Senior HV Electrical Engineer

slihrms; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis, based in Dublin, seeks a Senior HV Electrical Engineer to join our team delivering innovative electrical designs for major projects in Ireland, the UK and internationally.

You will lead HV substation design (132kV–400kV), review layouts and specifications, engage with utilities and stakeholders, and drive lifecycle delivery from feasibility through commissioning within a dynamic energy sector.

Qualifications

• Degree holder in electrical engineering with Chartered Engineer status preferred or progressing.
• Extensive HV substation design experience (132kV-400kV) in Ireland/UK environments.
• Familiarity with Irish TSO and DNO standards and processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, plus ability to lead technical workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Lead HV substation design and owners' engineering on projects.
• Review HV plant layouts, earthing, interlocking, busbar calculations, and specs.
• Assess detailed designs for compliance with outline design and specifications.
• Produce contestable spec packs and provide HV cables, stations and OHL input.
• Deliver engineering input across lifecycle from feasibility to commissioning.
• Support tendering activities and contribute to technical offers.
• Contribute to new technologies like energy storage, HVDC, and smart-grid.

Skills

HV substation design

Leadership & stakeholder engagement

Ireland/UK transmission experience

Chartered Engineer status desired

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

ETAP

CDEGs

Job description

Overview

This is an excellent opportunity for skilled Senior HV Electrical Engineer to join our team at our Dublin office to play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of innovative electrical design solutions for some of the most exciting building projects in Ireland, the UK and internationally. Your role will include working with a range of clients/stakeholders including major utilities and large global demand customers in a rapidly changing energy sector.

Your role

The role is a permanent position within our team for an ambitious and enthusiastic Electrical Engineer. Reporting to the Power team Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for a range of tasks including:

• Extensive experience in design and owners engineering of high-voltage substations and grid development projects.
• Review HV plant aspects including layouts, earthing, interlocking, busbar calculations, and technical specifications.
• Review and assess detailed designs for compliance with outline design and functional specifications, including assessment of proposed amendments or variations.
• Provide input into or produce aspects of contestable specification packs (schematics, interlocking, SLDs, substation layout drawings) and provide expertise on HV cables, stations and OHL for customer projects.
• Equipment specifications for HV plant and ancillary equipment.
• Providing engineering design input to major electrical power infrastructural development projects through all lifecycle stages from feasibility and front‑end engineering to detailed design, site construction monitoring and commissioning.
• Delivering projects in new technologies such as energy storage, HVDC systems, smart‑grid solutions, waste‑to‑energy and related emerging areas.
• Supporting tendering activities and contributing to technical offers.

About you

• Qualified to degree level and will ideally be, or working towards Chartered Engineer status.
• Proven experience in HV substation design (132kV-400kV), ideally within Ireland and UK transmission and distribution environments.
• High level of Familiarity and experiences with Irish TSO and DNO standards and processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical workstreams and contribute to strategic project delivery.
• Experience relating to design, delivery and supervision of HV substation solutions (110kV to 400kV).
• Preferred, but not necessary
• Experience in development of specifications for HV AIS/GIS substations and associated primary/secondary equipment.
• Experience in design of Overhead Line Systems for transmission networks.
• Experience in design of HV cable systems (minimum 110kV).
• Experience in site construction and/or testing/commissioning for HV plant systems.
• Experience in earthing software design (CDEGs) and system studies/protection co‑ordination software (ETAP).
• Experience in control and protection systems design.
• Masters Degree.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect 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're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, 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 ability.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular