Electrical Design Engineer

at  Powersystems UK Ltd

A FANTASTIC ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITY TO POWER THE TRANSITION TO A CARBON FREE FUTURE

Powersystems UK is an employee-owned high voltage electrical engineering company. We specialise in electrical power infrastructure, grid connections and renewable energy generation. Due to our continuing success, we have a pipeline of work into 2025 and beyond.

• Are you looking to advance your career with full training provided?
• Do you want to join an established team in an exciting and progressive British business?

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE INCLUDE:

• Responsible for the delivery of designs within agreed timeframes, to a high quality that reflects Powersystems reputation as high voltage specialists
• Work across multiple design projects and prioritise conflicting project deadlines
• Communicate effectively with clients, consultants, and project engineers, to understand their expectations and justify your design decisions
• Provide technical support for the project engineers for design queries
• Build relationships with clients, and attend design and project co-ordination meetings with clients, their consultants, and DNO and TNO representatives
• Ensure all designs are designed for safety and are compliant with CDM and Health and Safety regulations, including producing design risk assessments, and effectively communicating risks to project engineers and construction operatives
• Prepare design packages for DNO contestable works and balance of plant (private) works from 11 kV to 132 kV
• Work closely with the in-house CAD drafting team to generate SLDs, equipment layouts, cable route drawings, construction, and legal plans for new HV connections
• Produce AC/DC schematics for protection, control, and SCADA panels, and liaise with our in-house panel assemblers on the construction of panels
• Select HV and LV cables and design cable routes using CYMCAP and Amtech software
• Prepare multicore cable schedules
• Manage and review simulation studies for generation connections undertaken by other consultants or carried out in-house, including load flow, reactive power capability, fault level analysis, power quality, and harmonic studies to demonstrate compliance with Engineering Recommendations, the Distribution Code, the Grid Code, and industry standards
• Attend sites for inspection and design purposes and attend manufacturers factory acceptance tests when required
• Project a professional image to clients and colleagues
• Contribute to the future success of Powersystems and its clients
• Embrace and demonstrate the Companys 5 Principles of: Priority No.1 Health, Safety and Well-being; Professionalism, Pride, Partnership and Proactive

HERES WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE ROLE:

• Gained relevant experience of high voltage electrical engineering design (11 kV and above) within the electrical contracting or utility industries. You will possess excellent technical knowledge and be able to apply this in a practical way
• HNC/ Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Full UK driving licence
• Have obtained or be working towards professional registration with the IET at IENG / CENG level
• Strong report writing skills and the ability to communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner
• Open to change, resilient and proactive
• Must be available to travel on work related business throughout the UK with occasional overnight stays
• Right to Work within the UK without limitation