Technical Director - Substations UK

AECOM; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

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Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

A global engineering firm is seeking a skilled individual to lead HV design projects in Leeds. The role involves clear responsibilities such as leading technical discussions, delivering projects, and mentoring junior staff, with a focus on safety in design and client relationships. Applicants should have experience in HV infrastructure design and knowledge of electrical AC systems. The company celebrates diversity and offers support for applicants with disabilities.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in consultancy, contractor, or utility in the energy sector.
• Experience designing HV infrastructure from concept to detailed design stages.
• Understanding of National Grid standards and specifications.
• Working knowledge of National Grid standards and specifications.
• Proposal/Bid development experience, including leading multi-discipline bids.
• Primary plant focus with some secondary system design understanding.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discussions with clients to establish scopes and ensure delivery.
• Monitor progress and quality of engineering deliverables before client issues.
• Build client relationships and drive safety in design ethos.
• Liaise with the project management team to produce resourcing forecasts and programmes.
• Demonstrate commercial awareness to carry out proposal development, monitor/manage project costs and enable opportunity identification.
• Build client relationships, understanding client requirements and perspectives, building trust and adopting a client orientated project delivery mindset.
• Drive the safety in design ethos within projects.
• Mentor and develop more junior staff to build team capability and capacity over the medium and long term.

Skills

Consultancy experience in energy sector

HV infrastructure design

Understanding of electrical AC HV Plant

Proposal development experience

Control systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job Description

About our Team

The Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Engineering team provides a range of services from the initial concept through Power Systems Analysis, Cabling, Substations, Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure, System Balancing and Compensation, Protection Systems, SCADA, Communications, Converter Station Design, HVDC Systems and Interconnectors including overseas links. Our T&D team delivers HV design for electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltage levels. The focus of this role is primary plant design for large-scale infrastructure, grid connections, and private networks at voltage levels normally between 132 kV to 400kV. Typical projects include feasibility, optioneering, FEED, detailed design, and design assurance on existing or new substations and other infrastructure.

What you’ll do

• Lead substation technical discussions with the client and internal multi-disciplinary teams to establish scopes, define interfacing and ensure delivery.
• Lead the technical delivery with engineering teams by agreeing approach, supporting scope understanding, monitoring progress and quality checking of deliverables prior to issue to client.
• Utilise knowledge of substation project/asset life-cycle from a design perspective to successfully deliver client projects.
• Liaise with the project management team to produce resourcing forecasts and programmes.
• Demonstrate commercial awareness to carry out proposal development, monitor/manage project costs and enable opportunity identification.
• Build client relationships, understanding client requirements and perspectives, building trust and adopting a client orientated project delivery mindset.
• Drive the safety in design ethos within projects.
• Mentor and develop more junior staff to build team capability and capacity over the medium and long term.

Qualifications

• Previous experience with consultancy, contractor, or utility in the energy sector. Client experience with National Grid, SHET, SSE, SPT or any other transmission utility or developer in UK or Ireland.
• Experience designing HV infrastructure at concept and FEED and detailed design stages.
• Understanding of electrical AC HV Plant infrastructure and equipment both AIS and GIS.
• Working knowledge of National Grid standards and specifications.
• Proposal/Bid development experience, including leading multi discipline proposals to completion.
• Experience of design & site construction review, the role is primary plant focused, but knowledge and understanding of secondary system design will be advantageous.
• Experience with Control systems, transformers, HVDC systems, interconnectors, HV Protection & Control knowledge and experience would be advantageous.
• Ideally CDAE / LCDAE approval.

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 [e-mail]. 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!

Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll 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 [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.