Substation Design Lead & Technical Authority

SSEN Transmission; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Performance-related bonus

Flexible working

Job summary

SSEN Transmission, part of SSE, is seeking a senior Substation Engineering leader to guide the Substation Team, drive design reviews, and shape technical guidance for the transmission network in Scotland. You will influence projects through expert design authority, ensuring safe, compliant and innovative solutions.

The role requires an Engineering degree with Chartered status (or progression), plus proven leadership of a technical team and extensive substations design experience.

Qualifications

• A degree in a relevant Engineering discipline and Chartered Engineer status (or working towards).
• Experience in leading a team of subject-matter experts and as a Design and Technical Authority.
• Demonstrable experience on an expert level in the design, construction and installation of transmission substations ideally with experience of modularisation and standardisation.
• The ability and experience to technically assess issues, problems and/or faults related to substation design alongside an in depth understanding of the technical requirements for operation and maintenance of electrical substations.
• A detailed knowledge and understanding of a range of national and international standards alongside the capability and experience in writing technical specifications and guidance notes.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Substation Team including workload and resource planning, recruitment, development, and line management responsibilities, contribute to the wider Substations Group leadership team and represent SSEN Transmission at industry body events such as ENA, IEC or CIGRE working groups.
• Lead design reviews as the Design Authority, offering Subject Matter Expert input to ensure project proposals are suitable for their purpose and to identify any necessary technical scope changes.
• Develop, maintain, and manage technical specifications and guidance notes for your area of expertise (Substation electrical design), while reviewing and updating existing documents based on project lessons learned, innovation and standardisation opportunities. Offer technical guidance and support to the transmission business within your discipline.
• As part of the Technical Authority, review test plans to ensure that all technology and equipment selected is adequately tested, proven and validated and review proposed suppliers and their factories to confirm their suitability to be approved for use on the transmission network.

Education

Engineering degree with Chartered Engineer status (or working towards)

Job description

SSEN Transmission, part of SSE, is seeking a senior Substation Engineering leader to guide the Substation Team, drive design reviews, and shape technical guidance for the transmission network in Scotland. You will influence projects through expert design authority, ensuring safe, compliant and innovative solutions.

The role requires an Engineering degree with Chartered status (or progression), plus proven leadership of a technical team and extensive substations design experience.