AECOM
Associate Director - Substation Design (UK)
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Transmission & Distribution HV Substation Engineer – UK
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Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
Are you ready to join a team of talented and innovative engineers within our UK Transmission & Distribution business and grow your career?
Our Transmission & Distribution team delivers HV design for electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltage levels (typically 132 kV to 400 kV). This role focuses on primary plant design for large-scale infrastructure, grid connections, and private networks, including substations, in the following stages: feasibility, optioneering, FEED, and detailed design, along with design assurance for existing or new infrastructure.
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Lead substation technical discussions with clients and internal multi-disciplinary teams to establish scopes, define interfacing needs, and ensure timely delivery
- Lead the technical delivery with engineering teams by agreeing on approaches, supporting scope understanding, monitoring progress, and quality-checking deliverables before providing them to the client
- Apply substation project/asset lifecycle design knowledge to successfully deliver client projects
- Collaborate with the project management team to produce resourcing forecasts and programmes
- Demonstrate commercial awareness by developing proposals, monitoring project costs, and identifying opportunities
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, aligning with client requirements and perspectives while adopting a client-centric project delivery mindset
- Promote the safety in design ethos within projects
- Mentor and develop more junior staff to build long-term team capability and capacity
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At AECOM, you’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits tailored to support your future, well-being, and lifestyle, including:
- Career development opportunities
- Flexible hybrid working model for work-life balance
- Technical practice networks and access to AECOM University
- Volunteering days and professional growth initiatives
Qualifications
Here’s what we’re looking for:
✔ Previous experience in consultancy, contracting, or utilities within the energy sector, with client experience at National Grid, SP Transmission, SSE, or other UK/Ireland transmission utilities ✔ Strong background in designing high-voltage (HV) infrastructure, covering concept, FEED, and detailed design stages ✔ In-depth knowledge of electrical AC HV plant infrastructure, including AIS (Air Insulated Switchgear) and GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear) ✔ Proficiency in National Grid standards and specifications ✔ Experience in proposal/bid development, including leading multi-discipline proposal teams through completion ✔ Design & site construction review experience (primary plant-focused, but knowledge of secondary systems is advantageous) ✔ Familiarity with control systems, transformers, HVDC systems, interconnectors, and HV protection & control—highly desirable ✔ CDAE / LCDAE (Chartered Director of Architectural Engineering / Licensed CDAE) approval ideal but not mandatory
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AECOM celebrates diversity, including neurodiversity, and encourages applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you qualify for reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact: ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com
If you meet some of these requirements or believe your experience is transferable, we would love to hear from you!
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- Day 1 onboarding requires an in-person visit to an AECOM office
About AECOM AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm ($16.1B in revenue, FY 2025) providing:
- Engineering, design, construction, and program management across sectors:
- Transportation, water, new energy, and sustainability
- A culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion, aligned with ESG priorities
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
AECOM empowers you with: ✅ Hybrid work flexibility—work on-site, remotely, or with clients ✅ Confident team environment—where all talents and perspectives are valued ✅ Compensation & benefits package tailored to diverse employee needs:
- Career growth and industry-leading leadership development
- Pioneering mindset celebrated among employees
As a publicly traded global infrastructure firm, AECOM supports access to industry-leading technology, transformational work with global impact, and a culture of innovation.
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