HV Transmission Engineer

HV Transmission Engineer role at Mace. The role is within the technical design authority for the transmission system. Engineering and asset management facilitate the development of technical standards and functional specifications for plants connected to the transmission system and for new technologies and methodologies. The area ensures requirements are incorporated in project design and construction, whether works are carried out by ESB networks or by third parties with medium voltage and high voltage projects.

• Ensuring that technical queries raised during the project are dealt with in accordance with TSO standards and policies and are closed out efficiently.
• Ensuring that projects are carried out in a manner that meets requirements.
• Reviewing and comparing submitted detailed designs against functional requirements and outline designs.
• Monitoring construction progress and on-site inspection to ensure compliance with standards, functional requirements, and outline designs.
• Ensuring developments are commissioned to comply with the requirements by producing and issuing commissioning instructions.
• Verifying transmission system requirements are met to allow commissioning tests to proceed.
• Assisting the lead engineers with engagement with customer and stakeholder technical consultants to resolve issues arising.
• Coordinating with peers to meet business priorities, manage issues as they arise, provide technical guidance, and act as an escalation point to the EAM manager.
• Managing interactions on own projects with client engineering vendors, customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Providing technical direction and assistance across the organisation on own projects and to team members and junior staff, and acting as a team representative when required.
• Ensuring completion of stage gate reviews on all customer projects to ensure the requirements of functional specifications are met.
• Providing completion and dissemination of lessons learned on each project post energisation.
• Engaging with partners in ESB networks including meetings, reporting, relationship management, and general communication as applicable to the client engineering role.
• Facilitating and inputting project reviews, assessments, and audits by internal and external parties as required.

• You have an electrical engineering degree or equivalent with suitable experience within MV/HV projects.
• You have transmission substation design expertise with experience assessing substation designs for conformity to standards at 110/220/400 kV (MV, HV).
• You are digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships, and lead strong, motivated teams.
• You will have a construction or project management background and be hungry to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer. You will have experience completing onsite inspections and monitoring construction progress for compliance to ensure transmission assets can be commissioned in accordance with standards.
• Experience preparing and issuing transmission design drawings, such as single line diagrams, substation layout drawings, protection schematics and interlocking drawings.

• Membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
• Substantial experience in the successful delivery phase of projects and programmes in the energy sector.
• Property or infrastructure project management expertise.
• Commercial and financial acumen.
• Experience of leading parts of projects within large, diverse teams.
• Experience of developing and forming relationships with senior stakeholders. Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization.