Substation Primary Principal Engineer

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• Preparing and delivering complex designs, reports, proposals and presentations to clients in the following areas: 
  • Concept, FEED, detailed design and owner's engineer services for transmission and distribution substations.
  • GIS, AIS and hybrid switchyard configurations.
  • Brownfield and greenfield substation developments.
  • Substation extensions, refurbishments, replacement programs and life extension projects.
  • Equipment selection and specification including transformers, switchgear, reactors, capacitor banks, surge arresters, instrument transformers and auxiliary systems.
  • Substation layout optimisation, safety in design and constructability assessments.
  • Integration of renewable energy, battery energy storage systems and large customer connections.
  • Earthing system design and optimisation.
  • Touch, step and transferred voltage assessments.
  • Earth Potential Rise (EPR) studies.
  • Lightning protection and shielding studies.
  • Cable system design and ratings studies.
  • Thermal modelling and ampacity assessments (e.g. CYMCAP, ELTEK).
  • Support construction and technical queries during project delivery.
• Manage the delivery of specialised components of projects, advising on the most effective team to achieve this.
• Working in collaboration with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design
• Leading and mentoring  younger team members
• Provide technical expertise and overview to client and stakeholders and to assist clients through technical decision-making and provide alternative options/solutions if there are changes to project parameters.
• Liaising with the Project Manager and the client to keep informed of all developments associated with the project

12- 15 years’ experience as substation engineer, with at least 5 years recent experience as a recognised technical authority for HV and EHV substation primary, earthing and bonding design;

• Tertiary qualification in electrical/power engineering, preferably chartered engineering and RPEQ status;
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills including a working knowledge of MS Office; 
• Highly regarded skills include: 
  • Experience in a design consultancy role 
  • Demonstrated ability to lead the design teams and and deliver substation design packages
  • The ability to develop earthing and induction models in CDEGS earthing system software is desirable
  • HV substation design, Protection system design, Power system studies
  • The ability to develop power system models in ETAP or equivalent software tool.
  • The ability to develop transient studies in ATP/PSCAD/EMTP
  • The ability to develop EMC management plans and manage the EMC management procedure.
  • The ability to develop maintenance strategies and procedures, commissioning plans and documentation