Electrical Engineering roles (Distribution,SENIOR/PRINCIPAL)

Location

Location/s: Glasgow, Brighton, Newcastle, York, Croydon

Relocation supported: Not supported, but internal applications are welcome

Recruiter contact

Recruiter contact: Abhijeet Barpanda

Hiring manager contact: Ian Kirkpatrick

Overview

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.

About The business unit: The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. We provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. We are helping to deliver the energy transition globally with our clients.

Overview Of Role

The Energy Unit, specifically the Transmission & Distribution division, is recruiting for Electrical Engineers at various capacities (Senior/Principal) to join our team. This role supports client projects from inception and master planning through concept and detailed design stages to commissioning and final completion. Our work spans renewable power generation, network design, grid connections, Net Zero Carbon aspirations and estate management planning. We also provide detailed design solutions in renewables, aviation, data centre, healthcare, nuclear and defence sectors. Typical projects involve producing tender specifications, calculations, designs and drawings for 11kV and 33kV switchgear networks and renewable energy connections with HV cable connections, transformers, diesel generators, load banks, LV interfaces, SCADA interfaces and protection schemes.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will provide technical solutions and project leadership in the production of electrical designs for major electrical and multi-disciplinary infrastructure works. You will become familiar with company procedures and provide technical expertise and contributions to bids and proposals, in addition to project planning, delivery and execution to a high standard. You will manage engineering projects and deliverables to meet client expectations and applicable statutory and regulatory specifications, on time and within budget. You will also support and contribute to the development of junior staff and graduates.

Typical activities include:

• Leading site surveys
• Ensuring project deliverables and scope are clear
• Understanding procurement and contract awards such as NEC PSC
• LV and MV network configuration and advice on resilience issues
• Input into the network configuration and understanding of operations scenarios and impacts
• LV and MV (up to 33kV) network design
• LV and MV cable sizing, routing and termination
• LV and MV substation design layouts
• LV and MV substation main equipment operations and specifications
• Understanding and interpretation of client standards and DNO regulations and standards
• Earthing designs including modelling and calculations for step, touch and transfer potential
• Protection requirements
• Arc flash requirements
• Review of design submissions within the team against client scope

Candidate specification

Working as part of a team and reporting to the Project Principal or Principal Engineer, we are ideally looking for candidates who are Chartered, along with:

• Professionally qualified in a relevant engineering discipline
• Proven skills, capabilities and experience in the sector areas mentioned above
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential as the role will require preparation of specifications and reports
• Coordinate with multi-disciplines both internal and external
• Demonstrable experience within electrical project engineering, with focus on installations from LV up to 11kV / 33kV
• Ability to coordinate across project disciplines both internal and external
• Competent in the use of MS packages
• Aware of and contribute to bid procedures and internal governance
• Aware of procurement, construction and commissioning activities
• Willing to travel in the UK and overseas if required
• Initiative, self-motivation and the confidence to make decisions

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
• Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
• A variety of wellbeing support through our wellbeing program, including access for you and your family
• Flexible benefits to adjust salary and choose health benefits, many of which can extend to family

Financial wellbeing

• Employer pension contributions matched between 4.5% and 7%
• Life assurance up to 4 x basic salary, option to increase to 6 x
• Income protection with absence and return-to-work support
• Flexible benefits including increased life assurance, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
• Annual bonus schemes and sharing the company’s financial success

Lifestyle

• Minimum 33-35 days holiday per year, with option to buy/sell leave
• Holiday entitlement increases to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
• Employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity/adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
• Shared parental leave up to 24 weeks at full pay
• Up to five additional days leave for significant caring responsibilities (two paid)

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional subscription
• Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join groups including Advanced Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
• Contribute to social outcomes in our communities

Location(s): Glasgow, GB; Brighton, GB; Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB; Altrincham, GB; Croydon, GB; Cardiff, GB; York, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Energy

Discipline: Electrical

Job Ref: 14883

Recruiter Contact: Abhijeet Barpanda

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