Technical Director/Team Lead- Protection & Control, T&D NEW

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Technical Director/Technical Lead – Protection & Control (P&C) to spearhead our P&C engineering initiatives. The ideal candidate will be responsible for technical leadership, strategic direction, project oversight, and team development for all activities related to P&C design and implementation across transmission and distribution systems.

In this leadership role, you will be a key member of our Transmission & Distribution team dedicated to engaging with our clients and directly contributing to the successful delivery of groundbreaking and technically challenging P&C design projects encompassing the T&D projects.

This is a Technical Director level role in combination with integrated project management and delivery to support the growth of our UK & Ireland T&D practice.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of P&C engineers and technical specialists.
• Provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, development, and implementation of Protection & Control systems.
• Establish technical standards, procedures, and best practices for protection schemes, control systems, and SCADA integration.
• Review and approve protection coordination studies, relay settings, and logic diagrams.
• Provide engineering expertise from the concept to detailed design of transmission & distribution projects, including substations, power generating stations, data centers, BESS and renewables.
• Check and review engineering deliverables such as complex designs, reports, proposals, presentations and drawing packages.
• You’ll provide technical expertise in bids and proposals and represent the Company in client meetings as a senior member of the P&C team, applying your experience and expertise to a range of exciting and interesting projects.
• Take responsibility for assigned project scope, technical delivery, and client engagement for P&C scope within projects.
• You will have the opportunity to be involved in large programmes of work like Great Grid Upgrade (GGP) projects.
• Oversee the preparation of detailed engineering designs, technical specifications, and construction packages.
• Provide expert technical evaluations and offer problem-solving solutions to different team members. Contribute to written proposals outlining all project details, including the timeline, resources, budget, objectives, and goals.
• Ensure your work meets safety, health, environmental, sustainability, and quality standards.
• Actively participate in business and strategic planning activities to identify opportunities to continue the growth of the business in the short, medium and longer-term.
• You will have the opportunity to collaborate with our Global Enterprise Capabilities teams to deliver projects in the region.
• Ensure design submissions comply with codes, standards such as IEEE, IEC, National Grid, and quality requirements.
• Drive innovation in smart grid technology, IEC 61850 implementation, and digital substation design.
• Assess emerging trends and technologies in P&C to enhance system performance and reliability

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Significant experience in UK development-related infrastructure engineering; likely from a private/consultancy background.
• Electrical Engineering degree with over 12 years of P&C engineering experience supporting utility clients, with involvement in projects related to one or more of the following facility types: electrical transmission and distribution, onshore wind, solar energy, BESS and electrical substations
• In-depth knowledge of power system protection principles, relay coordination, SCADA, automation, and communication protocols.
• Proven experience with major OEM relays (e.g., SEL, GE, ABB, Siemens, Hitachi).
• Working experience with the National Grid projects is advantageous.
• Chartered ship & Lead CDAE/CDAE/TP141 certifications are advantageous.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills