Macstaff
Senior Power Systems Engineer
London
£62k – £75k/yr
Posted about 22 hours ago
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
1Upload CV
2Analyse CV
3Improve CV
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Senior/Principal Power Systems Engineer
£60K–£78K DOE + Bonus + Excellent Benefits | London or Manchester
You will like
- Developing your Power Systems Engineering career with a fast-growing, award-winning global engineering consultancy at the forefront of data centre and mission-critical infrastructure design.
- Based from Manchester or London, with hybrid working #WFH 2-3 days PW. You will join a specialist Power Systems & Infrastructure team working on some of the largest, most complex and technically challenging data centre developments in the UK and internationally.
- This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Senior Power Systems Engineer or Principal Power Systems Engineer to combine advanced technical engineering with project leadership, client interaction and genuine career progression within a global consultancy recognised as a 5-Star Employer.
The Role
- The Senior / Principal Power Systems Engineer role itself, providing specialist electrical power systems expertise from concept and feasibility through detailed design and project delivery.
- Depending on experience and seniority, you will:
- Undertake and lead complex power system studies and electrical network analysis
- Deliver load flow and short circuit / fault level studies
- Complete protection coordination and discrimination studies
- Undertake arc flash assessments and transient analysis
- Develop robust LV, MV and HV power distribution solutions
- Use industry-leading software including ETAP, SKM, DIgSILENT PowerFactory or equivalent
- Support electrical infrastructure, resilience and grid connection strategies
- Produce high-quality technical calculations, reports and engineering documentation
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary electrical, mechanical, civil and infrastructure teams
- Build strong relationships with clients and project stakeholders
- Review technical outputs and provide engineering assurance
- Mentor and develop less experienced Power Systems Engineers
- At Principal level, lead technical delivery, multidisciplinary teams and key client relationships
- Projects are predominantly within the rapidly expanding data centre, mission-critical and critical infrastructure markets, giving you exposure to technically sophisticated, high-value projects worldwide.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
You will have
- To be successful as Senior / Principal Power Systems Engineer, you will ideally be:
- Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Power Systems Engineering or similar
- Chartered Engineer / CEng, or actively progressing towards chartership
- Experienced in power systems design, analysis and project delivery
- Strong in load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash and/or transient studies
- Experienced with ETAP, SKM, DIgSILENT PowerFactory or comparable power system analysis software
- Knowledgeable across LV, MV and/or HV electrical networks
- Experienced within data centres, utilities, renewable energy, critical infrastructure or similarly complex electrical environments
- Confident dealing directly with clients and multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Able to provide technical leadership and mentoring at Senior/Principal level
- Previous data centre experience is highly attractive, although strong transferable power systems expertise from utilities, energy or other critical infrastructure environments is equally relevant.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
You will get
- As Senior / Principal Power Systems Engineer, you will enjoy a highly competitive package including:
- £62K-£78K Salary DOE for London & £60K–£72K Salary DOE for Manchester.
- Annual discretionary bonus
- 7% matched pension contribution
- 25 days' holiday + Bank Holidays
- Private healthcare
- Life insurance
- Critical illness cover
- Structured professional and technical development
- Mentoring and career development through a dedicated Global Academy
- Major UK and international project exposure
- Genuine progression within a rapidly growing global consultancy
For an ambitious Power Systems Engineer, this is the chance to work at serious scale, on serious engineering challenges, without becoming another small cog in a very large machine.
You can apply
To Senior / Principal Power Systems Engineer by pushing the button on this job posting (recommended), or by sending your CV in confidence to anthony@macstaff.co.uk.
Trusted by 25,000+ job seekers
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Power Systems Engineering
Electrical Network Analysis
Load Flow Studies
Short Circuit Analysis
Protection Coordination
Arc Flash Assessment
Transient Analysis
LV/MV/HV Power Distribution
ETAP
SKM
DIgSILENT PowerFactory
Project Leadership
Client Relationship Management
Technical Mentoring
Engineering Assurance
Grid Connection Strategies
Location