Senior Civil Design Engineer

81268 – Senior Civil Design Engineer

This Senior Civil Design Engineer will report to the Design Lead and will work within Capital Programme & Procurement based in our Crawley / Maidstone office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of 80,574 and a Business Car and a bonus of 3%

Close Date: 3rd September 2025.

Job Purpose:

Produce civil designs from a defined scope provided by Project Managers, Customers or Design Leads, including project costings, meeting the requirements for time, quality and budget. Projects could be contestable or non-contestable from internally motivated work (APP) or customer connections.

The Senior Civil designer will communicate with the Project Manager, Electrical designer and Principle Design Co-ordinator, ensuring design compliance, adherence to the Construction Design & Management Regulations (CDM) 2015 and standards providing regulated network solutions for all customers.

You shall be able to satisfy the following general requirements:

• Produce Civil and Structural Designs that can be constructed in compliance with standards and CDM 2015 requirements
• Produce designs, which conform to all relevant Codes of Practice and company and industry standards together with Electrical engineering works
• Oversee and contribute to the production of technical, commercial and contractual documents for procurement of engineering products
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, regulations and company procedures.
• Compliance with design assurance and audit processes
• Support and mentor Trainee and Graduate Engineers to enhance their experience.
• Comply with the requirements of the designer as determined by the CDM 2015 Regulations
• Fulfil the role of Principal Designer as determined by the CDM 2015 Regulations for allocated schemes.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Provide an excellent service to the customer.
• Work as a Team Player in a dedicated team of designers, estimators and planners.
• Communicate with the operational teams to provide a smooth process from initial enquiry through to final connection and business closure.
• Comply with the requirements of the designer as determined by the CDM 2015 Regulations
• Ensure design eliminates or reduces any hazards which may give rise to risks; and reduce risks from any remaining hazards together with the CDM 2015 Regulations
• Ensure that the design provides information about aspects of the design of the structure or its construction or maintenance requirements that will adequately assist clients, the CDM team, other designers and contractors.
• Collaborate with UKPN designers or multiple disciplines.

Qualifications:

• Civil Engineering degree with relevant Substation, Overhead Line and Cable experience.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards achieving Chartership.
• Civil / structural engineering background in civil engineering and building works within the Utilities sector.
• Competence in resolving civil engineering issues and ability to provide a sound understanding of company policies and their application to this role. Awareness of current and technological developments in civil / structural engineering.
• Work with external engineering organisations and customers/partners representing UKPN to best effect.
• A good safety culture and sound understanding of Construction Design and Management 2015 (CDM) Regulations and their application in this role including IOSH training.
• Work unsupervised, set and comply with own targets, identify cost-saving solutions.
• Good team working skills.
• A good level of business, environmental, safety, financial, and regulatory awareness;
• A general appreciation of financial reporting systems;
• Knowledge of the ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 procedures relevant to the team\’s activities;
• Knowledge of Microsoft desktop applications, in particular: Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint;
• Manage and communicate with the CAD team to produce design drawings suitable for construction. This would not include line management.
• Experience of planning permissions.
• Experience of site surveying and setting out.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD (also Bentley software would be beneficial).
• Experience of building services.
• Broad knowledge of power engineering plant and equipment i.e. Transformers, Switchgear, cables, and protection schemes.
• Experience of: Roadworks, external works including drainage, building reinforced concrete foundations, superstructure including structural steel works, brick block cavity walls, different types of roofing, reinforced concrete structures.
• Input into construction ideas and techniques, which feed into UK Power Networks Green Action Plan.
• Capable to approve designs.