Principal Electrical Engineer - Primary / HV Plant

Description:

Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure.
 
Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities.
 
Murphy employs around 3,600 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. 

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Principal Electrical Engineer - Primary / HV Plant

Would you like to join one of the UK's Best Big Companies as awarded by Best Companies? Murphy is currently recruiting for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our award-winning team. Our team is known for its extensive in-house expertise and continual drive to innovate within the industry. The Principal Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, safe and efficient designs for substation projects using knowledge and experience to manage consultants and develop internal design capability.

Following the ‘One Murphy’ approach, we’re able to deliver all aspects of the projects we work on. Murphy has designed, constructed, and commissioned projects for clients such as National Grid, SSE and Ørsted, on both transmission and distribution networks within the Energy sector.

What you will be doing:

To work closely with the Engineering Manager to engage with suppliers to ensure the most cost effective, compliant HV Plant design solutions. 
To prepare project specific electrical design for plant, design should be in line with generic drawing from OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer).
To review drawings from OEM for overall system integration and design required interface details.
To prepare electrical interlocking drawing as requirements in line client’s technical specification.
Technical support during construction & commissioning including formal response to site technical queries, i.e., preparation of mods for design modification to rectify design error or any other reason that compels to amend the design to fulfil the functional requirements.
To prepare technical specification of different plant equipment for supplier’s quotation.
To work closely with other sections of substation engineering design team to enable effective collaboration on multi-disciplinary projects and facilitate an optimal engineering function. 
To provide supervision of Engineers or CAD Technicians (in-house or subcontractors) to produce detailed designs.
To work closely with other engineering functions to support tenders, drive innovation and produce cost effective integrated solutions.
To provide assistance and mentoring to Apprentices and junior members of the design team to aid their continued learning and development.
To undertake site visits and surveys as required.
To promote the in-house design team in order to establish and maintain future work.
To represent the design department when necessary at internal and external meetings.
  Who we are looking for:

Primary / HV Plant design experience.
Knowledge of with different HV Plant schemes for AIS and GIS substation.
Previous experience with National Grid technical specifications for substation design.
Ability to read electrical drawings for different manufacturer.
Efficient in AutoCAD software application at least for making 2D drawing.
Good knowledge of using Microsoft Office applications.  

What you’ll get in return

Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development.
27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
Above market rate contributory pension scheme
Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme etc
About Murphy

Charity is at the heart of Murphy values; you will receive 2 days leave per year to donate your time to a charity of your choosing. Many teams choose to support a charity together to positively impact our communities.
Access to Murphy Wellbeing: you will have access to a host of online tools, mental health trained colleagues, and if needs be external professional support because we understand that work and life offers challenges that sometimes need a little extra support.
Murphy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, making Murphy a great place to work where we can all thrive. You can get involved in numerous events and even join our committee dedicated to continuously nurturing Murphy’s inclusive culture.
Due to the requirements of the role, in addition to our standard identity and right to work checks, successful candidates will be asked to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.

As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer we are proud to have signed up to #BantheBoxUK and reduce barriers to employment for people with criminal records.

J Murphy & Sons Limited is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK

If you think Murphy is the place to help you thrive in a great team dedicated to delivery and engineering excellence and want to work in an inclusive team culture that rewards performance and drives personal development, apply today. If you are unable to apply online, please contact Isobel Town on (phone number removed) or Email