Senior Principal Engineer & Team Lead – Substation Design

Siemens Energy, Inc.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/Flexible work

Continual learning through Learn@SiEMS

Medical benefits

Time off/Paid holidays and parental le

Job summary

Siemens Energy UK Grid Technologies seeks a Senior Principal Engineer to lead a team of engineers delivering high-quality primary engineering designs for UK transmission substations, supporting renewable grid connections.

You will balance technical leadership with collaboration with clients, project managers, civil teams and other engineering leads, overseeing progress, resolving issues, and ensuring safety, quality, budget and programme commitments.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering.
• Extensive primary engineering design experience in Electricity Transmission and Distribution in the UK, 5+ years as lead design engineer.
• Solid knowledge of grid connection requirements, constraints and technologies.
• Familiarity with Transmission and Distribution standards and Health & Safety standards (CDM).

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver primary engineering designs for UK substations.
• Chair design reviews and approve primary designs within the department.
• Coordinate with clients, project management, civil teams and interfaces to meet delivery timescales and budget.
• Ensure design risk assessments/HAZIDs are in place and residual risks documented in the HS file.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

Siemens Energy UK Grid Technologies seeks a Senior Principal Engineer to lead a team of engineers delivering high-quality primary engineering designs for UK transmission substations, supporting renewable grid connections.

You will balance technical leadership with collaboration with clients, project managers, civil teams and other engineering leads, overseeing progress, resolving issues, and ensuring safety, quality, budget and programme commitments.