Principal Secondary Systems Engineer (Germany) - #2721641

Location/s: Dusseldorf, DE

Recruiter contact: Abhijeet Barpanda

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

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About The business unit 
The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Overview Of The Role
Mott MacDonald is expanding its energy business in Germany and is seeking a Principal Power system study Engineer to support the delivery of major transmission and distribution projects across Germany and Europe.

This is an excellent opportunity for an entrepreneurial professional who is energised by the challenge of building an engineering team from the ground up. You will play a key role in the design and delivery of protection, control and secondary systems for major transmission infrastructure projects across Germany and Europe.

As a Secondary Design Engineer, you will be responsible for developing secondary designs for HV and EHV substations from concept through detailed design and construction support. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and support complex transmission projects

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Deliver engineering solutions for secondary systems in HV and EHV substations
• Develop protection, control and SCADA designs
• Prepare protection philosophies, schematics and wiring diagrams
• Develop interlocking and control system designs
• Produce technical specifications and design documentation
• Coordinate secondary interfaces with primary design and system operators
• Liaise with clients, transmission operators and equipment suppliers
• Participate in technical reviews and design assurance activities
• Support testing, commissioning and energisation activities
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical excellence within the team
  
  

Candidate specification
Essential:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Experience delivering secondary design for transmission substations
• Knowledge of protection and control systems
• Familiarity with IEC 61850, VDE, IEC and utility standards
• Experience within transmission, renewable energy or utility infrastructure
• Excellent communication skills in German and English
  
  

Desirable:

• Experience with 110kV, 220kV and 380kV substations
• Experience working with TSO or DSO clients
• Chartership or equivalent professional accreditation
• Experience supporting commissioning and protection testing activities
  
  

Why join Mott MacDonald?

• Major involvement in Germany's energy transition
• Join a professional team with entrepreneurial spirit to build an engineering team
• International career opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements
• Strong technical development and progression pathways
• Opportunity to work on some of the most significant transmission projects in Europe
  
  

Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

AI Usage
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Accessibility
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Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.
  
  

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Location(s):

Dusseldorf, DE

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Energy

Discipline: Electrical

Job Ref: 16289

Recruiter Contact: Abhijeet Barpanda