Substation Design Engineer

Your new company Having seen rapid grown in the Transmission & Distribution sector over the last five years and have been successful in winning a number of major projects within the UK. As the demand to deliver exceptional engineering design from our clients continues to grow, an opportunity has arisen for a Principal Substations Design Engineer. Your new role The Principal Substations Design Engineer role will be reporting to the Associate Director of the HV Power team and will be responsible ensuring the quality and consistency of the team's output in the production and control of drawings and technical documents. You will also assist during the bid process in order to secure further work What you'll need to succeed The candidate must have experience in the production of all designs, calculations, reports & drawings associated with new or modification of EHV projects from 11kV - 400kV covering primary design, secondary design and protection & control. This will cover the production of Substation primary layouts, primary equipment specifications, equipment rating calculations, busbar short circuit force calculations, earthing studies, impressed voltage calculations, production of material specification lists, fault calculations, P&C wiring diagrams, protection requirements and system modelling. The candidate must have a reasonable level of maths and science, preferably from a power engineering background and have good communication skills. In the role they will manage the production through a robust checking process but must also develop drawing office standards, mentor and train the CAD technicians and when work dictates support the actual delivery of the outputs. What you'll get in return A salary up to £60/5k and generous employee benefit programme. Training schemes, on the job learning & support, flexible working, access to a range of services and resource to support in both your professional and personal lives What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)