Hybrid Senior Project Engineer – Electrical, Energy & Industrial

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About the role

  • Senior Project Engineer specializing in HV Electrical Engineering at Ethos Engineering Ltd. leading complex electrical engineering projects across Energy and Industrial sectors in Ireland and Europe.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the delivery of HV and MV infrastructure projects, including AIS and GIS substations, grid connection infrastructure, landing stations and interconnectors, and HV auxiliary systems and associated infrastructure.
  • Develop and review single line diagrams (SLDs), substation layouts, protection and control philosophies, HV cable systems, earthing and lightning protection systems, secondary systems and auxiliary power systems.
  • Coordinate and manage multidisciplinary design teams, including internal engineering resources, external consultants and specialist subcontractors, OEMs and utility stakeholders.
  • Interface directly with clients, TSOs / DSOs / utilities, contractors, and regulatory and approval bodies.
  • Support the development of Ethos’ HV engineering capability, including technical standards and procedures, recruitment and mentoring, and development of internal delivery capability.
  • Review technical studies and support design decision-making, including load flow studies, short circuit studies, protection coordination, harmonics and power quality studies, earthing studies.
  • Support tendering, technical bid reviews and project planning activities.
  • Attend site visits, inspections and commissioning activities as required.

Requirements

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
  • Typically 8–15+ years’ experience in HV/MV electrical engineering.
  • Demonstrable experience delivering HV substation projects up to 400kV AIS and GIS substations.
  • Grid connection infrastructure HV cable and auxiliary systems.
  • Strong understanding of Primary and secondary substation systems, grid forming and Grid Following interfacing.
  • Protection and control systems, earthing and lightning protection.
  • Utility and TSO/DSO interface requirements.
  • Experience working within consultancy environments, utility/TSO projects, and energy infrastructure or industrial power sectors.
  • Experience managing or coordinating engineering teams and external consultants is highly desirable.
  • Chartered Engineer status (or working towards) is desirable but not essential.
  • Strong knowledge of IEC, BS, EN and IS standards, utility and grid connection requirements, HV design principles and substation engineering practices.
  • Familiarity with tools such as AutoCAD, ETAP, PowerFactory, PSCAD (desirable).
  • Strong technical reporting, specification writing and client communication skills.

Benefits

  • Flexible working times
  • 20 Days holidays up to 25 days
  • Pension Scheme
  • Working travel out-of-pocket expenses
  • Travel tax scheme or bike-to-work scheme
  • Regular training/mentoring / further college support
  • Support for Chartership
  • Subsidised Health Insurance Allowance
  • A Professional Subscription Fee paid by the company
  • Paid Statutory Leaves
  • Healthcare check-ups and flu vaccinations
  • Gym / Fitness membership
  • Heavily subsidised social committee (5 a side, golf society, climbing club and regular social events)

Job title

Senior Project Engineer – Electrical, Energy & Industrial

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridIreland

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