Hays
Senior Design Engineer - Power
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Hays Engineering are delighted to be supporting a leading engineering and infrastructure organisation in their search for a Senior Design Engineer to join their growing Power team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Power Design Engineer to take a lead role in the design and delivery of AC and DC power supply projects within a highly regulated environment. The successful candidate will act as both Design Responsible Engineer (DRE) and Contractor's Responsible Engineer (CRE), providing technical leadership across the full project lifecycle.
Your new role
Reporting to the Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for the safe, compliant and efficient delivery of power design solutions, ensuring projects are completed to specification, on time and within budget.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and reviewing AC and DC power supply designs.
- Producing technical specifications, cable calculations and protection calculations.
- Acting as Design Responsible Engineer (DRE) on allocated projects.
- Undertaking CRE duties where required.
- Reviewing and verifying third-party design submissions.
- Providing technical support to construction, commissioning and project teams.
- Managing and responding to client and site technical queries.
- Leading design reviews and design risk reviews.
- Producing and issuing design documentation and warning notices.
- Driving best practice, continuous improvement and value engineering initiatives.
- Ensuring compliance with all relevant safety, quality and environmental standards.
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What you'll need to succeed
To be considered for this position, you will ideally possess:
Essential
- Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or Power Engineering (BEng minimum).
- Extensive experience in power distribution design.
- Strong knowledge of AC Traction Power Distribution.
- Strong knowledge of DC Traction Power Distribution.
- Experience of substation equipment, protection systems and substation layouts.
- Knowledge of LV distribution systems.
- CRE-D experience.
- Experience using MicroStation CAD software.
- Strong technical report writing skills.
- Understanding of railway operations and integration with disciplines including OLE, civil engineering and telecoms.
Desirable
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- MEng qualification.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
- Level C Substation Access certification.
- BS7671 design knowledge.
- SSSTS or SMSTS qualification.
- Contractual awareness.
- CEM experience.
- CRE-C experience
What you'll get in return
- Opportunity to work on complex and high-profile infrastructure projects.
- Clear career progression within a growing engineering team.
- Exposure to multidisciplinary design and delivery environments.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Professional development support, including chartership and further qualifications.
What you need to do now
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