61610BR

Title:

System Studies Engineer - Senior

Job Description:

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:

Scope of the role

This role is designed to interpret the customer’s technical enquiry and to design the most cost‑effective overall solution for an HVDC installation utilizing the PES (power electronic solutions), with the objective of miminizing the total cost, and to specify the main (high-value) items of bought-out equipment. The successful candidate will be involved in the development and industrialisation of solutions tools and processes. The successful candidate will have proven professional experience and technical expertise in the field of power system engineering.

Essential Responsibilities

• Network Studies : Confirmation of the correct interaction between the equipment, its control system and the rest of the network. Transient Overvoltage studies, Circuit Current studies, Transient Stability studies, Network studies : Load Flow Studies, Short Circuit Studies, Interaction Studies.

• Harmonic Analysis and Power Quality: Conducting AC and DC harmonic performance and harmonic stability studies for HVDC converter stations for VSC and LCC HVDC schemes . Radio Frequency Interference studies and Electromagnetic Compatibility studies. Power Line Carrier Interference studies and filters. Design of AC, DC, and High Frequency harmonic filters and screening. Calculations of filter performance and rating. Creation of project-specific equipment specifications for filter reactors/capacitors/resistors.

• Technical responsibility in areas of expertise.

• Coordinate the engineering tasks to meet the project/tender requirement.

• Adherence to company policies, quality procedures and work instructions (e.g. through trainings, technical reviews).

• Comply with the company Values Charter.

Desired additional skills

• Insulation Coordination Studies : Determination (by simulation) of temporary and transient overvoltage stresses on equipment and surge arrester energy ratings.

• Losses : Calculation of overall project losses and reporting to the client.

• Equipment Specification : Creation of project-specific, high economic value, equipment specifications for equipment such as power transformers, instrument transformers, reactors, capacitors, surge arresters etc.

• Reliability and Availability Studies : Creation of overall reliability and availability models for projects and reporting to the client.

• Development and Industrialisation: Develop and industrialise solutions tools and processes associated with the engineering activities identified above.

• Be actively involved in new developments in HVDC technologies, implementing control and protection solutions and creating / delivering new analysis techniques and system study tools in order to provide optimized system study solutions.

• Process Improvement: Review and record design processes and develop new or improved processes.

• Support and mentor other engineers to increase the team’s technical knowledge and competence.

Quality

• Take part in the development and deployment of engineering processes, working methods and best practices within the Department.

• Enforce engineering discipline and set processes across all work tasks and adhereance to company policies, quality procedures and work instructions (e.g. through trainings, technical reviews).

• Report or resolve any non-conformances in a timely manner.

Health and Safety

• Identify and evaluate EHS risks in own area and implement practical measures.

• Set the example by demonstrating the proper acts and actively observe work conditions and behaviours, giving constructive feedback and celebrating EHS effective prevention.

• Actively participate in defining corrective actions when work is unsafe or when an uncontrolled risk is observed.

• Routinely observe routines and behaviours of others and provide immediate feedback regarding unsafe behaviour and celebrates achievements or safe behaviours.

• Actively and routinely promote the identification of hazards and near misses to their team/s.

Candidate profile

Educational requirements

Educated with an Engineering degree including power systems and power electronics subjects preferably proven experience in HVDC System Design.

Technical skills

• Harmonic analysis and Power Quality

• Knowledge of Power System design

• Knowledge of system tools like PSCAD, PSS/E, DigSilent, RTDS and MATLAB etc.

• Insulation co-ordination and main equipment characteristics for HVDC is desirable

• An understanding of the use of computer mathematical and simulation tools as applied to the design of the aforementioned activities

• A general understanding of the characteristics of HVDC Valves and their control systems.

• Presentation ability

Personal skills

• Able to lead technical activities and mentor team members for technical delivery

• Able to work to deadlines with high quality, sense of urgency and delivery

• Good technical communication skills

• Ability to coordinate and lead a small group of engineers

• Structured approach to sharing knowledge and experience

• Self-motivating, proactive and results driven approach

• Strong problem-solving and root cause identification skills

• Precise documentation

• Ability to be a team player and to work independently

• "Professional" approach to engineering delivery

• Right first time culture & attitude

DISCLAIMER: Due to the nature of work candidates should be UK citizen/ EU Citizen/ Valid work permit holder. For further information contact us on: career_uk@quest-global.com

Auto req ID:

61610BR

Job Type:

Full Time-Regular

Assignment Country:

United Kingdom

Total Years of Exp:

5 - 8

Assignment State:

Staffordshire

Assignment Location:

Staffordshire

Experience Level:

Senior Level