Senior / Principal Power Systems Engineer

AECOM; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Career development opportunities

AECOM University

Volunteering days

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a skilled Grid Connection Engineer to drive electrical design and grid studies across UK and Ireland. You will work within our Energy team on diverse renewable projects, using PSCAD, PowerFactory, and PSS/E to ensure grid connection compliance and robust engineering outputs.

You will collaborate with OEMs and clients, contribute to bids, and help shape budgets and schedules while delivering innovative, safe, and cost-effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent.
• Experience with engineering design consultancy or OEM/utility network planning is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of transmission and distribution planning and customer connection processes.

Responsibilities

• Support electrical design through power system studies.
• Perform grid code compliance studies using PSCAD, PowerFactory and PSS/E.
• Contribute to interdisciplinary project reviews and bid/proposal input.
• Develop grid connection due diligence including prospecting and capacity assessments.
• Prepare technical specification sections and input to budgets and schedules.

Skills

Power system studies

PSCAD/PowerFactory

Python scripting

Grid connection processes

UK Grid Code knowledge

Written and oral communication

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

PSSE

ETAP

Job description

Are you ready to join a team of innovative and passionate engineers?

This is an exciting time for AECOMs Energy business as the energy market, and Renewable Energy in particular, continues to grow. Grid connection is becoming a critical area where proponents (utility providers and private investors and developers) are seeking specialised grid connection and network planning services across various life cycles from siting to feasibility stage, through to commissioning and on-going compliance monitoring during the operations phase. Our team is actively involved across both development and construction phase of the utility scale renewable energy projects throughout the UK and Ireland. Its a great time to join us!

In this role you will primarily focus on developing and delivering grid connection services projects. This is an exciting and diverse opportunity to take a step towards varied projects and work with a variety of AECOMs major Power and Energy clients throughout the UK and Ireland.

Heres what youll do:

• Support the delivery of electrical design through power system studies
• Undertake detailed power system/grid code compliance studies using tools such as PowerFactory, PSCAD and PSS/E
• Participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables
• Undertake grid connection due diligence including grid prospecting, connection optioneering, risk assessment and capacity/constraints assessment
• Uses expertise in all steps of completing discipline component of the PS&E package
• Develop construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects
• Perform or support on quality control reviews of design calculations or drawings
• Prepare technical specification sections
• Provide input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements
• Liaise with OEMs and clients to drive the technical outcomes
• Support with bids/proposals

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.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of whats possible?

Heres what were looking for:

• Proven relevant professional experience working for an Engineering Design Consultancy or an OEM or Utility Network Planning and connections
• Proven understanding of transmission and distribution planning and customer connection processes for both regulated and industrial networks
• Strong understanding of the UK technical requirements (UK Grid Code, G99, G5/5, P28) and guidelines for connecting new generators and loads (knowledge of the Ireland Grid Code is also beneficial)
• Proficient in PSCAD, PowerFactory and python scripting
• Prior use of PSSE and ETAP expertise is desirable
• Demonstrated understanding of control and protection principles of high voltage substation equipment, transmission lines, generators, transformers, reactive equipment, etc.
• Basic understanding of power electronics and control systems related to renewable technologies
• Exceptional levels of written and oral communication

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at . At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each persons potential, and well help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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