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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Job Title: Lead Primary Engineer
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Join us!!
The Primary Engineer will be a member of the Linxon UK Engineering Team and will contribute towards the effective execution of the primary engineering functions within projects and tenders. Primary Engineer will lead and work in a skilled team on a wide range of SSEN & SPEN substation projects.
What will you do?
Key Areas of Responsibility (KARs):
- Overall responsible for managing & leading all primary engineering activities from project start till the As-Built stage with strict adherence to Project Specifications & Linxon standards including QA/QC, HSSE & Integrity.
- Instruct, supervise & coordinate with other engineering team (GETS) within Linxon (local & remote), internal & external partners, sub-suppliers, secondary engineers & civil engineers.
- Review of HV plant design packages as per NG/ET/SR188
- Input to the development of the DID
- Submission of completed Design Packages for Design Compliance Audit
- Ensuring all design changes are managed in accordance with the design change management process defined as per NG
- Attending Design Review meetings (DRMs) and Hazard review meetings (HRMs) as required
- Review and certify the design packages and issue the DCAAR
- Provide information for civil designs and coordination of interfaces between construction planning, steel structure engineering, protection and control system, auxiliary power system and all equipment suppliers for the project.
- Participate in technical discussions with customers and suppliers, handle site queries and take necessary actions up to as-built documentation
- Lead technical responsibilities for procurement of equipment and subcontractors, including development of project specific technical specifications and accompanying documentation, technical review of quotes and lead technical discussion with regards to scope of works and technical requirements.
- Primary engineering budget, schedule, forecast, risk & change management activities.
- Primary engineer of large and complex EHV/HV Air & Gas Insulated Substation (AIS & GIS) projects in UK.
Technical solutions
- Provide technical solution for substations comprising Single line diagram, technical information, layouts and associated detail drawings and documents by established applicable standards, processes and customer specifications through allocated resources remotely.
- Prepare Design Intent Document (DID) / Functional Design Specification (FDS) based on supplier inputs
- RFQs for HV Plant equipment
- Reviewing supplier/subcontractor deliverables based on project specifications and standards.
- Support site team during execution stage.
- Provide technical calculations and schedules for all equipment for projects or tenders.
- Prepare bill of quantities (PEMS), deviations & clarifications for technical solutions.
- Review of Suppliers design and Factory acceptance test plans.
- Provide technical support and to develop tender scheme options and related project scope documents.
Experience Required:
- Bachelor or Master's'in electrical engineering or equivalent
- Extensive substation engineering experience in utilities, particularly in transmission electrical networks.
- Knowledge of SSEN & SPEN requirements, policies and standards.
Other Position-Specific Characteristics
- Availability to travel 25 % of the time (domestic/international travel)
- Hybrid working arrangement with availability to attend site where required.
Competencies/ Skills Required:
- Result orientated team player with a proactive approach.
- Excellent in communication, to interact with external and internal parties at all levels in a multi-cultural environment.
- Expert knowledge in Substation primary design and engineering, Layouts, Grounding & Lightning design, Steel design inputs, transformers, HV & MV Switchgear systems, HV & MV cable calculations, earthing calculations.
- Strong in MS Office, knowledge in MicroStation and AutoCAD is required.
- Fluency in English – both written and spoken
About Linxon
Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.
We combine Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis's project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.
Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.
As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.
To know more about the Linxon please click on the link below.
Building the infrastructure to power the world - we are Linxon! - YouTube
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Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Job Type
Full time
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Salary range
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