Senior Substation Secondary Protection and Control Design Engineer

Job Description

Overview

Grow your career while reshaping the world

Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on. It's a diverse and inclusive work environment where world-class talent knows no distinctions. We know that different people have different priorities, which is why we're here to support you. Flexible and remote working is a central part of our culture. So talk to us about what's ideal for you – from reduced weeks to buying more leave over school holidays. And if you're returning from a career break, ask us how we can help you transition back into work with us. 
Our team is looking for engineers with an understanding of electrical engineering, power systems, and energy markets, who are keen to develop their knowledge and make a meaningful contribution to the energy sector. If you’re passionate about shaping a sustainable future and curious about how engineering can support the journey to Net Zero, we’d love to hear from you.

In this role, you’ll be part of a team working on substation design projects, with a focus on electricity transmission and distribution networks. You’ll also have opportunities to support projects across the wider Power & Energy Solutions team and AtkinsRéalis business. Some of our clients include National Grid, SSEN, in addition to other organisations both in the UK and internationally. You’ll gain experience delivering multi‑disciplinary design projects from Front End Engineering Design (FEED) to Detailed Design.

This role also offers personal development, training, and support towards chartership, with plenty of opportunity to get involved in a wide range of impactful projects.

Your role

• You will be working in a senior position within one of our Electrical Engineering teams, based in Epsom, Birmingham, Leeds or Glasgow.
• Building strong and trusted relationships is a key part of this role. You'll enjoy working with others—sometimes directly at client sites, sometimes from our offices.
• You’ll be client‑focused, able to interface with clients, understand their needs and convert opportunities into successful workstreams.
• Provide Technical Leadership on FEED and Detailed Design workstreams for National Grid, SSEN‑Transmission, or other Transmission & Distribution clients.
• Ensure adequate quality assurance and technical governance of FEED and Detailed Design deliverables, including protection schemes, CT/VT sizing, relay configuration philosophies, SLDs, and I/O schedules.
• Ensure adequate resourcing, capability development and training for teams involved in delivering P&C design packages.
• Review P&C aspects of projects including: protection schemes, settings and coordination, substation automation architectures, SLDs, wiring diagrams, I/O lists and interface drawings, Control room layouts, marshalling cabinets and protection panels.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, back‑office engineers, sub‑contractors and suppliers (relay manufacturers, SAS vendors, control/SCADA integrators).
• Proven experience managing tender packages, responding to technical queries and producing high‑quality P&C technical offers.
• Ability to attend and chair the Design Review and Hazard Review meetings and reviewing P&C plant design packages as required. Attending site visits for clients.
• Communication skills along with teamworking attributes.
• Customer focused, identifying their needs along with business development skills.

About you

• A passion for working in a consultancy environment.
• Championing a culture where everyone belongs.
• A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions.
• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team.
• Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable).
• Comfortable to embrace agile ways of working and learning new technologies.
• Commitment to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on client site (project dependent).
• Being together in person helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more effectively, and accelerate your learning and development.
• Experience in Electrical Engineering with a focus on P&C design. Preferably up to 400kV but not essential.
• Minimum 2.2 BEng in an Electrical Engineering discipline, Energy Systems or Renewable Energy
• Typical locations: Birmingham, Epsom, Glasgow, Leeds

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.