Contract Design Approval Engineer – CDAE
Posted 1 day ago by Rubicon Consulting
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Summary: Rubicon Consulting is seeking multiple Contact Design Approval Engineers (CDAE) for various design disciplines on 6-month rolling contracts, requiring 2-3 days in the office in Manchester. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with National Grid standards and involves coordination across multiple engineering disciplines. The position is classified as outside IR35, indicating a favorable tax status for contractors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Focus on substation layout and physical design (400kV/275kV/132kV).
- Review single line diagrams, general arrangements, equipment layouts, busbar configurations, clearances, and earthing.
- Ensure designs meet National Grid standards, TP141, ENA, IEC etc.
- Coordinate with secondary, civil, and protection disciplines.
- Cover protection & control, SCADA, telecoms, and auxiliary systems.
- Review schematics, wiring diagrams, relay settings, CT/VT sizing, SAS/IEC 61850 configurations.
- Ensure correct integration with National Grid’s operational and control systems.
- Provide assurance that schemes meet resilience, redundancy, and operability requirements.
- Responsible for civil and structural design assurance on substations and cable routes.
- Review foundations, buildings, trenches, access roads, drainage, fire protection, bunding, and steelwork.
- Check compliance with CDM, geotechnical, environmental, and NG civil standards.
- Interface with primary plant to ensure loadings and spatial requirements are met.
Key Skills:
- Experience in substation layout and physical design.
- Knowledge of National Grid standards, TP141, ENA, IEC.
- Ability to review and coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Experience with protection & control, SCADA, telecoms, and auxiliary systems.
- Understanding of civil and structural design assurance.
- Familiarity with CDM, geotechnical, environmental, and NG civil standards.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Rubicon Consulting is currently recruiting for multiple Contact Design Approval Engineers (CDAE) for all design disciplines – Primary on 6 month rolling contracts 2-3 days in the office in Manchester Remote/hybrid.
Role Summary
Outside IR35
Primary CDAE
- Focuses on substation layout and physical design (400kV/275kV/132kV).
- Reviews single line diagrams, general arrangements, equipment layouts, busbar configurations, clearances, and earthing.
- Ensures designs meet National Grid standards, TP141, ENA, IEC etc.
- Coordinates with secondary, civil, and protection disciplines.
Secondary CDAE
- Covers protection & control, SCADA, telecoms, and auxiliary systems.
- Reviews schematics, wiring diagrams, relay settings, CT/VT sizing, SAS/IEC 61850 configurations.
- Ensures correct integration with National Grid’s operational and control systems.
- Provides assurance that schemes meet resilience, redundancy, and operability requirements.
Civils CDAE
- Responsible for civil and structural design assurance on substations and cable routes.
- Reviews foundations, buildings, trenches, access roads, drainage, fire protection, bunding, and steelwork.
- Checks compliance with CDM, geotechnical, environmental, and NG civil standards.
- Interfaces with primary plant to ensure loadings and spatial requirements are met.
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