Actemium ICP, part of VINCI Energies, is looking for an enthusiastic Senior Design Engineer to strengthen our growing Independent Connection Provider business unit. If you are passionate about innovative engineering, thrive on technical challenges, and want to play a meaningful role in our company, we’d love to hear from you.
Package: £53,000 - £65,000 + Discretionary Bonus + Share Scheme + Pension + Private Healthcare + EV Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice)
Job Responsibility
To be part of the HV Engineering design team in delivering commercially and technically
accurate designs in a timely manner.
Design segments:
- Electrical Substations and connections - mainly at 11kV and 33kV
- Contestable designs
- Earthing System Design
- Protection Systems
- Communication System
Job Duties:
- Produce:
- a project-specific DNO/ IDNO/ Private network electrical design
- bill of quantities of equipment in line with relevant IEC, DNO, IDNO, and
client specifications
- cable calculations
- technical reports to accompany the design submissions detailing the specifics
of the proposed connection arrangement
- AC and DC schematic drawings, cable block diagrams, cable and termination
schedules
- detailed specifications for high voltage equipment including transformers,
switchboards, circuit breakers, disconnectors, current and voltage transformers
- detailed specifications for ancillary plant and equipment associated with high
voltage substations including auxiliary transformers, battery systems, LVAC
boards, and multicore cables.
- Review client specifications
- Design HV substation layouts and elevations
- Assess client’s HV network – site visits will sometime be required
- DNO and IDNO POC and G99 applications
- Self- Determination POC
- Design HV protection and control systems ( high-level specifications for control,
protection, and SCADA systems)
- Development and review of the single-line diagrams
- Manage the detailed design of HV and LV power cable systems
- Liaise with external design houses and consultancies to produce accurate designs
- Develop HV system studies including protection coordination, arc flash, voltage
regulation, load flow, and fault level reports.
- Interface with and attend meetings with clients, IDNO or DNO
- Review equipment manufacturers’ proposals and liaise with equipment
manufacturers to ensure equipment suitability in line with the proposed design.
- Approve and issue approved design for construction
- Input into the contract project plan, reporting progress as necessary and identifying
any risks to the project progress and completion dates.
- Ensure that the law is complied with at all times, including Electricity at Work, H&S,
ESQCR and CDM Regulations.
- Maintaining professional and technical knowledge by attending educational
workshops; reviewing and cataloguing professional publications; establishing personal
networks; participating in professional societies.
Preferred:
- Ability to produce
- balancing and harmonics studies
- Earthing layouts
- Assess DNO EV charging capacity maps to develop future EV infrastructure
Skills and Qualifications:
- Degree in Electrical Engineering
- IEng Member of The IET
- 5+ years HV Substation design to NERS requirements
- Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartership
- Experience in protection and grading studies
- Working knowledge of British Standards and G81’s
- Working knowledge of office software – MS word, excel, PowerPoint, project
- In-depth knowledge of AutoCAD and Amtech
- Advantageous: working knowledge of design software: Revit, CDEGS etc
Communication fields:
- Internal: Leadership Team, Client Team, Procurement Department, Estimating Team
and HSEQ department
- External: Contractors, Suppliers, Service Providers, Clients, DNOs, IDNOs, and
Members of the public.
Behavioural Competencies
- Integrity
- Clear Communication skills
- Responsibility and Action ownership
- Risk Management (Identify/Reduce/Remove)
- Flexibility
- Enthusiasm
- Innovation
Additional Duties:
- Overall responsibility for the engineering design of the project
- Direct contact with the client representing Actemium Brand
- Coordinate project requirements at the design stage with civil, electrical, protection
& control designers
- Coordinate design with clients’ agents, sub-contractors, consultants and designers
- Lead project from commencement until the handover to the Project Delivery Team
- Support the Project Delivery Team during Project Design Change Process
- Configure and maintain the project program through the Design Phase of the project
- Preparation of design phase safety documentation on the projects, Design Risk
Assessments and preliminary H&S plans where necessary
- Produce design approval packages and management of the design approval process
with the UK DNOs/IDNOs
- Issuing guidance on the specific project electrical safety requirements
- Complete the project Environmental and Sustainability files
- Mentor junior members of staff
- Interface with and support the estimating process with Project Managers and Project
Coordinators
