Senior HV Design Engineer

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland seeks a Principal/Senior HV Design Engineer to join the Energy Team. Experience with 132/400kV systems, data centres, windfarms and substations is highly desirable.

The role involves design, technical leadership, client liaison, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards and CDM regulations. The candidate will lead HV design activities, review calculations, prepare specifications, and support bids and project delivery across UK-wide clients.

Qualifications

• HV design experience, including high voltage systems up to 132/400kV.
• Desirable: consultancy, contractor or utility background in energy sector.
• CEng with current IET or CIBSE membership.

Responsibilities

• Develop HV systems: concept to detailed design, estimation, site supervision as required.
• Provide technical support on HV system engineering and design.
• Prepare plant/equipment technical specs, power/cable routes, tender specs, progress reports.
• Maintain compliance with NGET, NETS, RES & BS7671:+A2:+A3.
• Coordinate interfaces with other engineering functions; attend meetings with clients and subcontractors.
• Perform TMF, EMF, EMC calculations and sheath voltage calculations.
• Conduct design reviews and verify designs.
• Ensure CDM regulations and company procedures are followed.
• Assist with temporary works design schemes.
• Maintain good client/designer/supply chain relationships.
• Ensure drawings/specifications contain adequate information for construction; request missing data timely.
• Ensure inspection/test plans meet PMP/Specification requirements.

Skills

HV design

132/400kV

Leadership

Client liaison

UK energy sector

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Job description

We are currently seeking a Principal/Senior HV Design Engineer in our Energy Team, ideally you will have experience of UK HV design experience working with 132/400kV systems. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in a wide variety of projects, across various technical disciplines with clients UK wide. These projects can include Data Centres, HVDC, interconnectors, windfarms, substations, BESS, geotechnical solutions, protection systems, LVAC, FEED, reconnections schemes etc. We currently have an opportunity for an experienced HV Design Engineer to join our engineering team. This position within our MEP engineering team will suit a committed and ambitious engineer who can demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills combined with commercial awareness and the ability to play their part in a dynamic high-performance team.

Missions/Main Duties

Main Duties

• Developing HV systems, concept/detailed design and design review, estimation, site supervision and support as required.
• Provide technical support to the team on all aspects of HV system engineering and design
• Prepare plant and equipment technical specification, power and cable route specifications, tender specifications, technical and progress reports
• Fully conversant with NGET, NETS, RES & BS7671:+A2:+A3
• Ensuring correct and accurate interface with other engineering functions involved in the projects, attend, and conduct internal and external meetings with colleagues, clients, and subcontractors.
• Perform technical calculations including TMF, EMF and EMC calculations, good understanding of sheath induced voltage calculations etc,
• Perform design reviews, verification of design
• Ensuring all project designs are compliant with CDM regulations, relevant legislation and company procedures
• Assist with temporary works design schemes.
• Maintain good working relations with client / designer / Team, together with our supply chain.
• Ensure that the drawings and specification documents contain sufficient, accurate information for construction of the works. Formally request any missing information in sufficient time to allow the programme to proceed without delay.
• Ensure that inspection and test plans are completed as required by the PMP / Specification, including a check of dimension accuracy and quality

Profile/Skills

Essential

• Batchelors Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.
• HV design experience
• Previous experience with consultancy, contractor or utility in the energy sector is desirable.
• CEng status with current membership of IET or CIBSE