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

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.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, back-office engineers, subcontractors, and suppliers (relay manufacturers, SAS vendors, control/SCADA integrators).
• Proven experience managing tender packages, responding to technical queries, and producing high-quality P&C technical offers.
• Ability to attend and chair Design Review and Hazard Review meetings and review P&C plant design packages as required. Site visits for clients may be required.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, with a customer-focused and business development mindset.

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.