being. We are an employee-owned business that shares the financial success of the company with colleagues.