Senior HV Substation Engineer – Grid & Interconnectors

Ethos Engineering; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Fridays

9-day fortnight

Pension Scheme

Healthcare check-ups

Gym / Fitness membership

Travel out-of-pocket expenses

Job summary

Ethos Engineering is expanding its Energy Infrastructure capability and seeking a Senior High Voltage Engineer specialising in HV Electrical Engineering to support the development and delivery of HV and MV infrastructure projects across Ireland, the UK and Europe.

The role focuses on design and delivery of energy centres, substations, landing stations, interconnectors and associated energy infrastructure projects, while growing an in-house HV engineering team within Ethos.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Typically 8–15+ years’ experience in HV/MV electrical engineering.
• Experience delivering: HV substation projects up to 400kV, AIS and GIS substations, grid connection infrastructure, HV cable and auxiliary systems.
• Strong understanding of primary and secondary substation systems, grid forming and grid following interfacing, protection and control systems, earthing and lightning protection, and utility/TSO/DSO interface requirements.
• Experience working in consultancy environments, utility/TSO projects, energy infrastructure or industrial power sectors.
• Experience managing or coordinating engineering teams and external consultants is highly desirable.
• Chartered Engineer status (or working towards) is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of HV and MV infrastructure projects, including AIS and GIS substations, grid connection infrastructure, landing stations and interconnectors, HV auxiliary systems.
• Develop and review single line diagrams (SLDs), substation layouts, protection and control philosophies, HV cable systems, earthing and lightning protection systems, secondary systems and auxiliary power systems.
• Coordinate and manage multidisciplinary design teams, including internal engineering resources, external consultants and specialist subcontractors, OEMs and utility stakeholders.
• Interface directly with clients, TSOs / DSOs / utilities, contractors, regulatory and approval bodies.
• Support the development of Ethos’ HV engineering capability, including technical standards and procedures, recruitment and mentoring, development of internal delivery capability.
• Review technical studies and support design decision-making, including load flow studies, short circuit studies, protection coordination, harmonics and power quality studies, earthing studies.
• Support tendering, technical bid reviews and project planning activities.
• Attend site visits, inspections and commissioning activities as required.

Skills

HV infrastructure design

Client engagement

Team coordination

HV capability growth

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

AutoCAD

ETAP

PowerFactory

PSCAD

Job description

Ethos Engineering is expanding its Energy Infrastructure capability and seeking a Senior High Voltage Engineer specialising in HV Electrical Engineering to support the development and delivery of HV and MV infrastructure projects across Ireland, the UK and Europe.

The role focuses on design and delivery of energy centres, substations, landing stations, interconnectors and associated energy infrastructure projects, while growing an in-house HV engineering team within Ethos.