Senior Electrical Design Manager

ESP is seeking an ambitious, forward-thinking, and innovative individual with strong electric engineering design knowledge who can bring solutions to the needs of our customers and developers. Working for the Head of Network Design but with the ability to lead team members and take the lead on strategic projects, the individual will have strong knowledge of HV and EHV networks.

The role will be expected to lead on customer connection discussions on and off site with major customers and UK developers.

Role Purpose

Our Design Team enables the safe adoption of distribution networks by ensuring that ESP specifications are met. This team of Design Engineers is responsible for reviewing expanding network demand and maintaining a high standard of our asset register which is vital to ESP’s continued growth. The interaction and collaboration within the direct team and wider functions within ESP’s Operations department is another key aspect of the role. Additionally, effective liaison with other ESP departments and external stakeholders.

You will lead, mentor, and manage a team of electrical design engineers, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of design outputs.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with design, construction, and safety standards as appropriate.
• Liaison with customers over network design issues to ensure compliance with ESP design, legislative, statutory and industry standards.
• Management of applications for connections on to the upstream operator’s network associated with ESP managed networks.
• Verification of applications for connections to the upstream operator’s network made by customers associated with asset adoption works.
• Manage applications made by other network operators or customers for connections to ESP networks including evaluation of any network reinforcement requirements and ensuring that Guaranteed Standard of Service are maintained.
• Manage the relationship between ESP and all upstream parties for capacity and demand negotiations.
• Accountable for modelling the network for demand and generation. Use of IPSA or similar.
• Development of safety and risk assessment requirements required at the design and adoption stages of a project.
• Ensuring that the requirements of the ESPUG’s Health and Safety Policy and Asset Management System are met.
• Assessing the need for land rights on projects and collaborating with customers to identify solutions to minimise the need to initiate legal proceedings.
• Implement and oversee quality assurance procedures for electrical designs, ensuring all designs are fully reviewed, meet technical standards, and comply with internal and external regulations.
• Being accountable for your personal development by collaborating with your manager to ensure relevant objectives are in place, and that every effort is made to ensure these are achieved, in addition to attending all relevant training required to fulfil responsibilities.
• LV, HV and EHV electricity network design experience with the ability to use IT based design software e.g. WinDebut, IPSA.

Benefits include:

• Holidays: 26 days, going up to 27 after 3 years and up to 28 after 5 years of employment. The company gives you the opportunity to buy/sell up to 3 days per year.
• Bonus
• Enhanced Pension
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life insurance
• Company training programmes to help you develop.
• Employee Rewards Portal: access to exclusive discounts and flexible benefits such as Cycle to Work and EV car Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Enhanced Family Friendly benefits: Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and paid time off when receiving fertility treatment.
• Volunteering day: one day a year fully paid.

This role offers a hybrid working model of a minimum of 3 days a week onsite in our Surrey office.