Lead Engineer

3 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Linxon Full time

Join us as the Lead Engineer for one of the biggest projects in London
Responsible for the engineering, co-ordination, and execution of all engineering disciplines for medium-voltage and high-voltage substation projects
Provide the technical lead and coordination for all engineering activities for EHV/HV substation projects. Ensure that activities related to all engineering disciplines within the project are efficiently and cost-effectively executed in accordance with contract specifications, DoW/SoW, quality standards, and safety requirements.

Deliver projects and assignments as set by engineering manager in the form of annual targets.
Manage and lead all engineering activities, both in-house and outsourced, during the proposal, design and construction stages of substation projects with strict adherence to the project contract.
On-site assessment and evaluation of existing equipment, steel structures, foundations, etc., in the so called “brown field” substation projects
Providing expertise and support to the proposal and project teams in validating sub-contractor bids, and in negotiating sub-contracts for electrical substation projects
Conform Bid packages with Customer Project Documents:
Identifying potential or probable risk during construction and installation
Developing mitigation strategies for identified risks
Work with the proposal team to ensure that the sub-contractor scope of work is clearly defined, that contract Terms & Conditions include appropriate flow downs, and that risks are properly allocated between Linxon and the sub-contractors
Analyze sub-contractor bid responses for inconsistencies, oversights and mistakes
Lead sub-contractor bid reviews to resolves bid response inconsistencies, oversights and mistakes
Prepare, update and support the project execution of engineering activities in the schedule with emphasis on; On-time delivery, Quality of deliverables and Project costs.
Develop the Design Criteria and the Document Deliverables list for the project.
Perform technical, cost savings, and constructability reviews of design packages from internal engineering, outsourced sub-contractor engineering and equipment factories.
Generate equipment specifications, monitor vendor technical compliance and witness factory acceptance testing.

Minimum 12 to 15 years of substation engineering experience
Experience in engineering leadership as well as preparation/management of SLD, layout, sections, Primary design & calculations, Grounding & Lightning design, Steel design inputs, transformers, converters/rectifiers, HV & MV Switchgear systems, Auxiliary Power AC & DC Systems, power cables, RFQ, BOQ, SCF, DSLP, Earthing system, Busbar sizing, Cable engineering, Secondary engineering, protection and control.
Experience as a Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE) / Lead Contractor Design Approval Engineer (LCDAE), as defined by National Grid's NG/ET/SR188 procedure will be an advantage.
BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering discipline or equivalent

Fluency in English– both written and spoken, additional languages are a plus.
Personal Qualities Required:

Quality-focused with strong attention to detail
Assertive, decisive, confident, Resilient and flexible achiever
We combine Hitachi ABB Power Grids deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis’s project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.
Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.


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