Senior Electrical Engineer - Overhead Lines (OHL)

Aecom2; West of England; Hybride; GBP 70 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working model

Career development opportunities

AECOM University

Volunteering days

Résumé du poste

AECOM seeks a Senior OHL Engineer to lead technical support and design for transmission projects, including overhead lines up to 400kV, within the UK. The role involves PLS-CADD modeling, route optimization, and delivering complex multi-discipline designs.

You'll engage in proposals, feasibility studies, and public consultations, with a flexible hybrid working model. Chartered status (CEng) and experience on UK networks are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline.
• CEng Chartered Engineer with a recognised electrical engineering institution.
• Experience delivering UK transmission projects for operators such as National Grid, SSE and SPT is desirable.
• Experience in overhead line engineering up to 400kV is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsabilités

• Provide project technical support and design of transmission projects, including overhead lines up to 400kV.
• Deliver overhead line design on complex multi-discipline projects.
• Contribute to large programmes such as National Grid Great Grid Partnership.
• Support in writing proposals with timelines, resources, budgets and objectives.
• Provide input during project implementation, planning, and public consultation events.
• Perform design activities including PLS-CADD modeling, line routing, structural analysis and sag-tension calculations.
• Support feasibility studies and ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Prepare engineering deliverables and conduct internal quality checks.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Formation

Bachelor's degree in engineering

CEng Chartered Engineer

Outils

PLS-CADD

Description du poste

Are you ready to join a team of talented engineers and shape the future of energy infrastructure? Join us and continue to grow your career!

In this crucial role, you will be a key member of our Transmission & Distribution team dedicated to leading and engaging with our clients to deliver technically challenging OHL design projects.

Come and join us and work directly on the UK's most groundbreaking T&D project - National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade. AECOM and its joint venture partner have been appointed as design and consenting service partners for the UK National Grid's Great Grid Partnership. Part of a £9bn Enterprise partnership that will connect clean energy to homes and businesses across England and Wales by 2030. Come and join us, grow your career and contribute to the delivery of this fantastic project!

Start Here. Grow Here.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Your primary focus in the role of Senior OHL Engineer is to provide project technical support and responsible for design of transmission projects. This team will work on various projects encompassing overhead transmission lines up to 400kV.
• Provide technical support in delivering overhead line design on complex multi-discipline projects.
• Have the opportunity to be involved in large programmes of work like GGP projects.
• Support in writing proposals and outlining all project details, including the timeline, resources, budget, objectives, and goals.
• Provide technical support and input throughout the project implementation, statutory planning, and participation in public consultation events.
• Be responsible for design activities related to the overhead line. This encompasses PLS-CADD modelling, meticulous line routing, comprehensive structural analysis and loading trees, formulation of design criteria, precise sag-tension calculations, insulator/conductor blowout, swing angle, damper system recommendations, strategic structural spotting, thorough clearance reports, and judicious conductor and insulator selection.
• Support in feasibility studies, performing conductor thermal ratings, and ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Conduct studies to identify a technically preferred solution/layout to present to the client.
• Originate and check engineering deliverables such as complex designs, reports, proposals, presentations, and drawing packages.
• Perform internal quality checks of engineering drawings and calculations.

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.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline, electrical engineering or power engineering.
• Professionally qualified CEng Chartered Engineer with a recognised electrical engineering institution (e.g. the IET).
• Ideally have experience delivering UK projects for transmission system operators such as National Grid, SSE and SPT in line with each operator's standards.
• Project experience in overhead line engineering (ideally up to 400kV).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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