Lead Hv Substation Engineer in Glasgow

Our Client has a requirement for a Lead HV Substation Engineer, who will be required to work on a 12 month contract in Glasgow.

Roles and Responsibilities

These are typical substation design work we do all over the country from FEED / Development phase to Detailed Design:

• Provide Leadership on the FEED and detail design workstream.
• Ensure adequate quality assurance and delivery of FEED, Detailed design and bids for SSEN, NGET and DNOs.
• Ensure adequate resources and training of resources for the purposes of delivering FEED and detailed design work.
• Review the HV plant aspects of different projects including HV layouts, earthing design and reports, mechanical interlocking, HV busbar calculations and technical specification for the HV plant equipment.
• Coordination with back-office engineers, sub-contractors and suppliers as required.
• Proven record of ability to manage tender packages as tender manager and doing HV plant aspects of technical offers.
• Ability to attend and chair the design review and Hazard review meetings and reviewing HV plant design packages as required.
• Attending site visits, FAT and SAT as required.
• Strong communication skills along with teamworking attributes.
• Customer focused when dealing with customers, identifying their needs along with business development skills.

Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications:

• A degree in Electrical Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline and Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution or working towards chartered status
• Minimum 8 years of experience within an electrical discipline and experience in delivering complex multi-disciplinary projects, minimum 5 years of experience in UK working on National Grid or SSEN Transmission projects.
• Relevant, professional experience in HV and LV experience and knowledge of Substations/ Primary Plant 132kV, 275kV, 400kV - Experience preparing design calculations, reports, and detailed drawings.
• Leadership and Management: Strong leadership skills to manage teams and projects effectively.

Company information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.  We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for Electrical Engineer looking for new employment.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.

Voceer presents this job opportunity for First Recruitment Group, a 50 person sized company who are categorized as a Recruitment Agency.

This position is being managed by First Recruitment Group, a reputable recruitment agency known for placing candidates in desirable positions.

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