Mott MacDonald has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our expanding Power Transmission and Distribution team. The successful candidate will be motivated to work on a range of diverse industry leading projects developing innovative solutions for power transmission grid systems and for client transmission and distribution installations ensuring security of electricity supply, developing the integration of renewable energy sources and bringing large power infrastructural plans from concept to delivery stage.
Your role will include working with a range of clients/stakeholders including major utilities and large global demand customers in a rapidly changing energy sector.
The role is a permanent position within our team for an ambitious and enthusiastic Electrical Engineer. Reporting to the Power team Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for a range of tasks including:
Primary plant layouts for HV substations
Equipment specifications for HV Plant and ancillary equipment
Providing engineering design input to major electrical power infrastructural development projects through various lifecycle stages from feasibility/front end engineering stages to detailed design/site construction monitoring and commissioning
Coordination with client project teams and internal team disciplines within Mott MacDonald including civil, structural, environmental, survey/geotechnical, transport, protection and control and CAD/BIM team
Delivering projects in new technologies e.g. energy storage, HVDC systems, smart grid solutions, waste to energy etc
Provide professional services to clients in the UK and overseas
Location:
Madrid, Spain / Seville, Spain
Candidate Specification
Required for the position of Senior Electrical Engineer:
Qualified to degree level and will ideally be, or working towards Chartered Engineer status
Experience in the power transmission and distribution industry
Possess working experience related to design, delivery and supervision of HV substation solutions (110kV to 400kV)
Experience in development of specifications for HV AIS/GIS substations and associated primary/secondary equipment
Worked previously in all stages of project lifecycles
Experience in applying regulatory and client specific health and safety requirements to HV plant system designs
Experience in the preparation of technical reports in English
Preferred, but not essential
Knowledge of 3D modelling of HV substations in Revit software
Experience in design of Overhead Line Systems for transmission networks
Experience in design of HV cable systems (minimum 110kV)
Experience in site construction and/or testing/commissioning for HV plant systems
Experience in earthing software design (CDEGS), power cable ampacity rating software (CYMCAP) and system studies/protection co-ordination software (ETAP, DIgSILENT)
Experience in control and protection systems design
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
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