Lead Design Engineer - HV

Position: Electrical Engineer

Location: Kent

Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 (Dependent on Experience) 

MDE Group UK are currently in partnership with a market-leading, trusted partner for Mission Critical Facilities, Renewable Developers, and Transmission and Distribution Utilities globally. Their ingenuity is developed and strengthened by 3 decades of experience delivering EPC projects across the world. They have active sites and offices across the EMEA region, where our local expert staff provide engineering solutions to our clients.

They are looking for Electrical Engineers to add to their 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 reflect the output in high-quality proposals and reports.

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

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

Overall responsibility for the production of electrical engineering on projects assigned to you.
Work closely with the civil designer to ensure civil aspects meet electrical equipment requirements.
Act as a single point of contact (SPOC) with the Utility provider and client owner engineer.
Manage electrical & civil design logs from Utility provider and client owners engineer.
Manage design pack submittals to Utility providers and client owners engineer.
Assist with the 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 the preparation of physical HV layouts, electrical systems, secondary control and protection systems and single line diagrams.
Responsible for the preparation 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 or similar.
Minimum 2 Years’ Experience in a similar role with HV contractor or utility.
Working knowledge of design software to include ETAP, Eplan, AutoCAD. Cymcap, Autodesk, Advanced Steel.
People management skills.
Strong Communications Skills.
Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
Team player who demonstrates high level of initiative.
On-site commissioning experience desirable