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Location: Manchester, Glasgow, Aylesford.

We are looking for Lead Electrical Engineers to add to our growing Engineering team and become the driving force behind our high voltage projects. You’ll be part of the design team for a range of multi-disciplinary Transmission & Distribution projects both domestically and internationally. You can expect variety and travel, visiting client sites to independently discuss, define and verify client requirements and reflecting the output in high quality proposals and reports.

The Lead Electrical Engineer is responsible for key elements of design delivery on one or more projects that he/she may be working concurrently. He/she will report directly to the Engineering Manager.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Overall responsibility for the electrical requirements of projects assigned to you ensuring resources are assigned and the project runs efficiently.

* Assign and co-ordinate work to Electrical Engineers and ensure work provided is on track for completion in line with project milestones.

* Work closely with civil designer to ensure civil aspects meet electrical equipment requirements.

* Act as single point of contact (SPOC) with Utility provider and client owners engineer.

* Manage electrical & civil design logs from Utility provider and client owners engineer.

* Manage design pack submittals to Utility provider and client owners engineer.

* Preparation of procurement specifications for the main primary plant including HV power transformers, HV circuit breakers, HV switchgear and NERs.

* Review supplier documents and schematics to ensure equipment is compliant with technical specifications and functional specifications.

* Responsible for approval of physical HV layouts, electrical systems, secondary control and protection systems and single line diagrams.

* Responsible for approval of HV system studies including protection coordination, voltage regulation, load flow and fault level reports.

* Attend Utility provider and client owners engineer meetings as required.

SKILLS/ REQUIREMENTS:

* Honours Electrical Engineering Degree.

* Minimum 3 Years’ Experience in a similar role with HV contractor or utility.

* Working knowledge of design software to include ETAP, Eplan, AutoCAD.

* People management skills.

* Strong Communications Skills.

* Strong interpersonal and communications skills.

* Team player who demonstrates high level of initiative