Lead Primary & Secondary Design Engineers – Birmingham and Glasgow, UK - Hybrid Working

Industry leading salary and benefits package

A leading UK engineering consultancy is seeking Lead Primary and Secondary Design Engineers to join their growing substation teams in Birmingham and Glasgow. These senior roles offer the opportunity to lead complex EHV/HV substation projects, including Air Insulated Substations (AIS) and Gas Insulated Substations (GIS), while contributing to both greenfield and brownfield initiatives across the UK.

You will be joining a skilled and collaborative engineering team, working closely with internal and external partners, suppliers, and contractors, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities

Primary Design Lead:

• Lead all primary engineering activities from project inception to As-Built, ensuring compliance with project specifications, QA/QC, HSSE, and industry standards.
• Review HV plant design packages and prepare Design Intent Documents (DID) / Functional Design Specifications (FDS).
• Coordinate with civil, protection & control, and auxiliary systems teams, managing interfaces and technical queries.
• Lead procurement technical reviews, developing project-specific specifications and reviewing supplier/subcontractor deliverables.
• Provide technical solutions including layouts, single line diagrams, grounding and lightning studies, HV/MV switchgear, transformer specifications, cable calculations, and associated design documentation.
• Manage primary engineering budgets, schedules, risk, and change management.
• Support site teams during construction and commissioning stages.