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Control & Protection Electrical Hardware Design Engineer

Control & Protection Electrical Hardware Design Engineer

Glasgow



In this role as a Hardware Design Engineer at HVDC, you will be designing our control cabinet layout, consisting of hundreds of circuit boards for measurements, control, and calculations. Our system also includes user interfaces such as HMI (Human Machine Interface), diagnostic tools and IT (Information Technology) infrastructure and IT security. For this we utilize our in house developed real-time platform MACH to meet the power industry's standards.

We value your potential and personal commitment equal to experience, so do not hesitate to send your application even though you don't meet all the requirements. A team with fantastic collaboration and with different backgrounds is waiting for you to join!

Location of the posting will be Glasgow/Birmingham in the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities



Implementation of Control and Protection- Hardware solutions for HVDC / HVAC system.

Cubicle design, integration of all HW components into the cubicles.

Creating Bill of material and terminal diagrams for Control & Protection equipment and Coordination with cubicles manufacturer and perform Cubicle inspection.

Preparation of Cable list and Cable termination schedule

Preparation of Design Specifications, Overview Diagrams and Concept Clarifications in close cooperation with the concept coordinators.

Participating in or leading design review meetings to detect design errors, process, and tool inefficiencies, and putting in place corrective and improvement actions.

Discuss with other departments / stakeholders to prepare the Division of works.

Prepare the CBD, PCD, Cable Schedule, Cable Termination connection table, etc.

Validate the design drawings / documents provide by sub supplier to meet customer specification and Internal Standards

Providing necessary support during Functional Performance tests and Site Commissioning. Designing cubicle layout with access points, earthing bars, cable routing and much more.

Work together with our customers, both internally and externally, to ensure our delivery is according to their requirements and standards.

Collaborating and networking with engineering colleagues, sharing best practice across different projects and disciplines

You will have the opportunity to travel abroad and participate in building some of our many power stations around the world.

You will have the freedom to plan and organize your daily work together with a lot of problem-solving.

You are living the company core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.Qualifications / Background



You hold a bachelor's or master's degree within the relevant technical area.

You have previous experience working with HVDC projects.

Strong knowledge in control & protection panel design (CRP).

Site experience in control & protection testing & commissioning is an advantage but not essential.

Technical co-ordinations with sub suppliers and multiple stakeholders in different locations

Preparation of Design Specifications, Overview Diagrams and Concept Clarifications in close cooperation with the concept coordinators

Involved in FAT / SAT activities with along with sub suppliers.

You are a natural problem solver who enjoys meeting new challenges.

You enjoy communicating and to collaborate with various of people in your work

Experience with the CAD-tools for control systems, such as Engineering Base or Ruplan, is valuable

If you have EMC knowledge or experience of AC sub-stations and control systems, it is a merit.

You are in the UK

Control & Protection Electrical Hardware Design Engineer

Glasgow, UK
Full time

Published on 07/09/2024

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