Senior Electrical Engineer
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The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.
- Leading site surveys
- Ensure project deliverables and scope are clear
- Understand procurement and contract awards such as NEC PSC
- LV and MV network configuration and advice on resilience issues.
- Input into the network configuration and understanding of operations scenarios and impacts.
- LV and MV (up to 33kV) network design.
- LV and MV cable sizing, routing and termination.
- LV and MV substation design layouts.
- LV and MV substation main equipment operations and specifications.
- Understanding and interpretation of client standards and DNO regulations and standards.
- Earthing designs including understanding of design, modelling and calculations for step, touch and transfer potential.
- Protection requirements
- Arc flash requirement
- Review of design submissions within the team against client scope.
- Design reviews.
- Have an ability to co-ordinate across project disciplines both internal and external.
- Be competent in the use of MS packages.
- Be aware of and eventually contribute to bid procedures and internal governance.
- Be aware of procurement, construction and commissioning activities.
- Professionally qualified in a relevant engineering discipline
- Proven skills, capabilities and experience in the sector areas mentioned above
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential as the role will require preparation of specifications and reports.
- Co-ordinate with multi disciplines both internal and external.
- Demonstrable experience within electrical project engineering, with focus on installations from LV up to 11kV / 33kV.
- Be able to travel in the UK and overseas if required,
- Must have initiative, self-motivation and the confidence to make decisions.
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.