Principal Design Engineer

Principal Substation Secondary (P&C) Design Engineer Birmingham – Hybrid Contract position Clearance: Active BPSS (Required) I'm currently recruiting for a senior Protection & Control (P&C) Design Engineer to join a leading engineering team delivering major electricity transmission and substation projects.

This is a technical leadership role where you’ll lead P&C FEED and detailed design workstreams for transmission-scale substation projects. You’ll provide technical assurance, support tenders and bids, manage project interfaces and act as a senior technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading P&C design activities across FEED and detailed design
• Reviewing and assuring technical designs and project deliverables
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to engineers
• Supporting bids, tenders, cost estimates and supplier evaluations
• Coordinating with primary, civil, structural and project management teams
• Managing technical interfaces with clients, suppliers and subcontractors
• Attending design reviews, client meetings, FATs, SATs and site visits
• Supporting business development and the growth of the P&C engineering capability

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience in substation Protection & Control design
• Experience delivering UK or international transmission-scale projects
• Strong FEED and detailed design experience
• Knowledge of transmission substation protection, control and secondary systems
• Experience providing technical leadership or managing engineering teams
• Strong knowledge of IEC, IEEE and relevant industry standards
• Experience with technical bids, proposals and cost estimates
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• The right to work in the UK
• Chartered Engineer status, major UK transmission project experience and previous tender management responsibility would be advantageous.

Interested? Please send your CV or contact me for further information.