Principal Engineer – HV Plant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Evaluate and analyze HV Plant design submissions for National Grid and/or DNO projects.

• Ensure that designs for substations, transformers, switchgear, and other HV infrastructure adhere to engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

• Provide comprehensive feedback and recommendations to address design deficiencies, non-compliance issues, and potential risks.

• Approve final designs once all technical, safety, and regulatory criteria are satisfied.

• Lead design review meetings with stakeholders.

• Coordinate and technically interface with other engineering disciplines.

• Serve as the primary liaison between National Grid/DNO and contractors on HV Plant design issues.

• Collaborate with asset management, project delivery, engineering, and design teams.

• Engage in design coordination meetings, workshops, and technical reviews with contractors and suppliers.

• Identify safety, reliability, and performance risks in contractor designs and recommend corrective measures.

• Ensure design submissions incorporate risk mitigation strategies, HAZID, and risk assessments.

• Maintain documentation of design submissions, review comments, and approval decisions.

• Prepare technical reports and assurance documentation for internal stakeholders and regulatory authorities.

• Monitor design quality and compliance performance, providing feedback to management.

⛳️ Requirements

• HNC or degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related field.

• Demonstrated experience in HV Plant design, design assurance, or technical approval within the Electricity Transmission and/or DNO sector.

• Strong understanding of HV infrastructure, including substations, transformers, switchgear, and protection systems.

• Chartered Engineer status or progress toward CEng accreditation is desirable.

• Experience in producing, reviewing, and approving designs for National Grid and/or Distribution Network Operator projects is advantageous.

• Current or previous authorization as a National Grid BP141 Design Assurance Engineer is desirable.

• Current or previous nomination as a BP137 Contractor Design Approval Engineer on National Grid projects is desirable.

• Experience with the UK Electricity Transmission and/or Distribution System is preferable but not mandatory.

• Familiarity with implementing safety by design and CDM awareness.

• Experience following a structured project design process.

• Willingness to travel across the UK.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Discretionary bonus.

• Overtime compensation or time off in lieu.

• 22 days of holiday plus bank holidays.

• Option to increase holiday entitlement.

• Private medical insurance.

• Workplace pension.

• Death in service benefit.

• Company car scheme.

• Remote or home-based working opportunities.

• Option to work from Omnia offices as per project requirements.

• Full-time contingent worker contract, with part-time options considered.