Underground Cable Engineer – HV

South East England

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BakerHicks
Ref
72313
Vacancy title
Underground Cable Engineer – HV
Function(s)
Design, Engineering
Contract type
Full time permanent
Region
South East England
Location(s)
London/Warwick/Manchester/Derby/Eurocentral
 
Description

About the Role

The candidate must have experience (depending on role) in the production of all designs, calculations, reports & drawings associated with the new or modification of EHV projects from 11kV – 400kV covering EHV cabling. The candidate must have a reasonable foundation level of maths and science, preferably from a power engineering background and have good communication skills.

In the role they will manage the production of project deliverables through a robust checking process but must also develop drawing office standards, mentor and train the CAD technicians and, when work dictates, support the actual delivery of the outputs.

The candidate must be enthusiastic, mature enough to operate in a diverse team and work without full time supervision. This role can lead to many career paths for the employee as they develop through BakerHicks.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

  • Preparation and checking of feasibility studies, outline and detailed design technical reports and other written documents.
  • Design and checking of detail construction design drawings.
  • Production of design concepts, drawings, specifications and other technical documents.

Delivering project cable system design requirements, including but not limited to:

  • Current ratings (IEC60287 & 60853)
  • Forced ventilation design for cable tunnels
  • Impressed voltage calculations
  • Emergency, Cyclic & Short term overload ratings
  • Cable crossing ratings
  • Producing Bonding diagrams

Skills & Experience

  • Minimum BEng / Bsc in Electrical Engineering with Power / HV background
  • Ideally MEng / Msc in Electrical Engineering with Power / HV background
  • Working toward CEng status,

About BakerHicks

Ireland’s largest hospital. Europe’s most complex station development. World-class biomedical research laboratories. At BakerHicks, we provide an incredible range of design and engineering consultancy services to clients who demand exceptional results.

Specialising in complex infrastructure, process and built environments across the full project life cycle, our disciplines range from initial architecture to civil and structural, building services, specialist high voltage and process engineering services, programme management and CDM consultancy, using the latest innovations in Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the most efficient and cost-effective design.

Benefits

Working at BakerHicks means a chance to make your mark on some of the most exciting design and engineering projects in their sectors. Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry.

Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry. What you get will depend on what you do, with individual performance-related rewards also on offer in addition to:

  • Company car or cash allowance
  • Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
  • Life assurance scheme
  • 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
  • Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
  • Family friendly policies
  • Employee assistance
  • Professional development 

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