Principal Electrical Engineer - Substation Design (Ireland)

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*We are open to considering candidates looking for Full-time or Part-time roles*

Are you ready to join a team of talented and innovative engineers within our UK Transmission & Distribution business and grow your career?

The Transmission & Distribution department delivers project management, design and owners engineer roles for electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltages across the UK and globally. The focus of the team is large-scale grid infrastructure, grid connections, and private networks.

Due to continued growth across a breadth of projects and clients, we are looking for an ambitious Senior Electrical Substation Design Engineer to join the team in Ireland. This is a fantastic time to join us and apply your skills across a multi-disciplinary, innovative team and work within a varied portfolio of groundbreaking projects.The work will be varied and there will be a lot of opportunity to learn in this role. This role will  give you the chance to work in a Client Engineer capacity on our multi-year framework with EirGrid - come and grow with us. 

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Design Primary Plant layouts and schematics for HV substations
• Produce equipment specifications for HV Plant and associated equipment
• Provide engineering design input to major infrastructure projects
• Prepare technical specifications and documentation
• Undertake an Owners’ Engineer role on HV substation/Cable and OHL projects
• Provide HV design input to renewable energy projects e.g., Battery storage, Solar, Hydro and Wind generation
• Coordinate across multi-disciplinary engineering environments and project managers, as well as conduct site visits/inspections to ensure design integrity. 

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.