T&D Manager– Primary High Voltage Substations

Short company description

At AECOM, we believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone – uplifting communities, improving access and sustaining our planet.
We’re committed to managing our business with the upmost responsibility and to always strive for better — be that reducing emissions, creating social value or diversifying our senior leadership and workforce.

We understand both the urgency of the challenges facing our society and our responsibility to act in an impactful and enduring way. We’re leading the change towards a more sustainable and equitable future, partnering with those who want to make a positive difference in the world.

We’re listening to clients and the communities we serve in order to improve lives and livelihoods, and to create sustainable legacies for generations to come.

Thinking without limits is what keeps us at the vanguard. Ideas have no borders, and this ethos is embedded in our culture. The full scope of our global expertise is available to anyone who needs it, wherever they are based.

We’re trusted advisors — planners, designers, engineers, consultants and program and construction managers — delivering professional services spanning cities, transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment. Working throughout the project lifecycle, we’re one team driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Our History

AECOM launched when a handful of employees from design and engineering companies shared a dream of creating an industry-leading firm dedicated to delivering a better world.

We became an independent company formed by the merger of five entities. While our official founding was in 1990, many of our predecessor firms had distinguished histories dating back more than 120 years.

Since then, more than 50 companies have joined us and, in 2007, we became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.

Requirements

Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering;

Experience:

- Typically 12–15+ years of experience in HV primary substation engineering;
- Experience delivering large transmission or distribution substation projects across multiple phases (concept, FEED, detailed design, construction support);
- Proven experience leading engineering teams or technical disciplines.

Technical Skills:

- HV/EHV substation design (AIS/GIS)
- Busbar configurations and substation equipment layouts
- Insulation coordination and electrical clearances
- Short-circuit calculations and equipment rating verification
- Busbar and conductor sizing (thermal and short-circuit withstand)
- Mechanical and electrodynamic force calculations for conductors
- Integration of HV equipment, cables, and overhead lines
- Earthing and grounding system design
- Lightning protection and shielding studies
- Transformer and reactive power compensation systems
- Technical design reviews

Experience with engineering tools such as:

- CDEGS;
- CYMCAP;
- Revit;
- AutoCAD or similar design software.

Soft Skills:

- Strong leadership and team management capabilities;
- Strategic thinking and decision-making abilities;
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills;
- Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams;

Nice to Have

- Experience working on UK transmission or distribution substation projects;
- Exposure to National Grid standards and technical specifications;
- Experience with EHV substations (220kV–400kV);
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional certification;
- Experience supporting construction, commissioning, or site engineering activities.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Design Oversight:

- Provide technical oversight and guidance for the design of HV primary systems for substations (AIS/GIS), including equipment layouts, busbar schemes, and HV cable design.
- Ensure technical consistency and quality across substation projects by reviewing key design decisions, engineering strategies, and equipment selection in accordance with applicable standards and client specifications.
- Oversee development and review of critical primary design deliverables, including:
o Substation general arrangements and equipment layouts and specifications
o Busbar configurations, calcs and conductor sizing
o Electrical clearances, insulation coordination and short-circuit calcs
o Lightning protection and shielding concepts
o Earthing and grounding system

Engineering Coordination

- Act as senior technical authority for primary substation engineering, ensuring coordination between primary, secondary, civil, structural, and commissioning disciplines.
- Support project leadership teams in defining engineering strategies, technical scopes, and delivery approaches for major infrastructure projects.
- Maintain strong engagement with clients, contractors, and suppliers to ensure technical compliance and alignment with project objectives.

Technical Assurance:

- Ensure alignment between primary design, protection philosophy, and network performance requirements.
- Identify technical risks and opportunities for design optimisation to improve reliability, operability, constructability, and lifecycle performance.
- Support governance and quality assurance processes for engineering deliverables.

Construction & Commissioning Support:

- Provide senior engineering support during construction, installation, testing, and commissioning phases.
- Review and guide resolution of complex site queries, technical deviations, and field design changes.
- Ensure that implemented designs comply with technical specifications, safety standards, and project requirements.

Team Leadership & Development:

- Lead and mentor teams of primary substation engineers, supporting professional development, technical growth, and knowledge sharing.
- Foster a collaborative engineering culture, ensuring alignment between teams, efficient workload distribution, and high technical standards.

Team Coordination & Strategic Delivery

- Support the coordination of engineering resources across projects to ensure efficient delivery and consistent technical quality.
- Work closely with project leadership to align engineering activities with business objectives, client expectations, and program schedules.

Benefits

• Medical subscription
• Life insurance
• Trainings
• Meal vouchers