Primary Design Engineer

Primary Design Engineer (Substation)

Scotland – Home Based

Permanent

Competitive Salary + Flexible Benefits

Freedom Professional Services are currently recruiting a Substation Design Engineer to join our team. The role will be home based; however, you will be expected to attend a nearby Freedom or NG Bailey office in line with the company's hybrid working policy.

The Substation Design Engineer will be responsible for delivering detailed EHV and HV electrical substation earthing design projects both in the UK and internationally, meeting all safety, quality, and environmental requirements.

The role will require travel to other Freedom/NG Bailey offices and client sites across the UK, with overnight stays where necessary.

Key deliverables for this role include:

• Deliver substation primary plant and cable design projects to targeted levels of quality, timeliness, and profitability.
• Deliver detailed substation plant designs, including layouts, plant specifications, design calculations, cable designs, and cable route feasibility surveys.
• Seek out innovative solutions to technical problems.
• Provide advice and design work for primary plant including transformers, GIS and AIS switchgear, cables, and all substation equipment, from 11 kV up to 400 kV.
• Possess sound analytical and numeracy skills, including short-circuit force calculations, cable rating calculations, short-circuit current calculations, and lightning protection calculations.
• Have a solid understanding of the interface requirements of the civil/structural and OHL aspects of HV substations.

What we're looking for:
If the above sounds exciting and something you're well versed in, we'd love to hear from you. You will work with the Senior Electrical Engineer and assist with the design and delivery of new-build and refurbishment projects.

Qualifications and experience:

• HND (or equivalent) in Engineering, or a Degree (desirable).
• Knowledge of CAD.
• Knowledge of substation design.
• Full UK driving licence.

Benefits:
We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we attract and retain great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Competitive salary.
• Pension with a leading provider and employer contribution.
• Personal wellbeing and volunteer days.
• Private medical insurance.
• Free 24/7/365 Employee Assistance Programme to support mental health and wellbeing (including counselling sessions and legal advice).
• Flexible benefits to suit, including dental insurance, gym memberships, Give As You Earn, travel insurance, and tax-free bikes.
• Personal development programme.

Next Steps:

As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us
Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be

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