Principal Engineer – HV Plant
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Principal Engineer reviewing and approving HV Plant designs for National Grid and DNO projects. Ensuring compliant, safe infrastructure across the UK electricity network.
Responsibilities:
- Review, assess, and approve HV Plant design submissions for National Grid and/or DNO projects
- Ensure substation, transformer, switchgear, and other HV infrastructure designs comply with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices
- Provide detailed feedback and recommendations addressing design gaps, non-compliance, and potential risks
- Approve final designs after technical, safety, and regulatory requirements are met
- Chair design review meetings with stakeholders
- Coordinate and provide technical interface with other engineering disciplines
- Serve as the primary contact between National Grid/DNO and contractors on HV Plant design matters
- Collaborate with asset management, project delivery teams, engineering disciplines, contractors, and suppliers
- Participate in design coordination meetings, workshops, and technical reviews
- Identify safety, reliability, and performance risks and recommend corrective actions
- Ensure designs include risk mitigation measures, HAZID, and risk assessments
- Maintain records of design submissions, review comments, and approval decisions
- Prepare technical reports and assurance documentation for internal stakeholders and regulatory bodies
- Monitor design quality and compliance performance and provide feedback to management
Requirements:
- HNC or Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related discipline
- Proven experience in HV Plant design, design assurance, or technical approval within the Electricity Transmission and/or DNO sector
- Strong knowledge of HV infrastructure, including substations, transformers, switchgear, and protection systems
- Chartered Engineer status or working towards CEng accreditation is desirable
- Experience producing, reviewing, and approving designs for National Grid and/or Distribution Network Operator (DNO) projects is desirable
- Currently or previously held National Grid BP141 Design Assurance Engineer authorisation is desirable
- Currently or previously nominated as BP137 Contractor Design Approval Engineer on National Grid projects is desirable
- Experience of implementing safety by design and CDM awareness
- Willingness to travel anywhere throughout the UK
- Experience of working to a structured project design process
- Ability to work with National Grid/DNO, contractors, internal engineering and design teams, project managers, suppliers, and other stakeholders
Benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Discretionary bonus
- All overtime payable or time off in lieu
- 22 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Option to increase holiday entitlement
- Private Medical Insurance
- Workplace Pension
- Death in Service
- Company car scheme
- Remote/home-based work
- Option to work from Omnia offices as per project requirements
- Full-time, contingent worker contract, and part-time options considered
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