Senior Engineer Traction Power Earthing & Bonding

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Role description:

Working closely with our Rail Power team from GEC and Australia you will contribute specialist expertise to national projects within the Rail Traction Power sector providing advanced input in Earthing Bonding Electrolysis and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) design. As a Senior specialist in Earthing Bonding and Electrolysis you will deliver high-quality technical solutions offer guidance to project teams and advise the team to ensure effective and compliant E&B implementations. You will be involved in delivering and assuring quality on significant national projects with opportunities for continued professional development and training to further advance your skills and career.

Role accountabilities:

• Preparing complex design documentation and reports to the wider Rail Power team in the
  following areas:
  • Earthing bonding and electrolysis risk assessment
  • Earthing system analysis and design
  • Earthing simulation for design touch- step voltages and LFI studies
  • Lightning protection system design
  • Bonding design on DC systems
  • Power flow and Electrical fault studies and safety assessments
  • Insulation Coordination studies
  • Input to rail and power 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
  • Input to Protection systems analysis setting specification and design
  • Input to Electromagnetic studies and EMC management.
  • Production of electrical safety case and safety compliance documents
    
• Manage the delivery of specialized components of projects advising on the best solutions and most effective team to achieve this.
• Working in collaboration with interfacing design disciplines to ensure co-ordination and the integrity of the overall design

Qualifications & Experience:

• 7years of experience as power systems engineer with 5 years recent experience in earthing and bonding design.
• Tertiary qualification in electrical/power engineering.
• Good 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 earthing and power system design solutions
  • Experience in AC and DC railway earthing bonding and electrolysis design
  • Experience of working with traction power system modelling software tools.
  • Experience of CDEGS earthing system software for earthing and induction modelling
  • Experience of ETAP or equivalent software tool for power system modelling.
  • Ability to develop studies in ATP/PSCAD/EMTP
  • Experience in developing EMC studies and management plans.
  • Ability to develop maintenance strategies and procedures commissioning plans and documentation.

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