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Principal Design Engineer
AtkinsRéalis
- Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
- Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Overview Principal Design Engineer will lead and work in a skilled team on a wide range of National Grid, SSEN & SPEN substation projects. The position focuses on project and tender engineering, its interfaces and scope of work involved in HV substation design and construction projects, within the Linxon EPC, and is the technical lead of electro‑mechanical design of substation to meet customer needs, legislative demands and standards.
Key Areas Of Responsibility (KARs)
Overall responsible for managing & leading all engineering activities from project start to the As‑Built stage with strict adherence to Project Specifications & Linxon standards including QA/QC, HSSE & Integrity.
Technical lead of large and complex EHV/HV Air & Gas Insulated Substation (AIS & GIS) projects in the UK.
Instruct, supervise & coordinate engineering teams within Linxon (local & remote), internal & external partners, sub‑suppliers, secondary engineers & civil engineers.
Provide information for civil designs and coordinate interfaces between construction planning, steel structure engineering, protection and control system, auxiliary power system and all equipment suppliers for the project.
Participate in technical discussions with customers and suppliers, handle site queries and take necessary actions up to as‑built documentation.
Engineering budget, schedule, forecast, risk & change management activities.
Technical claim management & support PM/Contracting/Operation management team.
Technical Solutions
Provide technical solution for substations comprising single line diagram, technical information, layouts and associated detail drawings and documents by established applicable standards, processes and customer specifications through allocated resources locally and in other business units.
Develop technical concepts, technical specifications, selection of equipment and connection material considering costs, quality, international standards, and material.
Provide technical calculations, technical purchasing specification and schedules for all equipment for projects or tenders.
Prepare bill of quantities & cost estimation, deviations & clarifications for technical solutions.
Review supplier design, factory acceptance test plans, and attend factory & site tests.
Provide technical support and develop tender scheme options and related project scope documents.
Experience Required
Bachelor’s or master’s in electrical engineering or equivalent.
Extensive years of substation engineering experience in utilities. Knowledge of required NG, SSEN & SPEN requirements and standards.
Competencies / Skills Required
Principal designer (PD) / LCDAE certification from National Grid.
Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards it.
Result‑oriented team player with a proactive approach.
Excellent communication skills to interact with external and internal parties at all levels in a multi‑cultural environment.
Expert knowledge in substation design and engineering, layouts, primary design & calculations, grounding & lightning design, steel design inputs, transformers, HV & MV switchgear systems.
Knowledge of system studies such as load flow, short‑circuit calculation, single‑line diagrams, CT/VT calculations, auxiliary power systems, power cables.
Knowledge of secondary engineering, protection and control system.
Experience in installation & commissioning (plus).
Strong in MS Office, knowledge of MicroStation and AutoCAD required.
Fluency in English – both written and spoken.
Availability to travel 25 % of the time (domestic/international).
Working in an office and on a construction site.
About Linxon Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. We combine Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis's project management expertise to create Linxon, a company dedicated to substations. Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world‑class power technologies and the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.
As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the substation EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.
Additional Information
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
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Sprachkenntnisse
- English
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