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Job DescriptionStart here. Grow here.
Are you ready to lead a team of talented engineers and shape the future of energy infrastructure?
Leading the change toward a sustainable and equitable future.
AECOM is a leading provider of engineering, environment and construction services, and is contributing its deep experience to help strategically plan, develop, design and construct energy infrastructure to not only meet future demands but to deliver sustainable legacies for our clients, community and our planet.
Committed to addressing the complete spectrum of energy challenges, we offer expertise in the following sectors: renewable energy (wind and solar), Battery Energy Storage Systems, hydropower, bioenergy (including energy from waste), energy efficiency and carbon management, thermal power generation, nuclear power, transmission and distribution- large programmes like GGP.
The Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Engineering team provides a range of services from the initial concept through Power Systems Analysis, Cabling, Substations, Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure, System Balancing and Compensation, Protection Systems, SCADA, Communications, Converter Station Design, HVDC Systems and Interconnectors including overseas links.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly technical and collaborative Team Lead for our Power System Studies team in the UK&I to spearhead our Power System Studies capability. In this role, you will develop and lead a team of engineers in performing complex simulations, ensuring the stability and protection of electrical infrastructure. You will act as the primary technical authority for power systems modelling, from initial feasibility through to commissioning.
Come grow with us.
In this leadership role, you will be a key member of our Transmission & Distribution team dedicated to engaging with our clients and directly contributing to the successful delivery of groundbreaking and technically challenging Power System Studies part of our large engineering & design team encompassing the T&D projects.
This is a technical team lead role in combination with integrated project management and delivery to support the growth of our UK & Ireland T&D practice.
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, development, and implementation of Power System Studies.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Power System engineers and technical specialists.
- Perform, analyze, and review the Power System Studies (steady state, dynamic & Transients) and its reports.
- Establish technical standards, procedures, and best practices for Power System Studies.
- Provide Power System expertise from the concept to detailed design of transmission & distribution projects, including substations, power generating stations, data centers, BESS and renewables.
- Provide technical expertise in bids and proposals and represent the Company in client meetings as a senior member of the Power System Studies team, applying your experience and expertise to a range of exciting and interesting projects.
- Take responsibility for assigned project scope, technical delivery, and client engagement for PSS scope within projects.
- Provide expert technical evaluations and offer problem-solving solutions to different team members.
- Contribute to written proposals outlining all project details, including the timeline, resources, budget, objectives, and goals.
- Interface with clients and stakeholders to explain complex technical findings and provide actionable engineering recommendations.
- Ensure adherence to AECOM and client design management processes while leading project and client meetings as needed.
- Actively participate in business and strategic planning activities to identify opportunities to continue the growth of the business in the short, medium and longer-term.
- Mentor team members in their development, facilitating opportunities that build competency, and assisting with professional accreditation where appropriate.
- Ensure design submissions comply with codes, standards such as IEEE, IEC, National Grid, and quality requirements.
- Drive innovation in AI, digital, scripts automation, develop the user defined dynamic & transient models.
- Assess emerging trends and technologies in Power Systems to enhance system performance and reliability.
- Actively represent AECOM in the conferences, working groups, technical forums such as CIGRE, IEEE, IET, National Grid by submitting and presenting the technical papers, speaker panel sessions etc.
Enjoy the Perks.
At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
QualificationsReady to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Electrical Engineering degree (a focus on Power Systems is preferred).
- Significant power systems engineering, with some experience working in a lead or supervisory capacity.
- Chartered Engineer status is required.
- Significant experience in UK & Ireland projects is preferrable; ideally from a private/consultancy background.
- In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in the Power System Studies (steady state, dynamic and transients).
- Experience working as the subject matter expert (SME) for industry-standard software suites (e.g., ETAP, PSS®E, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSCAD and others).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Innovation mind set and track record of publish the technical papers & presentations.
Proven experience in the following
- Load Flow, short circuit, contingency & Reactive Power Studies
- Power Quality Studies – Flicker, Harmonics
- Full suite of Grid Code Compliance Studies
- Grid Interconnection Studies
- Insulation Coordination Studies
- Python Scripting & Automation
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.
If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!
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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn (Francesca Siddle).
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
