Lead Electrical Engineer in Southampton

HV Plant (Primary Design) Team Lead

Location: United Kingdom (remote working available)

Salary: up to £90,000 (+ benefits)

Turner Lovell are recruiting on behalf of a leading utility infrastructure and engineering services provider delivering high-voltage power and grid connection projects across the UK. As part of continued growth within their power engineering division, our client is seeking an HV Plant Team Lead to lead their primary design function.

This is a senior leadership role overseeing HV plant, substation, and grid connection designs from 33kV to 400kV, alongside leading and developing the HV plant team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver primary engineering designs for HV substations and grid connection projects across 33kV-400kV.
• Lead, support, and develop the HV primary design team, providing technical direction and oversight across projects.
• Prepare technical specifications, schedules, and bills of materials.
• Ensure designs comply with UK standards, legislation, and client specifications (DNO / National Grid).
• Interface with protection & control, secondary, civil, and construction teams to ensure integrated design solutions.
• Support project delivery teams through technical input, design reviews, and site queries.
• Provide tender support and feasibility studies where required.

Requirements:

• Degree or HND/HNC in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of HV substation design principles and primary equipment.
• Experience working to UK DNO and/or National Grid standards.
• Ability to manage design packages from concept through to detailed design.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience across multiple voltage levels (33kV, 66kV, 132kV, 275kV, 400kV).

If this could be your next opportunity, please apply or contact Anusha Gopalan at anusha.gopalan@turnerlovell.com / 020 4602 7660 for more information.