Principal Engineer - Substaion Strutures at AECOM2

Due to an excellent period of growth, we are seeking an experienced Civil Engineer to support the civil and structural design for substation infrastructure projects ranging from 11kV to 400kV, from concept through detailed design and construction.You'll have the opportunity grow your career, working with our major clients and on ground breaking projects such as National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade.  Here’s what you’ll do: • Design foundations for transformers, circuit breakers, gantries, and other substation equipment. • Design cable trenches, duct banks, drainage systems, and access roads. • Develop earthworks strategies and site grading plans. • Produce reinforced concrete designs (RC plinths, bund walls, retaining walls). • Be responsible for contributing to the integration of geotechnical and structural inputs with electrical plant layouts.  • Conduct design reviews and risk assessments. • Prepare and review calculations, detailed design drawings and specifications ensuring compliance with UK standards (BS EN codes, Eurocodes, CDM Regulations). • Support feasibility studies, site assessments, and ground investigation reviews. • Liaise with DNO/TO technical teams and external stakeholders. • Coordinate with electrical and protection engineers, as well as our global design centres. • Provide client engagement support and leadership. This will include the delivery of technical presentations and contributions to tender submissions.  • Assist with the management of team resources and project timelines.  • Work closely with project stakeholders and build positive relationships.  • Mentor junior engineers to build out capabilities within the Civils Transmission & Distribution team.Responsibility: Refers to the field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads. Commonly involved in the design of buildings and large nonbuilding structures, but can also be involved in the design of machinery, medical equipment, vehicles or any item where structural integrity affects the function or safety of an item. Discipline concerning force resisting and load bearing members and their connections for structures such as foundations, bridges, walls, columns, slabs, beams, trusses or similar members used singly or as part of a larger structure