Principal Engineer - HV Substation Protection & Control CDAE

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A day in the life of a Principal Engineer

• HV Substation Protection & Control
• Receive and interpret the client’s design specifications and lead the team to develop the conceptual design.
• Lead the design team to create specifications and Bill of Quantities for equipment to enable Bid Managers to send out Requests for Quotations.
• Lead team to assess supplier quotations and engage suppliers to technically align these quotations with specification requirements.
• Produce time estimates for engineering the detailed design.
• Ensure that chargeable work is identified and evaluated including the preparation of adequate records of time spent.
• Lead the design team to ensure that detail design work undertaken is carried out in accordance with company procedures and that a high level of professionalism is maintained.
• Lead the design team to produce detailed designs, calculations, drawings, diagrams and sketches in accordance with current relevant client standards and current codes of practice.
• Undertake design checks for team members and external designers.
• Provide advice and guidance on design and operational issues.
• Ensure design risks are considered and prepare design risk assessments for any residual risks.
• Manage/supervise members of the design team to ensure the timely delivery of information, checking the quality of the work.
• Manage/supervise sub-contractors to ensure the timely delivery of information, checking the quality of the work.
• Provide assistance and mentoring to other members of the design team and contribute to their continued learning and development.
• Interface to extract or provide sufficient information to enable the wider project design team to produce detailed design drawings suitable for construction.
• Undertake site visits and surveys.
• Assist with the development of graduate and junior Engineers.

• Experienced in the design and delivery of high voltage transmission and distribution substation projects.
• National Grid TP141 HV Substation Protection & Control (CDAE) authorisation.
• Ensure that feedback on design work is collated and saved in accordance with procedure.
• Liaise with other departments and project teams within the company with regards to design requirements.
• Assist all business units and their clients to understand the full scope and meaning of substation automation designs from tender stage to completion.
• Provide substation automation and secondary system guidance through the entire construction process of projects, answering any required technical questions.
• Prepare conceptual designs from with a view to the preparation of safe, practical and economic designs in accordance with current legislation.
• Manage the interface with internal or external design teams on behalf of the Design Manager/Project teams.
• Administration and monitoring of Change Controls.
• Develop and maintain relationships with relevant technical consultants and suppliers, managing their input in the design, development, pricing and delivery of technical solutions on site and for tenders.

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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, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy 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 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as 'One Murphy'.