Grid and Primary Substation Civil Design Engineer

At Electricity North West (Construction and Maintenance) Limited, we’re committed to creating a sense of belonging for our colleagues. We are an organisation that cares about your work-life balance and puts family and well-being first. We want our people to have rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work and giving 100%. We are a tight team who work well together and celebrate together, working hard with integrity and we treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging.

Our role

To enable us to fully deliver our projects, we are looking for an innovative and passionate Primary Substation Layout Engineer to work client-side on projects from initial concept and feasibility through to procurement specification, construction, and commissioning. The successful candidate will have the chance to work on a wide variety of EHV (up to 132kV) substation design aspects, and our project program facilitates the roll-out of substation construction works from 11kV up to 132kV, along with providing support for increasing customer connection activity.

What we’re looking for

• HNC level qualification in Civil Engineering with proven experience in a related engineering discipline;
• The ability to technically assess and solve issues, with a thorough understanding of the technical requirements of the civil aspects of the projects;
• Experience in the civil design, construction of transmission voltage plant and equipment is advantageous;
• Ideally experience in preparing and manipulating engineering drawings, using computer-aided design tools (e.g., AutoCAD) as this is the main tool we use;
• A full UK driving licence and be willing to travel and participate in site meetings throughout the UK when necessary.

What we’re offering

As a vital team member and in return for your expertise, inclusive approach, and commitment, we’ll provide a favourable salary and the chance to join a passionate and welcoming team. We are committed to ensuring our people are supported and are proud of our reward and benefits offer, which includes:

• 25 days of annual leave increasing with length of service;
• Company vehicle;
• An employee rewards portal offering discounts on several well-known brands;
• A market-leading contributory pension scheme;
• Employee assistance programme and opportunity for professional development through our L&D function.

Additional support

If you require any additional support with your application or adjustments, please contact our Recruitment team at [emailprotected] or 0845 366 0092 (option 2). Any offer made will remain conditional until pre-employment checks are completed to a satisfactory level. These checks include references from previous employers, a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and a Drug & Alcohol test. Note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. We don’t accept speculative CVs from agencies. Any received will be asserted as our ownership of the candidate, and no fee will be payable.