Associate Director - HV Substation Design - UK&I

AECOM
Newcastle, London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Skills: ["Client management","Mentoring","Commercial awareness","Safety mindset","Technical leadership"]

Lead end-to-end HV substation design for grid-scale power infrastructure, from concept through energisation. Drive technical discussions with clients and multidisciplinary teams, direct FEED and detailed design delivery, and apply lifecycle expertise across grid connection, concept, FEED, and design. Manage design quality, coordinate with project teams on resourcing and programme, support commercial proposals, and mentor junior engineers while championing safety in design.

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Associate Director - HV Substation Design - UK&I

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end HV substation design for grid-scale power infrastructure, from concept through energisation. Drive technical discussions with clients and multidisciplinary teams, direct FEED and detailed design delivery, and apply lifecycle expertise across grid connection, concept, FEED, and design. Manage design quality, coordinate with project teams on resourcing and programme, support commercial proposals, and mentor junior engineers while championing safety in design.
Location: Newcastle, London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead HV substation technical discussions with clients and multidisciplinary teams, establishing scopes and defining HV infrastructure interfaces for coordinated delivery.
  • •Direct technical delivery of substation design major projects by agreeing approaches with engineering teams, monitoring progress, and quality-checking deliverables before client issue.
  • •Apply lifecycle expertise across grid connection studies, concept design, FEED, and detailed design to deliver HV substation schemes meeting power availability requirements.
  • •Liaise with project management teams to develop resourcing forecasts and programmes aligned to construction schedules and critical path milestones.
  • •Demonstrate commercial awareness via proposal development, project cost monitoring, and identifying opportunities to expand HV scope on frameworks; mentor junior engineers and champion safety in design.

Key Requirements

  • •Previous experience with consultancy, contractor, or utility in the energy sector, with client experience including National Grid, SHET, SSE, SPT or other UK/Irish transmission utilities/developers.
  • •Proven delivery experience of HV infrastructure design across concept, FEED, and detailed design stages.
  • •Strong electrical AC HV plant and equipment knowledge, including AIS and GIS switchgear, busbars, cabling, earthing, and civil interfaces.
  • •Working knowledge of National Grid standards and specifications.
  • •Proposal and bid development experience, including leading multi-discipline submissions for data centre, HV infrastructure, or grid connection projects.
Experience:EnergyTransmission
Skills:Client managementMentoringCommercial awarenessSafety mindsetTechnical leadership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:HV substation designFEEDDetailed designAISGISSwitchgearBusbarsCablingEarthingNational Grid standardsSCADAProtectionControlControl systemsTransformersHVDCInterconnectors

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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