Senior HV Electrical Engineer

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Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland AtkinsRéalis Full time
Senior HV Electrical Engineer - Substations

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AtkinsRéalis one of the world's leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland.

About The Business Unit

Our Energy and power Grid division provides an extensive array of services to clients globally, encompassing sectors such as hydropower, nuclear energy, waste management, renewable energy generation, offshore wind, ancillary services, power plants, and transmission & distribution networks. We offer integrated engineering and project management solutions throughout the entire project lifecycle – from initial concept and design, through construction and operations, to decommissioning, repowering, and asset life extension. With a strong emphasis on sustainability and net zero compliance, we are dedicated to partnering with our clients to advance the global energy transition.

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.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Power Grid team Associate Director, you will be responsible for a range of tasks including:

  • Review and assessment of detailed design for compliance with outline design and functional specification, including assessment of proposed amendments/variations.
  • Review and assessment of High Voltage equipment procurement specifications and technical schedules.
  • Development of commissioning and energisation instructions and review of as built documentation.
  • Completion of design review and construction monitoring checklists and input into stage gate review process to provide assessment of compliance of design and construction to relevant.
  • Provide responses to technical design authority on complex client engineer queries standards.
  • Provide input into or produce aspects of contestable specification packs (schematics, interlocking etc.), review of Plant layout, SLDs, substation layout drawings and provide expertise on HV cables, stations and OHL for Customer projects.
  • 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 Atkinsréalis.
  • 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.

Candidate Specification
  • Possess a degree in Electrical Engineering and will ideally be or working towards Chartered Engineer status.
  • Experience working in the power transmission and distribution industry specifically with Irish major transmission and distribution TSO/DNO Eirgrid and ESB respectively.
  • Experience relating to design, delivery and supervision of HV substation solutions (33, 110 to 400kV).
  • Experience of all stages of project lifecycles- fro development of specifications to handover.
  • Experience in applying regulatory and client specific health and safety requirements to HV plant system designs.
  • Experience with substation automation, protection and control in on- and offshore applications.
  • Extensive experience in design and owners engineering of high-voltage substations and grid development projects.
  • Exceptional coordination abilities with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Familiarity with emerging technologies in the power and renewable energy sector.
  • Capability to mentor and support junior engineers.
  • Excellent communication skills and proficiency in delivering professional services to clients both within the UK and internationally.
  • Experience in site construction and/or testing/commissioning for HV plant systems is a preference.

About Us

At AtkinsRéalis, sustainability, environment, and safety are core to our strategy. We build long-term partnerships to improve lives through innovative solutions. We are a CPD Accredited Employer (Engineers Ireland) and were CPD Employer of the Year 2021.

We're committed to diversity, inclusion, and supporting staff from all backgrounds. We offer flexible working, inclusive policies, and employee networks. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we welcome applicants of all backgrounds and abilities.Seniority level
  • Seniority levelMid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Employment typeFull-time
Job function
  • Job functionEngineering and Information Technology

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