Project Engineer 

NERS Designer

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of electrical infrastructure projects, ensuring adherence to project timelines, budgetary constraints, and quality standards
• Planning and design of electrical networks and electrical connections, including cable routing, switchgear layouts, protection schemes, earthing arrangements and equipment selection in compliance with relevant standards and regulations from LV up to 132kV.
• Provide technical guidance and support throughout the project lifecycle, including feasibility assessment and risk management.
• Carrying out demand calculation and network designs
• Participate in Technical and Safety audits
• Maintenance of procedures for network design and network records
• Specification of the design assumptions
• Provide knowledge to obtain Land Transfers, Easements and Licensed Areas
• Carrying out procedures to obtain Land Transfers, Easements
• Liaise with DNOs and other connection providers on point of connection and adoption of assets
• Provide supervision to staff and contractors undertaking network design and managing network records
• Provide technical knowledge and support to the staff and contractors carrying out construction activities
• Document management of Walker & Watts management system and project drawings/documents
  

Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality Responsibilities

• Ensure designs and records comply with current regulations and best practice
• Design, participate in and undertake safety audits
• Implement and maintain effective risk assessment processes within the design procedure
• Carry out environmental impact assessments in relation to designs
• Participate in quality and risk management audits of the design and construction activities
  

NERS Responsibilities

• Participate in the maintenance of competency matrices for relevant roles
• Ensure design of networks for contestable works meets NERS and DNO requirements
• Liaise with DNO and other connection providers, contractors and developers in relation to design and construction of networks and connections
• Participate in design and maintenance of design procedures for contestable works
  

Qualifications and Experience

• Electrical Engineering Qualification (Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred)
• Professional registration with the IET or equivalent
• At least 3 years of relevant experience with a DNO or IDNO, or related consultancy
• Knowledge of current Legislation, Technical Standards & Specifications, Codes of Practice and Recommendations relating to the design of Electrical Distribution Systems of DNOs and the requirements for the technical records 
• Knowledge of electrical distribution systems, including LV, HV and EHV.
• Proficiency in using industry standard software tools, such as ETAP, AutoCAD, DigSilent, Powerfactory or CDEGS.
• Knowledge of NGESO Grid Code Compliance studies and requirements, as well as knowledge of G99/G100 studies
  
  

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