Principal Engineer - Electrical Engineering (Power)

BAE Systems; Filton; Híbrido; GBP 112.000 - 158.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Morson Group seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer (Power) for Barrow or Filton. Hybrid working and a rolling 12-month contract with blocks of on-site work are offered. The role covers power system architecture, modelling, generation and distribution, and protection.

Responsibilities include leading the team, delivering design solutions, and ensuring compliance with standards. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience across power systems and integration, with a track record in complex

Formación

• Demonstrable experience of the engineering lifecycle.
• Understanding of power system modelling, generation, distribution, protection.
• Experience with complex design programmes.
• Experience with Electrical Power Systems including LV AC/DC, distribution and protection.

Responsabilidades

• Develop design solutions within time, cost and quality constraints.
• Manage requirements and acceptance criteria for systems or platforms.
• Support design reviews, documentation, calculations and justifications.
• Ensure compliance with contractual, safety, environmental and company procedures.
• Provide technical support to build, integration and commissioning activities.
• Lead day-to-day team activities and project planning.

Conocimientos

Power systems architecture

Power systems modelling

Protection and control

Team leadership

Engineering standards

Descripción del empleo

Principal Electrical Engineer - Power systems
15 positions
12 month contract - rolling
Hybrid working - 2 days every 2 weeks
Barrow or Filton
£81.05 per hour Umbrella standard / £114.64 per hour Overtime

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrable experience of engineering lifecycle.
• Knowledge and experience in defence standards whilst not essential would be an advantage.
• Understanding of at least one of the following areas: Power system modelling generators switchgear protection power electronics.
• In depth understanding of at least one of the following areas:

Power Systems Architecture

Power Systems Modelling (Simulation and Analysis)

Power Generation and Distribution – both AC & DC

Power System Protection and Co-ordination

Power System Operation

Power Electronics

Power System Earth Fault Monitoring

Skills: (Recommended max 5 /statements)

• Technical report writing skills.
• Experience of working within a relevant Engineering role to industry codes and standards. Ideal but not essential, experience of supporting submarines or their subsystems/equipment.
• Experience of working in complex design programmes
• Experience of working on Electrical Power Systems covering elements such as Low Voltage AC, DC, Electrical
• Distribution and Protection, Lighting Systems and Power Systems Modelling

The Principal Engineer (C) – Electrical Engineering (Power) shall provide support to the Engineering Manager and/or external specialists during development and analysis of platform power systems. The Principal Engineer shall act as team lead, managing the day-to-day activities of the team and the production of deliverables. The Principal Engineer shall be responsible for developing and maintaining the competency and skills of the team, project plan and schedule project activities, while managing the resolution of any related issues.

Core Duties

Typical duties include (but are not limited to): (suggested 5-10 bullets/statements, indicative of the role at this level)

• Develop design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones.
• Develop and manage requirements and acceptance criteria specific to a system or product and/or across a system of systems, platform or programme
• Understand the contractual and performance requirements for various systems, and support the definition and associated acceptance criteria and events through design, build, integration, installation and commissioning activities.
• Produce documentation required to support the design review process, including: diagrams technical specifications supporting calculations design evidence and justifications
• Ensure design proving evidence is comprehensive, captured within the requirements management tools and has been endorsed by the appropriate level of authority
• Ensure compliance against contractual requirements and that work is undertaken in accordance with company, safety, environmental, contractual and local business processes, standards, procedures and documentation.
• Undertake design reviews and presentations to customers.
• Provide technical support to integrated performance and acceptance activities, including acceptance of equipment from suppliers through to system acceptance by the customer
• Review relevant supplier documentation and ensure it is captured and recorded appropriately.
• Support the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to deliver it in order to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for various systems.
• Provide support to the Certificate of Design activities appropriate to the discipline and articulate and present complex technical argument clearly, logically and simply.
• Deliver technical input and engineering solutions in support of build activities, defect resolution and change management