Principal HVDC Engineer

1 month ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom AECOM Full time
Job Description

Location

You can be based in any of our locations in the UK and Ireland which includes Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, and St Albans.

We will consider hybrid working arrangements.

What your role could entail:

We are seeking a Principal HVDC Engineer to join our HVDC team in the UK and Ireland Transmission and Distribution department.

The primary objective of this role is to lead the development and delivery of HVDC and FACTS activities.

You’ll be expected to provide technical expertise for bids and proposals and to represent the company in client meetings as appropriate.

Typical HVDC and FACTS activities include:

  • Feasibility Studies
  • Optioneering Studies
  • Specification preparation
  • Technical Bid Review
  • Design Assurance
  • Design Review
  • Site and FAT visits
  • OEM Support Services
  • Site pre-commissioning and commissioning oversight supervision
  • Due Diligence
  • Technical expert services
  • Some original design work may also be involved.

You will assist in developing the HVDC and FACTS team and may have line management responsibility for those staff.


Qualifications

Here’s what we will need from you:

  • Typically around 15+ years relevant experience.
  • An electrical/electronic/power engineering or similar qualification such as an HNC, HND, BSc/BEng and/or an MSc/MEng.
  • Professionally qualified in Electrical Engineering (CEng or working towards)
  • Demonstrate a significant knowledge of HVDC technology along with a grounding in general power systems engineering
  • Experienced coordinating across project disciplines, external subcontractors and remote offices such that technical risks are identified and mitigated, and all statutory and regulatory requirements are met
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; experienced in creating and presenting technical reports; and responding to clients’ technical questions
  • Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements, lead technical discussions with customers and develop client relationships
  • Understanding of Systems Engineering principles and requirements management
  • Understanding of functional characteristics of power systems and interactions between AC and HVDC systems
  • Able to work to deadlines under pressure whilst maintaining the safety, quality and engineering integrity of the solution
  • Prepared to take part in working groups such as CIGRE, IET and other professional bodies
  • Demonstrate an understanding of HVDC scheme design and system studies.


Additional Information

You can learn more about us here: 2023 AECOM Candidate Brochure (adobe.com)

What We Offer

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

 

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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