Job Description
Job Description
AECOM is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer HVDC Systems to support Project Management Consultancy, Owner s Engineer, technical advisory and design-review assignments for HVDC converter stations and associated transmission infrastructure.
The role will focus on reviewing contractor and OEM designs, ensuring compliance with employer requirements, applicable standards, grid-code obligations and project performance criteria.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical review of HVDC system design, converter-station configuration and overall system architecture.
- Review contractor and OEM engineering documents, including design criteria, specifications, calculations, studies, drawings and technical reports.
- Verify compliance with project requirements, approved design basis, applicable IEC, IEEE, CIGRE and utility standards.
- Review HVDC system ratings, operating modes, control philosophy, protection philosophy and equipment performance requirements.
- Review power-system studies, including:
- Load flow and fault level
- Reactive-power and voltage control
- Harmonic and power-quality analysis
- Electromagnetic transient studies
- Insulation coordination
- Grid-code compliance
- System stability and weak-grid performance
- Review design and specifications of major HVDC equipment, including:
- Converter transformers
- Valves and valve cooling systems
- Reactors and harmonic filters
- AC and DC switchgear
- Instrument transformers
- Surge arresters
- Capacitor and reactive-power compensation systems
- Auxiliary power and earthing systems
- Review control, protection, SCADA, telecommunications and cybersecurity interfaces.
- Review electrical-loss calculations, efficiency guarantees and thermal-performance assessments.
- Review Reliability, Availability and Maintainability studies, redundancy philosophy and spare-parts strategy.
- Identify design gaps, technical risks, interface issues and non-compliances, and recommend corrective actions.
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