Hvdc Convertor Station Lead

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Jacobs Full time

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**About the opportunity**

Jacobs is committed to playing a leadership role in Global Energy Transition. Our European and Global teams are growing and we’re looking for a HVDC Convertor Station Lead to help deliver on our growing portfolio of Energy & Power projects across Europe and the wider business.

Our Energy & Power team provides a range of services to our Transmission and Distribution and Generation clients in addition to cross-market solutions to our non-energy clients.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. Our team is based across the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia and Central Europe however we can be flexible about location and are happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours to suit you and our business.

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- A Bachelor’s / Master’s degree/PhD of engineering in Power System or Power Electronics.
- Hands on experience of power system calculation tools such as PSCAD/EMTDC, Power Factory, PSSE and MATLAB.
- Fluent English in speaking and technical report writing.
- Self-motivated, self-learning attitude and curious.
- Excellent communication skill across all levels including clients

Excellent knowledge of HVDC Converter Station (CS) design and construction that includes the following:

- Single Line Diagram (SLD)
- Layout of converter stations including layout of Valve Hall, DC halls, Control &Protection (C&P) System and auxiliary systems.
- Design of HVDC Main circuit
- Excellent understanding of design of HVDC Valves and balance of plant such as HVDC reactors, interface transformers, arm reactors, pre-insertion resistors, surge arresters, HV wall bushings, DC Voltage measurement system, DC current measurement systems and auxiliary systems of converter station.
- Good overall knowledge of control and protection (C&P) system and its integration with HVDC valves
- Very good understanding of HVDC operational scenarios, switching operations, scheme energisation, isolation, and mode change sequencing.
- Auxiliary supply systems of converter station such as DNO connection, transformer tertiary connection and diesel generators.
- Transients Voltage Stresses and Insulation Coordination
- Transient Fault Current Stress and short circuit
- Power Quality and Harmonics calculations and design of filter
- Derivation of reduced equivalent AC network
- Sub-synchronous torsional interaction (SSTI)
- Reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) calculation, and evaluation
- HVDC Converter Station System losses calculation and evaluation
- Power Line Filter (PLC) for converter station
- Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Radio Interference (RI) of converter stations
- Earthing and lightening protection of converter station
- Good understanding of Grid Code Compliance studies
- Good Understanding of convertor station Noise calculation and mitigation methodologies

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