Senior Substation Secondary (P&C) Design Engineer

AtkinsRéalis; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Access to training and professional development opportunities

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to work on substation design projects in Birmingham. This role involves providing technical leadership on critical projects in the power and energy sector, ensuring quality assurance and effective communication with clients.

Ideal candidates will have a strong educational background in electrical engineering, with experience in P&C design. The position also offers professional development opportunities and a flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical engineering with a focus on P&C design, preferably up to 400kV.
• Minimum 2.2 BEng in an Electrical Engineering discipline, Energy Systems or Renewable Energy.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on FEED and Detailed Design workstreams for National Grid and SSEN.
• Ensure quality assurance and technical governance of deliverables including protection schemes.
• Building strong relationships with clients and understanding their needs.

Job description

Overview

Grow your career while reshaping the world. Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice and together we face our clients’ problems head‑on. It’s a diverse and inclusive work environment where world‑class talent knows no distinctions. We know that different people have different priorities, so we support you. Flexible and remote working is a central part of our culture. We talk about what is ideal for you – from reduced weeks to buying more leave over school holidays. If you’re returning from a career break, ask us how we can help you transition back into work with us.

Our team is looking for engineers with an understanding of electrical engineering, power systems, and energy markets, who are keen to develop their knowledge and make a meaningful contribution to the energy sector. If you’re passionate about shaping a sustainable future and curious about how engineering can support the journey to Net Zero, we’d love to hear from you.

In this role, you’ll be part of a team working on substation design projects, with a focus on electricity transmission and distribution networks. You’ll also have opportunities to support projects across the wider Power & Energy Solutions team and AtkinsRéalis business. Some of our clients include National Grid, SSEN, and other organisations both in the UK and internationally. You’ll gain experience delivering multi‑disciplinary design projects from Front End Engineering Design (FEED) to Detailed Design.

This role also offers personal development, training, and support towards chartership, with plenty of opportunity to get involved in a wide range of impactful projects.

Your role

• You will be working in a senior position within one of our Electrical Engineering teams, based in Epsom, Birmingham, Leeds or Glasgow.
• Building strong and trusted relationships is key. You’ll enjoy working with others—sometimes directly at client sites, sometimes from our offices.
• You’ll be client‑focused, able to interface with clients, understand their needs and convert opportunities into successful workstreams.
• Provide technical leadership on FEED and Detailed Design workstreams for National Grid, SSEN‑Transmission, or other Transmission & Distribution clients.
• Ensure adequate quality assurance and technical governance of FEED and Detailed Design deliverables, including protection schemes, CT/VT sizing, relay configuration philosophies, SLDs, and I/O schedules.
• Ensure adequate resourcing, capability development and training for teams involved in delivering P&C design packages.
• Review P&C aspects of projects including protection schemes, settings and coordination, substation automation architectures, SLDs, wiring diagrams, I/O lists and interface drawings, control room layouts, marshalling cabinets and protection panels.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, back‑office engineers, sub‑contractors and suppliers (relay manufacturers, SAS vendors, control/SCADA integrators).
• Proven experience managing tender packages, responding to technical queries and producing high‑quality P&C technical offers.
• Attend and chair Design Review and Hazard Review meetings and review P&C plant design packages as required. Attend site visits for clients.
• Possess excellent communication skills and strong team‑working attributes.
• Customer focused, with business development skills.

About You

• A passion for working in a consultancy environment.
• Championing a culture where everyone belongs.
• A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions.
• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team.
• Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable).
• Comfortable embracing agile ways of working and learning new technologies.
• Commitment to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on client site (project dependent).
• Experience in electrical engineering with a focus on P&C design. Preferably up to 400kV but not essential.
• Minimum 2.2 BEng in an Electrical Engineering discipline, Energy Systems or Renewable Energy.
• Typical locations: Birmingham, Epsom, Glasgow, Leeds.

Benefits & compensation

Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a range of benefits you can tailor to suit your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. You’ll have access to a myriad of training and professional development opportunities and benefit from our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances.

About AtkinsRéalis

We are a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization that connects people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We are committed to leading our clients across various end‑markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Security clearance and policies

This role may require security clearance; offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require proof of UK residency of 5 years or longer. Please do not mention current or previous security clearance in your application.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong—an environment where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. We offer a range of family‑friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.