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Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for High Voltage Electrical Engineers to support one of our major clients based out of Glasgow, Birmingham or Manchester.
The Opportunity
Due to significant growth across our Energy portfolio we have multiple roles open for Electrical Engineers of various levels of expertise. We are looking for Senior / Principal and Associate level consultants to join our High Voltage Power Systems teams situated across Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow. Working across the Transmission and Distribution sectors, our projects span across HVAC and HVDC feasibility and FEED, HVAC and HVDC Design, project management, techno-economic assessments, and Regulatory and Advisory services. Our teams provide specialist power systems advice and services to internal and external clients. The team is involved in a wide range of power system projects in the energy, rail, nuclear, building and utilities sectors. These are fantastic long-term opportunities working with our clients in areas such as offshore wind and interconnectors, utilities, nuclear, data centres and industrial facilities.
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Is this role right for you?
We are looking for candidates holding PhD, MSc, MEng or BEng in Electrical Engineering /Electrical Power Systems or similar. Preferably you will be a Chartered Engineer or working towards chartership with the IET. Your role will involve bids and business development initiatives within a team but also working individually on various projects. The ideal candidate will have a background in the design and delivery of EHV and HV (400kV-11kV ) electrical systems along with skills in Modelling/Analysis of these networks
Design / studies experience of large renewable energy schemes and/ or of HVDC Systems will be of interest.
We are interested in all, or some of the skills and experience listed below, though not every single point is required to be considered:;
- Demonstrable experience of providing power system consultancy services for utility and developer clients
- Detailed knowledge of power system analysis and direct involvement and delivery of detailed power systems studies in software such as: DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSSE, PSCAD, IPSA, ETAP, ERACS and SKM
- Experience of performing dynamic grid connection studies to meet the requirements of Engineering Recommendation G99 and international Grid Codes.
- Skills in performing power quality assessment studies, including Engineering Recommendation G5/5, P28, and P29.
- Experience in performing insulation co-ordination studies.
- Bespoke dynamic model development in PowerFactory and PSS/E for inverter-connected generation as well as conventional AVR and governor modelling. Capability in DPL, Python, or other modelling languages.
- Knowledge of UK distribution and/or transmission network grid connection process
You will have strong Client/project management skills in the capacity of a technical lead on project tasks. Excellent written and verbal communications with both technical and non-technical personnel will be expected.
