Principal Design Engineer (Primary)
Leeds, Stowmarket, Birmingham, Catterick, United Kingdom, Hybrid

Permanent – Full Time

Competitive (DOE) + Car/ Car Allowance & Flexible Benefits

Summary:

Freedom Professional Services are looking for a Principal Primary Design Engineer to join our growing team and work on an array of complex and challenging engineering projects, helping to deliver the country’s Net Zero targets! Our projects span the complete energy system from generation, transmission, distribution and storage to load-end consumers in manufacturing, processing, data and recycling.

The successful candidate will act as the head of the Primary design team, providing leadership, mentorship and line management for the members of the team. Team leaders will generally lead a team of 3+ staff from similar technical disciplines and head a Sub-Business Unit in the Freedom Professional Services business.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

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• Be a team lead who can undertake client meetings, business development activities, act as technical authority within the team, mentor and coach the team members.
  
• Deliver substation primary plant and cable design projects to targeted levels of quality, timeliness and profitability.
  
• Undertake Transmission and Distribution level designs, in line with DNO and National Grid standards.
  
• Deliver detailed Substation plant design, layouts, plant specifications, short[1]circuit calculations, cable system design calculations, TMF calculations, ancillary equipment selection and specification.
  
• Understand earthing design and system X/R ratios to accurately specify transformer NERs.
  
• Undertake site survey works and guide the team around constructability issues.
  
• Be responsible for the design liability and risks associated with the correct primary design in relation to design change, compensation events, safe operability and maintenance, and alignment and adherence to industry and client standards and requirements.
  
• Seek out innovative solutions to technical problems
  
• Lead the team on all primary plant design including transformers, GIS and AIS switchgear, Busbar and GIB, GIS cable termination through to MV AIS terminations, and other substation ancillary equipment, at all system voltages up to 400kV
  
• Have sound analytical and numeracy skills to reliably undertake primary design calculations.
  
• Have a solid understanding of the interface requirements of the civil/structural and OHL aspects of HV substations
  
• Identify any additional business development opportunities which may arise during project delivery
  
• Preparation, monitoring and delivery of cost budget for projects
  
• Be responsible for the project delivery independently from senior management, ensuring the primary design deliverables are met on time, and the project budget has been maintained.
  
• Writing technical proposals with good written English and grammar to produce high-quality basis of design documents, Design Intent Documents (DID), Project Execution Plans (PEP), contribute to BIM Execution Plans (BEP)
  
• Carrying out the role and responsibilities within the company’s SHEQ requirements and CDM2015 regulations.
  
• Act as a CDM2015 Principal designer where appropriate for large substation design projects in the electrical phase, understanding the requirements of the regulations, Principal Designer role, the role of designers and that of Principal Contractor and client
  

Does this sound like a role you have envisaged yourself in?

What we’re looking for:  

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• We are looking for highly motivated self-starters who are driven by a challenge and have a hunger to grow and build the technical capability of the organisation through their leadership and guidance.
  
• Strong budgetary and project management skills are required at this level, accompanied by good commercial knowledge of design and construction contract forms such as NEC and experience of working within the contract conditions.
  
• Demonstrable experience working in a design environment
  

Qualifications:

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• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering
  
• Chartered Engineer (or working towards it)
  
• Working experience in the industry for the key duties and responsibilities mentioned on multiple projects end to end
  
• Knowledge of CAD and 3D CAD
  
• CSCS/SHEA Power Card holder
  
• Full UK Driving license.
  

Why Join Us?

At Freedom, we believe in attracting and retaining the best talent by offering great benefits and career progression opportunities, including:

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• Pension with up to 8% employer contribution
  
• Private Medical Insurance
  
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
  
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
  
• Flexible benefits (e.g., Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Tax-Free Bikes)
  
• Ongoing Training & Development Programme
  

Next Steps: 

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.  

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. xbpsjku If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. 

About Us:

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.