Remote Senior / Principal Engineer - Overhead Lines (OHL) in Sunderland

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Role Title: Senior / Principal Engineer - Overhead Lines (OHL)

Location: Across the UK.

AECOM is a leading provider of engineering, environment and construction services, contributing its deep experience to help strategically plan, develop, design and construct energy infrastructure. We look at our projects as part of the broader energy system and across the whole life cycle, from commissioning to decommissioning. We help our clients achieve the right balance across the spectrum of generation through renewable energy sources, solar, wind, stored energy, hydropower and fossil fuels; and alternative energy fuels including hydrogen and electrification.

Are you ready to join a team of talented engineers and shape the future of energy infrastructure? The Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Engineering team provides a range of services from the initial concept through Power Systems Analysis, Cabling, Substations, Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure, System Balancing and Compensation, Protection Systems, SCADA, Communications, Converter Station Design, HVDC Systems and Interconnectors including overseas links.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• You will join us as a key member of our Transmission & Distribution team dedicated to engaging with our clients and directly contributing to the successful delivery of ground breaking and technically challenging OHL design projects encompassing overhead transmission lines up to 400KV.
• You’ll provide technical expertise in bids and proposals and represent the Company in client meetings as a senior member of the OHL team.
• You will provide technical engineering expertise in delivering overhead line design on complex multi-discipline projects.
• Take responsibility for assigned project scope, technical delivery, and client engagement for overhead line works within projects.
• Provide expert technical evaluations and offer problem-solving solutions to different team members.
• Contribute to written proposals outlining all project details, including the timeline, resources, budget, objectives, and goals.
• Ensure your work meets safety, health, environmental, sustainability, and quality standards.
• Checking and review engineering deliverables such as complex designs, reports, proposals, presentations, and drawing packages.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Ideally be professionally qualified CEng Chartered Engineer with a recognised electrical engineering institution (e.g. the IET).
• Experience delivering projects for transmission system operators.
• Project experience in overhead line engineering up to 400kV.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!