At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team to design and deliver a green energy network.
- Company: Join Green Gen Cymru, a pioneer in renewable energy for Wales.
- Benefits: Competitive salary of £113,000, career growth, and a chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to collaborate across various teams and stakeholders.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of tackling the energy crisis and shaping a sustainable future.
- Qualifications: Strong leadership skills and experience in engineering management required.
The predicted salary is between 113000 - 113000 £ per year.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2026
Department: Engineering
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Cardiff/Edinburgh
Reporting To: Andrew Hardcastle
Compensation: £113,000 / year
ABOUT GREEN GEN CYMRU
At Green Gen Cymru, we’re acting now to build and operate a green energy network for Wales, ensuring 100% renewable energy can flow to our homes, hospitals, schools, businesses, and communities. We’re playing a pivotal role in providing a reliable and robust distribution network that will tackle the energy crisis, climate crisis, as well as the cost-of-living crisis. It will also empower rural communities through investment, jobs, and skills, enabling communities to live modern electric lives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the management of the engineering and network design team for Green Gen Cymru’s network.
- Manage a multidisciplinary engineering team working with consultants, contractors, customers, and other electricity network owners.
- Support the GGC project development and project delivery team in all aspects of engineering.
- Act as Green Gen Cymru’s Technical Authority for Engineering.
- Ensure appropriate distribution voltage level standards are applied to the network design.
- Coordinate with Consents, Regulation, Connections, Project Management, Procurement, and Construction teams.
- Manage ongoing engineering team engagement from connection offer to energisation.
- Manage engineering changes through design or compliance.
- Ensure the engineering team provides a good service to the project teams.
- Manage the Green Gen Cymru engineering governance.
- Manage the network design and power systems analysis team.
- Ensure CDM is applied to the engineering design throughout different project phases.
- Create engineering procedures and policies for efficient and high-standard design.
- Attend working groups such as the ENA and INA.
- Ensure compliance with the NESO grid code, ENA, Distribution code, and applicable standards.
- Drive policy change to improve engineering design management.
- Support the Executive Director and Senior Management Team members.
- Accountability for the engineering team reporting to the Executive Director.
- Proactively meet programme deadlines coordinating with other departments.
- Accurately report progress each month for Engineering.
- Develop relationships with other DNOs, TOs, NESO, and Ofgem.
- Forge positive working relationships with internal stakeholders.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:
- Excellent communication and engagement skills.
- A high standard of written and oral English.
- Organised individual who can multi-task and manage the engineering team across different projects.
Head of Engineering in Cardiff employer: Windward Energy group.
At Green Gen Cymru, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer dedicated to fostering a collaborative and innovative work culture in the heart of Cardiff. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our supportive environment that encourages professional development and offers competitive compensation, including a starting salary of £113,000. Join us in our mission to build a sustainable energy future for Wales, where your contributions will directly impact communities and the environment.
