Senior Engineer - Substation

Carrington West; South Derbyshire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Job summary

Carrington West is working with an established Tier 1 civil engineering contractor on a major National Grid substation project in Derbyshire. You will be the engineering lead for civils, owning your work areas from first setting out through to handover.

You’ll set out, review drawings, and coordinate with electrical and control teams, ensuring RAMS, permits and inspections are followed. A UK driving licence, CSCS/EUSR, and AutoCAD proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• A degree or HNC in civil engineering, or equivalent.
• Senior Engineer experience on major civils, energy or substation projects.
• Tier 1 experience is essential.
• CSCS or EUSR card.
• Temporary Works Supervisor competence.
• CAT & Genny.
• Good AutoCAD skills and confidence with digital document control.
• A full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Setting out, survey control and dimensional checks across your packages.
• Reviewing construction drawings, finding problems early, and raising and closing out technical queries (TQs).
• Advising on build ability for foundations, bunds, control buildings, cable routes, earthing, drainage and access roads.
• Coordinating with the electrical, protection & control, cabling, steelwork and commissioning teams.
• Briefing the workforce and making sure work follows the approved RAMS, permits and hold points, including excavation, lifting and temporary works.
• Writing and running ITPs, check sheets and inspection records.
• Managing material approvals, concrete and test records, red-line drawings and as builts.
• Closing out defects and non-conformance reports (NCRs) with proper root-cause evidence.
• Producing short term look-aheads with supervisors and subcontractors, tracking progress and keeping clear records to support change control.

Skills

Tier 1 experience

Substation civils experience

Temporary Works Supervisor competence

UK driving licence

132kV/275kV/400kV substations

AutoCAD

CAT & Genny

CSCS card

EUSR card

SMSTS/SSSTS

Document control

Education

Degree or HNC in civil engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

CAT & Genny

Job description

Senior Engineer | Substation Civil

£45,000 - £55,000 + £5,500 car allowance + private healthcare

Site based | Derbyshire

National Grid Project

Carrington West is working with an established tier 1 civil engineering contractor that is growing its Transmission and Distribution business. They are looking for a Senior Engineer for a major substation project. You would take technical ownership of your own civils work areas from first setting out through to handover.

The role

You'll report to the Sub Agent/Site Agent and be the engineering lead for your work areas. That means making sure what's on the drawings can actually be built, controlling quality on site, and making sure the records hold up at handover.

What you'll be doing

• Setting out, survey control and dimensional checks across your packages
• Reviewing construction drawings, finding problems early, and raising and closing out technical queries (TQs)
• Advising on build ability for foundations, bunds, control buildings, cable routes, earthing, drainage and access roads
• Coordinating with the electrical, protection & control, cabling, steelwork and commissioning teams
• Briefing the workforce and making sure work follows the approved RAMS, permits and hold points, including excavation, lifting and temporary works
• Writing and running ITPs, check sheets and inspection records
• Managing material approvals, concrete and test records, red-line drawings and as builts
• Closing out defects and non-conformance reports (NCRs) with proper root-cause evidence
• Producing short term look-aheads with supervisors and subcontractors, tracking progress and keeping clear records to support change control

What you'll need

• A degree or HNC in civil engineering, or equivalent
• Senior Engineer experience on major civils, energy or substation projects
• Tier 1 experience is essential
• A CSCS or EUSR card
• Temporary Works Supervisor competence
• CAT & Genny
• Good AutoCAD skills and confidence with digital document control
• A full UK driving licence

It would be great if you also had

• Experience in live 132kV, 275kV or 400kV substations
• EUSR SHEA Power
• SMSTS or SSSTS

What's on offer

• £45,000 - £55,000 basic (DOE)
• £5,500 car allowance
• Private healthcare
• A clear route to Sub Agent with a contractor that has a long transmission pipeline