Senior Electrical Power Engineer

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £64,820 including £6,500 bonus/

7% bonus potential

Final salary pension (21.5% employer)

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority is seeking a Senior Electrical Power Engineer to provide technical leadership on complex electrical power projects across LV, MV and HV distribution networks. You will help deliver safe, reliable power systems for facilities, fusion technology and high-performance computing programmes.

You will lead design and development of earthing systems, perform soil resistivity work, and ensure compliance with BS EN standards and ENA/DNO requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status or progress towards it.
• Extensive post-qualification experience in LV/MV distribution.

Responsibilities

• Lead LV/MV distribution projects from concept to delivery.
• Design and develop HV/MV/LV earthing systems and perform soil/resistivity studies.
• Prepare earthing calculations, models and test requirements in line with standards (BS EN 50522, EN 61936-1, BS 7430).
• Provide technical authority for LV/MV/HV distribution networks across projects.
• Deliver power systems studies: load flow, protection coordination, short-circuit and power quality analysis.
• Design and assure electrical distribution systems using engineering software and first-principles calculations.
• Interpret complex drawings and develop compliant technical solutions.
• Lead work packages, milestones and documentation within budgets.
• Provide consultancy on HV networks (11kV to 400kV) throughout product lifecycle.

Skills

Electrical engineering degree

Incorporated or Chartered status

Power distribution experience

ETAP

ElectricalOM

Interpretation of electrical drawings

Electrical safety planning

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

ETAP

ElectricalOM

Job description

About us

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our worldbadly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industryand research organisations to achieveground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the gridby developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.

About the job

As a Senior Electrical Power Engineer, you’ll provide technical leadership on complex electrical power projects across LV, MV and HV distribution networks. You’ll help deliver safe, reliable power systems that support UKAEA’s facilities, future fusion technology and high-power computing programmes. This is an opportunity to apply your specialist expertise to technically challenging projects with significant impact across the organisation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead medium-to-large LV and MV distribution projects from concept through detailed design and delivery.
• Lead the design and development of HV/MV/LV earthing systems, including specification and interpretation of soil resistivity surveys, soil modelling, earth grid/electrode resistance calculations, earth potential rise (EPR), touch and step voltage assessments, transferred-potential studies, fault-current distribution and mitigation measures.
• Prepare and review earthing calculations, models, drawings, specifications and test requirements, ensuring compliance with BS EN 50522, BS EN IEC 61936-1, BS 7430 and applicable ENA/DNO requirements.
• Provide specialist technical authority for LV, MV and HV distribution networks across projects and programmes.
• Deliver power systems studies, including load flow, protection coordination, short-circuit and power quality analysis.
• Design, assess and assure electrical distribution systems using engineering software and first-principles calculations.
• Interpret complex electrical drawings, including protection and control schemes, and develop compliant technical solutions.
• Lead technical work packages, authorise project milestones and technical documentation, and support delivery within agreed budgets and specifications.
• Provide technical consultancy on HV networks, including 11kV, 33kV, 132kV and 400kV systems, and support network requirements across the product lifecycle.
• Supervise electrical staff and contractors, coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and resolve complex system integration challenges.
• Prepare and review engineering procedures, risk assessments, method statements, technical reports, local rules and supplier documentation.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and training while ensuring work complies with legislation, codes of practice and UKAEA safety, quality and technical requirements.

What You’ll Bring

• A degree in Electrical Engineering and significant professional experience in electrical engineering, with Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status or active progression towards it.
• Extensive post-qualification experience in power distribution, including substantial experience with LV and MV distribution networks in industrial, hazardous or harsh environments.
• Experience of designing, installing and testing LV and MV distribution networks, including issuing electrical isolations and racking circuit breakers in LV, MV and HV systems.
• Competence using electrical design and analysis software such as ETAP and ElectricalOM for LV, MV and HV network studies.
• Demonstrable experience interpreting complex electrical drawings, including protection and control schemes for LV, MV and HV systems.
• Advanced knowledge of electrical safety practices and experience preparing safety documentation, including risk assessments, method statements, permits and isolations.

UKAEA is an onsite organisation, and this role requires regular onsite presence (usually between 3-5 days in any given week) in line with business needs. We actively support flexible working arrangements where this is compatible with the role.

Benefits

We have a generous range of benefits (see the full listhere) and highlights include:

• A salary of£64,820(inclusive ofa6,500 specialist allowance)
• Up to 7% corporate performance bonus
• Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of21.5% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave plus2.5 'privilege' days;8 Bank Holidays
• Additional 3 days of site closure over Christmas break
• Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions

Our commitment to ED&I

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity,inclusionand accessibility, and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce.

Please [e-mail] you have any questions or require adjustments to help youparticipatefairly in our recruitment process, for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates.

We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made onmeritand further information can be foundhere.