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Senior Offshore HVAC/HVDC Cable Engineer

AECOM
Irelandfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Jul 2024

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<h3>Company Description</h3><p><strong>Work with Us. Change the World.</strong></p><p>At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.</p><p>There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.</p><p>We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.</p><p><strong>Energy:</strong></p><p>Enabling the energy transition through innovation and sustainability.  </p><p>AECOM's Energy Business Unit houses three specialised practices — nuclear, renewables, and transmission &amp; distribution. Each practice plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of energy, offering innovative solutions that balance efficiency, reliability, and sustainability. </p><p>We are looking for energy professionals with varying areas of expertise/experience to join our rapidly expanding renewable energy team.</p><p><strong>Transmission and Distribution (T&amp;D)</strong></p><p>We have a tremendously challenging programme in front of us in the run up to achieving 2030 net zero targets. New overhead lines, underground cables, substations, battery storage and subsea links are all needed – and quickly. AECOM Transmission and Distribution is currently supporting the network development which will underpin grid modernisation. Our experts are involved at all stages of grid modernisation – and so can you be if you join us.</p><p>Our T&amp;D team across the UK &amp; Ireland collaborate primarily based in Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Newcastle, with additional team members working across our other offices including Belfast and Dublin.</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><strong>Role Summary</strong></p><p>AECOM is seeking a Senior Offshore Electrical HVAC/HVDC Cable Engineer to join our Cable team in the UK and Ireland Transmission and Distribution practice.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>You can be based in any of our locations in the UK and Ireland which includes Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, and St Albans. </p><p>We will consider hybrid working arrangements.</p><p> </p><p><strong>What your role could entail:</strong></p><p>The primary objective of this role is to assist the team in the development and delivery of cable systems activities.</p><p>You’ll be expected to provide technical expertise into bids and proposals and to represent the company in client meetings as appropriate.</p><p>Typical cable systems design activities (related to T&amp;D projects) include:</p><ul><li>HVDC/HVAC cable calculations including develop cable burial route risk assessments, landfall, and cable protection systems for offshore, subsea applications.</li><li>Gathering and correlating engineering data using established and well-defined procedures, and generating detailed cable reports.</li><li>Developing detailed offshore routine engineering assignments involving HVAC/HVDC, IAC and export cable design, for both static and dynamic systems.</li><li>Proposing approaches to solve problems encountered using modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignments.</li><li>Reviewing and optimising design, routing, installation, commissioning and de-commissioning solutions.</li></ul><p>For the following types of projects:</p><ul><li>HVDC Interconnectors</li><li>HVAC Interconnectors</li><li>HVAC and HVDC Offshore Windfarm projects</li></ul><p>Your role will require you to:</p><ul><li>Perform work in accordance with the agreed budget and schedule with little supervision.</li><li>Independently perform the tasks necessary to complete primary design elements for engineering works to standard and compliant regulations.</li><li>Coordinate across project disciplines, external subcontractors and remote offices such that technical risks are identified and mitigated, and all statutory and regulatory requirements are met.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><p><strong>Here’s what we will need from you:</strong></p><ul><li>Typically around 5+ years of relevant experience. </li><li>An electrical/electronic/power engineering or similar qualification, such as an HNC, HND, BSc/BEng and/or an MSc/MEng.</li><li>Professionally qualified in Electrical Engineering (CEng or working towards chartership).</li><li>This role requires the ability to implement

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