Senior Earthing Design Engineer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

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Role description:

Working within our established Transmission & Distribution team, you will be responsible for undertaking substation earthing design studies and measurements ensuring the health & safety of substation operatives. You will also be involved in completing pipeline interference studies.

Reporting to a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of project-related tasks to meet budget and contributing towards the achievement of the divisional business plan. As part of your role, you will be responsible for conducting risk analysis of the plan and identifying potential threats and risks. Using your expertise in Electrical Earthing, you will make recommendations on potential mitigation for any issues identified or work with stakeholders to agree on actions.

The role requires a certain level of flexibility to visit site locations across the UK.

Role accountabilities:

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Earthing system design and analysis using the CDEGS software suite
• Earthing system measurements
• Lightning protection system design
• Interference studies and mitigation
• Project management of multiple small earthing design projects to ensure they remain within budget and timescale constraints
• Assistance in the creation of competitive proposals/quotations for new packages of work

Qualifications & Experience:

• Working knowledge of earthing system measurements
• Earthing system analysis using the industry analysis software package CDEGS
• Suitable experience of earthing issues and standards associated with power networks up to 400 kV
• Ability to communicate complex technical or commercial issues to peers or senior managers
• Ability to develop working relationships quickly and effectively
• Experience in writing clear and concise documentation
• Flexibility to travel both in the UK and overseas.

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