Role Description:

The energy landscape as we know it is rapidly transforming. Join us as a Design Engineer Substation and you’ll have the opportunity to accelerate your career, too. You’ll be part of our industry-leading team Transmissions and Distributions teams, acting as partners to our clients, building a deep understanding of their challenges and applying your expertise to solve them. 

As a Substation Design Engineer, you will be working on engineering and construction projects primarily in industrial, transmission/distribution and renewable sectors. You must be able to appreciate complex, practical, regulatory, technical, and commercial issues and to work constructively with a broad range of senior stakeholders.

Role Accountabilities:

• Responsible for the design of transmission/Substation protection systems for voltages up to 400 kV. 
• Reviewing in-house designs and those produced by external contractors. 
• Experience in the concepts required in the safe design and operation of electrical networks, and development construction. 
• Advising on design and design change issues. 
• Specialist in an Electrical field but experience and extensive knowledge of other Engineering fields would be advantageous. 
• Substantial experience with Construction and Design Management (CDM). 
• Ensure that design projects are undertaken by competent personnel and sub-contractors reviewing designs created by others. 
• Challenging, proposing, agreeing, and implementing alternative solutions compared with those dictated by the transmission specifications, policies, processes and “best practices”. 
• Accountable for the effective delivery of the assigned tasks and deliverables of projects to time, to the required quality and to budget. 
• Undertake site visits / non-intrusive surveys as required as part of the design activities or as part of site support. 
• Ensuring risks are proactively identified, assessed and managed to avoid adverse impacts on the project. 
• Identification, assessment, and adoption of the best technical solution. 
• Client Interface management comprising infrastructure planners, project resource, Direct Labor / Construction team, System Operator, property & consents, procurement as well as coordinating & attending necessary site meetings. 
• Risk and CDM management

Qualifications & Experience:

• Proven technical capability associated with the design and/or application of power system protection. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in protection application at transmission voltage levels up to 400 kV, gained within a transmission utility, consultancy, or manufacturing environment. Strong candidates with a distribution background will be considered. 
• Preparation of Protection and Control design deliverables, feasibility studies, reports, programmers, and cost estimating. 
• Calculation of relay settings and preparation of logic files. 
• Proven ability of working with internal and external parties, e.g., equipment suppliers, manufacturers, service providers, professional bodies, and working within a strong team-working culture. 
• Experience in the preparation of detailed electrical schematic diagrams for substation Protection and Control systems. 
• Experience in Busbar, Feeder, Transformer, Reactor, Circuit Breaker fail, DAR protections and SCADA interface is essential and FACTS, HVDC protection systems is desirable 
• Protection design utilizing conventional and non-conventional Instrument Transformers. 
• Knowledge of IEC61850 communication protocols 
• Experience in preparing Single Line Diagram, Substation Layout, Key Line Drawings (SLD, KLD) and Cable protection 
• A good working experience of computer-based packages e.g. ASPEN One-liner and ETAP 
• National Grid TP141 Protection and Settings authorization would be advantageous 
• Proven ability of communicating complex technical or commercial issues to peers or senior managers 
• Proven ability to work in and lead cross functional teams 
• Proven ability to develop working relationships quickly and effectively 
• Proven experience in writing clear and concise documentation 
• International project experience preferred  

Key Qualifications, skills & experience:  

• Excellence – striving for technical excellence. 
• Trust – building and retaining relationships of trust with our clients and colleagues. 
• Teamwork – working together as a team for the Group, not just the individual 
• Responsibility – taking responsibility for our performance and our safety