Secondary CDAE Engineer - #1713881

Job Title: Secondary CDAE Engineer

Location: Birmingham/Glasgow, United Kingdom

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The Secondary CDAE Engineer will lead and work in a skilled team on a wide range of National Grid, SSEN & SPEN substation projects. The position will focus on the project and tender engineering and its interfaces and scope of work involved in HV - substation design and construction projects, within the Linxon EPC to meet customer needs, legislative demands and standards.

What will you do?

Key Areas of Responsibility (KARs):

• Overall responsible for managing & leading all secondary 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 within Linxon (local & remote), internal & external partners, sub-suppliers, secondary engineers & civil engineers.
• Review of P&C design packages as per NG/ET/SR188
• Completion of the relevant section of the DID
• Submitting 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
• Secondary design but not limited to SLD, AC & DC distribution systems, battery and battery chargers sizing, voltage drop, cable sizing, signal lists, setting calculation, interface lists, cable block diagrams, multicore & fiber optic cable schedules, and cables core sheets, etc.
• Coordinate with suppliers and reviewing their deliverables. Check remote end requirements and provide input to supplier.
• Be familiar with Substation control system and its architecture
• Participate in technical discussions with customers and suppliers, handle site queries and take necessary actions up to as-built documentation
• Secondary engineering budget, schedule, forecast, risk & change management activities.
• Secondary engineer of large and complex EHV/HV Air & Gas Insulated Substation (AIS & GIS) projects in UK.

Technical solutions

• Provide technical solution for substations comprising SLD, KLD, technical information, 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 but not limited to P&C, metering and AC/DC systems
• Reviewing supplier 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.
• Availability to travel 25 % of the time (domestic/international travel) working in an office and on a construction site

Experience Required:

• Bachelor or Master’s in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Extensive years of substation engineering experience in utilities. Knowledge of required NG, SSEN & SPEN requirements and standards.

Competencies/ Skills Required:

• Contractor Design approval engineer (CDAE) P&C certification from National Grid.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards it
• 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 secondary design engineering, AC & DC system calculation, compilation of signal list, setting calculation, interface engineering and preparing cable schedules
• Strong in MS Office, knowledge in MicroStation and AutoCAD is required.
• Fluency in English – both written and spoken