Substation Electrical Design Engineer

Western Power Distribution; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utilities company in Cardiff is seeking an enthusiastic Electrical Design Engineer to join their Engineering Design team. This role involves preparing concept designs for substations and ensuring compliance with relevant policies. Candidates should ideally hold a higher BTEC or HNC in an engineering discipline and have experience with AutoCAD. The position offers a hybrid working model after initial training is completed.

Qualifications

• Qualified to higher BTEC / HNC level or equivalent in an engineering discipline.
• Experience in preparing and manipulating engineering drawings is preferred.
• Applicants should hold a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Prepare concept substation designs at pre-sanction stage.
• Work closely with other Engineering Designers on a project basis.
• Manage design workload and brief junior team members.
• Respond promptly to site queries during construction.
• Ensure compliance of design output with relevant policies.
• Identify safety implications of design decisions.
• Design indoor and open-terminal substations.
• Provide design outputs for Protection and Control Panel designs.

Skills

Experience in preparation and manipulation of engineering drawings

Customer focus

Flexibility

Good communication skills

Ability to manage design commissions

Education

Higher BTEC or HNC in an appropriate engineering discipline

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Introduction

An opportunity is available for an enthusiastic and skilled Electrical Design Engineer to join our expanding Engineering Design team based at our offices in Cardiff. The successful candidate will have the chance to work on a wide variety of EHV substation design aspects.

Our project program facilitates the rollout of substation construction works from 11kV up to 132kV, along with providing support for increasing customer connection activity.

Engineering Design are the conduit through which conceptual network designs become buildable solutions, for the replacement and reinforcement of our substation assets. With the urgent need to achieve carbon neutrality across the country, having robust and reliable network assets is critical. We have an accelerating workload to meet this demand and require additional, talented engineers to help us rise to the challenge.

We are a growing team with a culture of support, progress and continuous improvement. We are looking for an individual who can join us in expanding and developing our outputs, who is committed to the success of the team, and is able to take ownership and personal responsibility for their workload.

As part of our hybrid working approach and in line with our policy, this role allows you to apply for a mix of office and home working. Hybrid working can only be considered once your initial training is complete and subject to business need.

• Please note the successful candidate may initially be appointed at a lower salary until all relevant courses and training are complete.

Evidence of your stated qualifications may be required prior to appointment.

Main Responsibilities

• Preparation of concept substation designs at pre-sanction stage. Identifying the engineering design merits of alternative scheme variants / options.
• Working closely with fellow Engineering Designers / other departments on a project-by-project basis as part of a discrete team.
• Managing design workload effectively, identifying where project-specific design work can best be carried out by junior team members and briefing accordingly.
• Responding promptly to queries arising from site during construction phase.
• Ensuring compliance of design output with NGED policy.
• Identifying the safety implications of decisions made at design stage on the constructability, operation, maintenance and final decommissioning of substation asset.
• Ensuring compliance of design output with relevant NGED policy.
• Physical design of indoor and open-terminal substations (preparation of substation layouts and associated detailed mechanical drawings / schedules)
• Providing design outputs for Protection and Control Panel & Scheme Designs from 11kV to 132kV.

Ideal Candidate

Candidates should be qualified to higher BTEC / HNC level or equivalent in an appropriate engineering discipline

Ideally you will have experience in preparing and manipulating engineering drawings, using computer-aided design tools (e.g. AutoCAD) as this is the main tool we use; however for a promising candidate who is able and willing to gain these skills rapidly, this may not be a barrier.

Candidates will further be expected to demonstrate customer focus, flexibility, good communication skills and an ability to manage a number of design commissions. Where a candidate cannot demonstrate skills in the full range of responsibilities above, but has significant aptitude and experience in a narrower field of expertise, this individual may be considered if the skills demonstrated would be particularly beneficial to the team.

Applicants should hold a full UK driving licence

National Grid Electricity Distribution is committed to safeguarding the interests of the Company, colleagues and customers.This role is subject to a satisfactory Barring Service (DBS) check. Depending on the role, different levels of screening and vetting are required. Some roles require a triannual check.