Cable Design Engineer

Job Description

Role: Cable Design Engineer

Sector: Offshore Wind

Location: Home based, Occasional travel to client offices in Glasgow required

Duration: 6 months + Likely Extension

Rates: £700 Daily Rate Inside IR35 via Umbrella

Clearance: BPSS (DBS/DS, Financial Probity, Employment History) + Medical Questionnaire & Proof of Right to Work in the UK

My renewable energy client is urgently seeking a Cable Design Engineer for a remote working role with occasional travel to their offices in Glasgow. Suitable candidates should be knowledgeable in ratings calculations, earthing considerations, and electrical calculations rather than burial tool assessments.

Responsibilities

• Technical input in support of Offshore Export cable selection and refinement.
• Co-ordination of cable route survey scopes and assessment of cable burial risk/opportunities across proposed routes.
• Development of Inter-Array cable layouts and optimisation.
• Provide definition of cable installation methodologies in support of project consenting inputs.
• Assessment of cable rating constraints along both onshore and offshore Export Cable corridors.
• Development of execution strategy for both Export and Inter-Array cables and development of project programme.
• Support in engagement with supply chain, ensuring project strategy aligns with market expectations.

You should demonstrate

• FEED stage into design, ideally in HVDC.
• Electrically design biased rather than installation manager experience.
• Knowledgeable in ratings calculations, earthing considerations, and electrical calculations rather than burial tool assessments.