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Role description:Working closely with our State and Discipline Leads, you will be taking a primary and influential leadership role on national projects within the Rail Traction Power sector. Instilling knowledge, while mentoring and providing technical guidance to upcoming Engineers. This role aims to assist the growth of the team from the inside while delivering and providing quality assurance on significant national projects. You will also be provided with support and training to further develop your skills and career.
Role accountabilities:Preparing and reviewing complex reports, proposals, and presentations to clients in the following areas:AC and DC traction substation system design including preparation of single line diagrams, layouts, circuit diagrams, earthing and bonding schematics, and coordination of the design with communication, civil, structural and mechanical design disciplines.AC and DC traction power system studies including equipment sizing, fault calculations, and insulation coordination studies.Coordination of the traction power system with overhead wiring and signalling system design.Lightning protection system design.Earthing system analysis and design including pipeline LFI studies.Earthing, bonding and electrolysis assessment and design.AC and DC traction protection systems analysis, setting, specification, and design.Manage the delivery of specialised components of projects, advising on the most effective team to achieve this.Govern technical reviews and quality assurance activities for projects, documentation, processes, and practices.Use technical knowledge to identify and realise new client opportunities and to provide technical input into the bidding process.Lead the technical development of staff, coaching and mentoring on technical issues.Provide technical expertise and overview to clients and stakeholders to assist clients through technical decision-making and provide alternative options/solutions if there are changes to project parameters.Qualifications & Experience:First and foremost, you share our passion for improving the quality of life. You pride yourself on the part you play in transforming the world around you and understand the importance of teamwork. You will come to us with:
15+ years' experience as a power systems engineer, with at least 5 years recent experience in traction power system design or equivalent.Tertiary qualification in electrical/power engineering, preferably chartered engineering and RPEQ status.Excellent spoken and written communication skills including a working knowledge of MS Office.Highly regarded skills include:Experience in a design consultancy role.Demonstrated ability to lead the design teams and deliver traction design packages.The experience of working with traction power system modelling software tools.The ability to develop complex earthing and induction models in CDEGS earthing system software.The ability to develop traction power system models in ETAP or equivalent software tool.The ability to develop transient studies in ATP/PSCAD/EMTP.The ability to develop EMC management plans and manage the EMC management procedure.The ability to develop maintenance strategies and procedures, commissioning plans, and documentation.Note: Not all these skills above are expected and training will be given to develop these.
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