Senior Electrical Engineer

Location
Serbia
Country
Serbia
Contract type
Permanent
Work pattern
Full Time
Market
Energy
Discipline
Energy, Electrical
Job ref
5617
Recruiter contact
Abhijeet Barpanda

Mott MacDonald

 

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. 
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. 

 

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. 

 

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

 

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence. 

 

About the business unit  
The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally. 

 

Overview of role

The Energy Unit, specifically the Transmission & Distribution division are recruiting for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our team. This role is to support client projects from inception and master planning through concept and detailed design stages all the way to commissioning and final completion.

Our work is varied and spans across all forms of Renewable Power Generation, Network Design, Grid Connections, Net Zero Carbon aspirations and Estate Management Planning.  We also provide detailed design solutions in the renewables, aviation, data centre, healthcare, nuclear and defence sectors.

Typical projects will include working from a client brief to produce tender specifications, calculations, designs and drawings for new or renovated 11kV and 33kV switchgear networks and renewable energy connections with HV cable connections, transformers, diesel generators, load banks, LV interfaces, SCADA interfaces and protection schemes.

 

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will provide technical solutions and project leadership in the production of electrical designs for major electrical and multi-disciplinary infrastructure works. You will be expected to become familiar with the company procedures and provide technical expertise and contributions to bids and proposals in addition to project planning, project delivery and execution to a high standard.  You will manage engineering projects and deliverables ensuring they meet the client’s expectations and applicable statutory and regulatory specification, on time and within budget. You will also support and contribute to the development of junior staff and graduates

Typical activities include:

  • Leading site surveys
  • Ensure project deliverables and scope are clear
  • Understand procurement and contract awards such as NEC PSC
  • LV and MV network configuration and advice on resilience issues.
  • Input into the network configuration and understanding of operations scenarios and impacts.
  • LV and MV (up to 33kV) network design.
  • LV and MV cable sizing, routing and termination.
  • LV and MV substation design layouts.
  • LV and MV substation main equipment operations and specifications.
  • Understanding and interpretation of client standards and DNO regulations and standards.
  • Earthing designs including understanding of design, modelling and calculations for step, touch and transfer potential.
  • Protection requirements
  • Arc flash requirement
  • Review of design submissions within the team against client scope.
  • Design reviews.
  • Have an ability to co-ordinate across project disciplines both internal and external.
  • Be competent in the use of MS packages.
  • Be aware of and eventually contribute to bid procedures and internal governance.
  • Be aware of procurement, construction and commissioning activities.

 

Candidate specification: 

Working as part of a Team and reporting to the Project Principal or Principal Engineer, we are ideally looking for candidates who are Chartered, along with:

  • Professionally qualified in a relevant engineering discipline
  • Proven skills, capabilities and experience in the sector areas mentioned above
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential as the role will require preparation of specifications and reports.
  • Co-ordinate with multi disciplines both internal and external.
  • Demonstrable experience within electrical project engineering, with focus on installations from LV up to 11kV / 33kV.
  • Be able to travel in the UK and overseas if required,
  • Must have initiative, self-motivation and the confidence to make decisions.

 

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. 

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

 

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

 

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

 

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

 

  • Employee is entitled to meal allowance in amount of RSD 500 per month. 
  • Annual leave allowance of RSD 500 per month. 
  • Reimbursement of the monthly costs of public transport to work in line with the actual cost and price of the public transport. 
  • Employee is entitled to annual leave of 22 working days. Employee must make every effort to use their full entitlement during the year in which it has been earned. A maximum of 10 working days leave may be carried over into the next calendar year. 
  • Employee is entitled to additional annual leave of 3 days after 5 full years from the day of employment, which amounts to a total of 25 days of annual leave. 
  • Employer will provide life insurance cover up to 1-time annual gross salary. 
  • Employer will provide accident insurance cover (For the cases of partial or full disability due to accident) up to 2 times annual basic salary. 
  • Employees are entailed to participate in the GIS which is a performance base of performing sharing scheme Group incentive scheme 2022 (sharepoint.com) 
  • You have the possibility of agile working and cross border remote working. 
  • You have the opportunity to participate to the employee referral scheme Global referral schemes (sharepoint.com) which currently pays Euro 800 / successful hire. 
  • Employee Assistance Program EAP Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Services (sharepoint.com) 
  • Reimbursement for one professional membership per year or your annual charter ship 
  • Health and wellbeing: FIT PASS (Access hundreds of the best gyms, fitness studios, 
    swimming pools and sports centres throughout Serbia!) 
  • Access to the  Group wellbeing and mental health (sharepoint.com) initiatives. 
  • Access to MM’s e-learning courses, technical learning on EUNA (Europe and UK) Campus, and other learning and development opportunities such as lunchtime learnings, online courses and workshops. 

 

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

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