Senior / Principal Substation Design Engineer - UK Grid Network

Senior / Principal Substation Design Engineer - UK Grid Network Our UK and Continental Europe team is growing and we're looking for the Electrical Design Engineer who can progress in Substations and Plant design role to provide support to projects across Jacobs' markets. This includes work on transmission system assets, HVDC interconnectors, energy storage systems, inertia systems, wind farms and advanced facilities for mission critical industries in the technology and process sectors. We will consider technical professionals from most backgrounds, but we are especially keen to seek experience within rail, oil and gas refinery, substation / plant design.

• Deliver HV Plant / Primary Design for substation projects for our Transmission & Distribution clients.
• Prepare technical specifications for electrical plant and provide associated electrical designs for the substation upgrades (e. g. transformer replacements, shunt reactor replacements, new bays, etc.), and new substations projects (AIS / GIS) up to and including 400kV, including various stages of design, concept, FEED, detailed design for construction.
• Ensure adequate quality assurance process is followed through as per the requirements.
• Ensure designs are delivered in accordance with the contract to the satisfaction of the client and the specifications.
• Ensure that relevant Health and Safety risks and hazards are identified, made known to the project team and properly managed.
• Actively developing external and internal client relationships.
• Ensure adequate resources and training of resources for the purposes of delivering FEED and detailed design work for National Grid, SSEN, and other clients.
• Interface with other discipline e.g. Civil / Structural, Protection & Control, HV Cables and OHL engineers.
• A degree in Electrical Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline and Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution or working towards chartered status
• Experience within an electrical discipline and experience in delivering complex multi-disciplinary projects
• Relevant, professional experience in HV and LV experience and knowledge of substations 400kV - Experience preparing design calculations, reports, and detailed drawings. CAD (AutoCAD or Microstation) preferred but not essential.

Why Jacobs?

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

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