Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.
We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.
This role will be within our Transmission & Renewables team. We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.
What will you be doing?
We're looking for a Senior Design Engineer (Electrical Primary) to join our Renewable Connections Design team.
Are you an experienced HV primary plant engineer ready to be the lead technical voice on substation and renewable grid connection projects? You'll lead the HV primary design of new and upgraded substations up to 400kV that connect solar, BESS, and demand customers to the networks of SSE, UKPN, SPEN and independent DNOs. You'll be the go-to expert for project, site and bid teams, and you'll help shape the next generation of engineers in a growing team.
This a Hybrid and flexible role, with site days expected and occasional meetings at our offices in Solihul, Birmingham or Nottingham.
- Lead primary design from concept and feasibility through detailed design to issued-for-construction, for substations, customer/point-of-connection substations and BESS sites from 11kV up to 400kV
- Acting as the go-to expert for design, project, and site engineers, as well as bid teams and clients
- Collaborating with the wider internal design team and external design consultant to ensure projects meet programme and budget targets
- Providing technical assurance and ensuring alignment with industry standards and client expectations
- Produce technical specifications for procurement, review vendor drawings and witness factory acceptance tests (FAT)
- Review and approve third-party and subcontractor designs, acting as the HV primary design approver on your projects
- Work closely with civils, protection & control, cables and project management colleagues, and support the bid team with design input and pricing
What they’ll bring – Key skills, qualifications and experience (no more than 75 words)
- BEng/BSc (Hons) in Electrical or Electrical & Electronic Engineering, or HNC/HND with substantial relevant experience
- At least 5 years' HV substation primary design experience in the UK electricity distribution or transmission sector
- Sufficient experience of DNO/IDNO design standards, ENA specifications and British/IEC standards
- Experience checking and approving designs and leading a design package end to end
- Sound understanding of CDM 2015 and a strong safety mindset
- Have the ability to self-learn the use of any engineering software relevant to substation electrical design
- Knowledge (preview drawings as a minimum) in using 2D CAD software (ideally Autodesk products)
- Clear communicator who can explain complex technical information to clients, contractors and non-specialists
- Full UK driving licence
What’s in it for you?
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme or car allowance
- Private health care and health care cash plan for you
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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