Senior Cubicle Design Engineer

Join our Smart Infrastructure Division as Senior Cubicle Design Engineer.

Location: This role will allow you to split your time between home and the Hebburn office.

Siemens Digital Grid have secured a position on the National Grid 5 Year Light Current Framework, resiliently providing robust systems with the latest Siemens technology on new National Grid substations and extending the existing infrastructure. A safer and lower carbon project delivery footprint will be adopted.

It’s incredibly important that our people enjoy working here and therefore we take great pride in having a friendly, helpful, and engaging culture. We also appreciate that development and training is important to many and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in our employee’s development, whether that’s Chartership, training or mentoring.

How you will make an impact:

Join us as a Senior Protection & Control Design Engineer, where you'll lead innovative solutions for the UK's power networks. You'll create cutting-edge transmission protection designs while mentoring team members and ensuring excellence across all projects. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on design work, offering the opportunity to shape critical infrastructure projects across the UK's transmission and distribution network.

• Provide detailed General Arrangements, Fabrication, Label schedules and Wiring Diagrams for our end customer.
• Create Red / Green MUP’s for cubicle build modifications
• Be able to create mechanical Drawings when required for more bespoke solutions.
• Aid with Cubicle Build queries.
• Ensure all type registered Cubicle design solutions are kept up to date.
• Complete Governance checks of work completed from our external design teams before issuing to build.
• Provide a high level of customer service to clients and maintain the highest standards of quality.
• Provide technical input for Sales, Proposals and Operations departments

What skills and experience will you bring to the role:

• A minimum qualification of HNC/HND (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering plus extensive experience in the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Industry.
• Ability to apply cubicle design skills to circuit diagrams
• Excellent Auto CAD skills
• Good understanding of design process covering Detailed design (Circuit diagrams / Cubicle Design / Cubicle Build/ Workshop Tested / Pre FAT & FAT).
• Good communication skills to allow efficient co-ordination between the team / function groups and the customer.
• Be able to lead multiple jobs to high standard.
• Sound problem solving skills, fault finding skills and analytical thinking.

Advantageous:

• Experience dealing with National Grid as direct customer and/or EPC customers providing Cubicle design solutions but not essential

We’ve got quite a lot to offer. How about you?

• Performance-Based Bonus: Enjoy an annual bonus linked to the company's performance
• Flexible Working Hours: Achieve a healthy work-life balance with our flexible working arrangements, enabling you to tailor your schedule to your needs.
• Pension Plan: Secure your future with our generous pension scheme, with employer contributions up to 10%.
• Time Off: Recharge and rejuvenate with 26 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), and the option to buy or sell an additional 5 days.

We value your unique identity and perspective and are fully committed to providing equal opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society. Come bring your authentic self and create a better tomorrow with us! So that we can support you to be your best during the application and interview process, please let us know if you have any specific requirements.