Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer

Mott Mac Donald

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About the business unit

Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Overview of role

The Energy Unit, specifically the Transmission & Distribution division are recruiting for a Electrical Engineer to join our team. This role is to support client projects from inception and master planning through concept and detailed design stages all the way to commissioning and final completion.

Our work is varied and spans across all forms of Renewable Power Generation, Network Design, Grid Connections, Net Zero Carbon aspirations and Estate Management Planning. We also provide detailed design solutions in the renewables, aviation, data centre, healthcare, nuclear and defence sectors.

Typical projects will include working from a client brief to produce tender specifications, calculations, designs and drawings for new or renovated 11k V and 33k V switchgear networks and renewable energy connections with HV cable connections, transformers, diesel generators, load banks, LV interfaces, SCADA interfaces and protection schemes.

You will manage engineering projects and deliverables ensuring they meet the client’s expectations and applicable statutory and regulatory specification, on time and within budget. You will also support and contribute to the development of junior staff and graduates

Typical activities include:

• Taking part in site surveys
• Ensure project deliverables and scope are clear
• Understand procurement and contract awards such as NEC PSC
• LV and MV network configuration and advice on resilience issues.
• Input into the network configuration and understanding of operations scenarios and impacts.
• LV and MV (up to 33k V) network design.
• LV and MV cable sizing, routing and termination.
• LV and MV substation design layouts.
• LV and MV substation main equipment operations and specifications.
• Understanding and interpretation of client standards and DNO regulations and standards.
• Earthing designs including understanding of design, modelling and calculations for step, touch and transfer potential.
• Protection requirements
• Arc flash requirement
• Review of design submissions within the team against client scope.

Working as part of a Team and reporting to the Project Principal or Principal Engineer, we are ideally looking for candidates who are Chartered, along with:

• Professionally qualified in a relevant engineering discipline
• Proven skills, capabilities and experience in the sector areas mentioned above
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential as the role will require preparation of specifications and reports.
• Co-ordinate with multi disciplines both internal and external.
• Demonstrable experience within electrical project engineering, with focus on installations from LV up to 11k V / 33k V.
• Be able to travel ioverseas if required,
• Be competent in the use of MS packages.
• Be aware of procurement, construction and commissioning activities.
• Must have initiative, self-motivation and the confidence to make decisions.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Employer will provide life insurance cover up to 1-time annual gross salary.
• Employer will provide accident insurance cover (For the cases of partial or full disability due to accident) up to 2 times annual basic salary.
• Employees are entailed to participate in the GIS which is a performance base of performing sharing scheme
• You have the possibility of agile working
• You have the opportunity to participate to the employee referral scheme Global referral schemes
• Employee Assistance Program EAP Employee Assistance Programme
• Reimbursement for one professional membership per year or your annual charter ship
• Health and wellbeing: FIT PASS (Access hundreds of the best gyms, fitness studios, swimming pools and sports centres throughout Serbia!)
• You have free access to the Group wellbeing and mental health initiatives.
• You have free access to MM’s e-learning courses, technical learning on EUNA (Europe and UK) Campus, and other learning and development opportunities such as lunchtime learnings, online courses and workshops.

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