Senior Electrical Engineer (HV)

Designer Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Designer Group is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer with HV experience to lead high-voltage electrical infrastructure across the full project lifecycle. You will drive design, oversight, and handover, coordinating with multiple disciplines and vendors in a fast-paced, safety-focused environment.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of HV project delivery, strong leadership, and stakeholder management skills, with experience across 10 kV–400 kV networks and substations.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 5+ years experience delivering HV electrical infrastructure projects.
• Safety focused with strong attention to detail.
• Experience with HV substations and grid connections (switchgear, transformers, control & protection).
• Experience across HV voltages from 10 kV to 400 kV.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical engineering activities relating to HV electrical infrastructure, including substations, associated Transmission & distribution networks.
• Provide technical support to tendering
• Lead the HV electrical design and co-ordinate with other disciplines on multi discipline EPC projects including Civil, Structural, Architectural, BIM, EHS
• Review and coordinate HV designs to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and standards.
• Co-ordinate a blend of in-house and third party designers
• Develop procurement specifications & support OEM vendor selection
• Review and approve HV technical submittals and specialist vendor packages.
• Support procurement, FATs, SATs, commissioning and energisation activities.
• Carry out technical inspections and support QA/QC, ITPs and handover documentation.
• Assist in the preparation of operator training & familiarisation material
• Manage the transition from design through construction, commissioning and handover.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers.
• Contribute to ongoing development and improvement of policies & processes

Skills

HV electrical design

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Tendering support

HV substations

Grid connections

Testing & energisation

Handover documentation

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

Designer Group are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer with HV experience to grow our growing Engineering department.

Role Purpose

Provide technical leadership for high-voltage electrical systems across the full project lifecycle, from concept/ feasibility stage, to detailed design through construction, testing, commissioning, energization and handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical engineering activities relating to HV electrical infrastructure, including substations, associated Transmission & distribution networks.
• Provide technical support to tendering
• Lead the HV electrical design and co-ordinate with other disciplines on multi discipline EPC projects- Civil, Structural, Architectural, BIM, EHS
• Review and coordinate HV designs to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and standards.
• Co-ordinate a blend of in-house and third party designers
• Develop procurement specifications & support OEM vendor selection
• Review and approve HV technical submittals and specialist vendor packages.
• Support procurement, FATs, SATs, commissioning and energisation activities.
• Carry out technical inspections and support QA/QC, ITPs and handover documentation.
• Assist in the preparation of operator training & familiarisation material
• Manage the transition from design through construction, commissioning and handover.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers.
• Contribute to ongoing development and improvement of policies & processes

Key Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 5+ years experience delivering HV electrical infrastructure projects.
• Safety focused with a strong attention to detail
• Experience with all aspects of HV substations and grid connections (switchgear, transformers, control & protection systems, earthing & lightning, .
• Experience of projects ranging from 10 kV to 400 kV
• Strong understanding of HV system design, installation, testing, commissioning and energisation.
• Experience across data centres, utilities, renewable energy, power generation, pharmaceutical or industrial projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Desirable Experience

• Detailed design experience in a number of the below technical specialisms would be an advantage.
• Grid connections and utility interfaces.
• Power system studies
• HV cables & Overhead lines
• HV substation primary design (AIS & GIS)
• Control & protection (schematics)
• Control & protection (IED configuration & setting)
• SCADA/ Automation
• Telecoms & Cybersecurity
• HV & LV Earthing
• Lightning Protection
• LV / General services
• Lighting
• Security & Fire
• ATEX
• Thermal Generation
• Wind energy
• Solar energy
• BESS