Senior Substation Secondary (P&C) Design Engineer in Birmingham

IR35 Determination: Inside

Office Location: Surrey, Birmingham, Leeds, or Glasgow (Hybrid)

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: Minimum 12 months (Likely to be long term)

Charge Rate (Per Hour): £60

Hours Per Week: 40

Notice Period for Termination: 4 week(s)

Vetting Required: Yes - C

Expenses: Yes (For travel to sites)

Role Overview: Our client's team is looking for engineers with a strong understanding of electrical engineering, power systems, and energy markets, who are keen to develop their knowledge and make a meaningful contribution to the energy sector. If you're passionate about shaping a sustainable future and curious about how engineering can support the journey to Net Zero, we'd love to hear from you.

In this role, you'll be part of a team working on substation design projects, focusing on electricity transmission and distribution networks. You'll also have opportunities to support projects across the wider Power & Energy Solutions team. The clients include National Grid, SSEN, and other organisations both in the UK and internationally. You'll gain experience delivering multi-disciplinary design projects from Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) to Detailed Design. This role also offers personal development, training, and support towards chartership, with plenty of opportunity to get involved in a wide range of impactful projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will operate in a senior role within an Electrical Engineering team, based in Surrey, Birmingham, Leeds, or Glasgow.
• You'll build strong and trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders, often working directly at client sites and in-office.
• You will be client-focused, able to interface with clients, understand their needs, and convert opportunities into successful workstreams.
• You will provide Technical Leadership on FEED and Detailed Design workstreams for National Grid, SSEN Transmission, and other Transmission & Distribution clients.
• Ensure quality assurance and technical governance of FEED and Detailed Design deliverables, including protection schemes, CT/VT sizing, relay configuration philosophies, SLDs, and I/O schedules.
• Ensure resourcing, capability development, and training for teams involved in delivering P&C design packages.
• Review P&C aspects of projects, including:

• Protection schemes
• Settings and coordination
• Substation automation architectures
• SLDs
• Wiring diagrams
• I/O lists and interface drawings
• Control room layouts, marshalling cabinets, and protection panels

About You:

• A passion for working in a consultancy environment.
• Championing a culture where everyone belongs.
• A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, always seeking new solutions.
• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek development opportunities within a supportive team.
• Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable).
• Comfortable embracing agile ways of working and learning new technologies.
• Willingness to spend a minimum of three days per week in the office or on-site (project dependent).
• Experience in Electrical Engineering, with a focus on P&C design (up to 400kV preferred, but not essential).
• Minimum of a 2.2 BEng in Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems, or Renewable Energy.

FOOTNOTE: If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation. Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Infrastructure & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Our specialist team has a combined 100+ years' experience in this market.

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