HV Cable Engineer - Offshore; Energy

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Job Description:

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

As a HV Cable Engineer within WSP’s Offshore Engineering Team, you will apply your technical knowledge and engineering judgement to support WSP’s growing offshore wind and interconnector portfolio. This will involve you completing the engineering and delivery of cable design tasks supporting HVAC and HVDC systems. You will be responsible for completing defined engineering tasks in accordance with the project programme, to budget and in accordance with WSP quality requirements.

The role will cover core engineering design work, design assurance and owners engineering from Concept through to detailed design stages. Future capability of the team extends to project execution, therefore providing an opportunity to continue your personal development and growth alongside the strategic growth plan for the Subsea Engineering Team at WSP.

The role is supported by a team of HV Cable Engineers, HVDC team and the wider offshore wind and transmission team.

You will operate within a client facing role, with daily interactions with key stakeholders and clients, where you will be expected to be professional and communicate clearly, work collaboratively across multi-disciplinary engineering teams and contribute positively to safe, high-quality and commercially effective project delivery.

• Apply knowledge of HVAC inter-array and export cable systems, typically operating between 66 kV and 132 kV, to support cable sizing, design basis documentation, design reports and current-rating studies.
• Support the design of HVDC interconnector cable systems, including systems rated up to 525 kV, under the guidance of suitably experienced engineers.
• Develop practical knowledge of static and dynamic cable applications, recognising when specialist input or escalation is required.
• The Engineer will support multidisciplinary project delivery by translating client and project requirements into clearly well-defined cable engineering outputs, while building experience across offshore cable design, procurement, installation, and operation and decommissioning.
• Undertake defined electrical and mechanical cable engineering tasks using agreed methods, standards and project procedures, seeking guidance on complex or unfamiliar matters.
• Prepare and check calculations covering cable ratings, electrical characteristics, mechanical loads, pull‑in tensions, installation constraints and associated design inputs, appropriate to the complexity of the task and the Engineer’s level of experience.
• Support the preparation of cable system designs and specifications covering conductors, insulation systems, metallic sheaths, armour, outer serving, accessories and cable protection systems.
• Produce clear calculations, specifications, reports, drawings and technical notes, and maintain accurate design records in accordance with WSP and project quality procedures.
• Review client requirements,…