Senior/Principal Power Systems Engineer

Power Systems Engineer – Manchester

Location: Manchester, UK | Hybrid

About the Role

A leading international engineering consultancy is seeking an experienced Power Systems Engineer to join its growing Manchester team. You’ll play a key technical and leadership role delivering resilient electrical infrastructure for data centres, mission-critical facilities, utilities and other complex power projects across the UK and internationally.

As a technical lead, you’ll influence projects from concept through delivery, lead multidisciplinary teams, manage technical risk, engage with clients and contribute to the growth of the Power Systems capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex power systems and substation projects.
• Undertake and review load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash and transient studies.
• Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Support proposals, bids and business development activities.
• Review designs, manage technical risks and ensure programme, budget and quality objectives are met.
• Mentor and develop engineers and support technical excellence.
• Contribute to engineering standards, innovation and the development of the Power Systems team.

Requirements

• Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• CEng or actively working towards chartership.
• Significant experience in power systems design, analysis and delivery within data centres, utilities, renewables or critical infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of power system studies and electrical network design.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and managing client relationships.
• Proficiency with ETAP, SKM, DIgSILENT PowerFactory or similar software.

Why Join?

• Work on high-profile, technically challenging data centre and critical infrastructure projects.
• Take a visible technical leadership role within a rapidly growing consultancy.
• Strong career progression and leadership opportunities.
• Access to technical training, professional qualifications and development programmes.
• Collaborative and supportive working environment.
• Hybrid working with opportunities to collaborate across UK, European and global teams

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