Head of Engineering

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 POWERING A POSITIVE ENERGY FUTURE FOR WALES

At Green Gen Cymru, we’re acting now to build and operate a green energy network for Wales, that will make sure 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. We want to make sure Wales has the energy it needs in a Net Zero world.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the management of the engineering and network design team for Green Gen Cymru’s network.
• Manage a multidisciplinary engineering team as they work with consultants, contractors, customers and other electricity network owners.
• Support the GGC project development and project delivery team in all aspects of engineering.
• Ensure the appropriate distribution voltage level standards are applied to the network design.
• Coordinate with Consents, Regulation, Connections, Project Management, Procurement and Construction teams.
• Manage the ongoing engineering team engagement from connection offer to energisation.
• Ensure the engineering team provides a good service to the project teams.
• Manage the Green Gen Cymru engineering governance as the Technical Authority for engineering.
• Ensure CDM is being applied to the engineering design throughout the different project phases.
• Create engineering procedures and policies to ensure efficient and high standard design.
• Attend working groups such as the ENA and INA as an authority.
• Ensure compliance with the NESO grid code, ENA, Distribution code and any other applicable standards.
• Drive policy change to improve engineering design management.
• Support the Executive Director and Senior Management Team members to drive improvement.
• Accurately report progress each month for Engineering.
• Develop relationships with other DNOs, TOs, NESO and Ofgem.
• Foster collaboration across disciplines.

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.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Degree qualification in engineering or relevant previous experience.
• Proven record of accomplishment as a senior manager in energy project delivery environment.
• Proven track record of managing engineering teams to deliver energy projects.
• Experienced in application of CDM to engineering during different project phases.
• Experience of delivery to regulated engineering standards.
• Team management experience, developing individuals within a team.

Benefits:

• Hybrid work structure available.
• Fridays are allocated as ‘no meeting’ days.
• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Private Medical Insurance from day 1.
• Annual pay review and discretionary bonus.
• Employer pension contributions up to 7%.
• Electric car scheme via salary sacrifice.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Tech scheme – discounts on latest technology.
• Life assurance cover and income protection.
• Travel insurance.
• Regular team socials, activities, sporting events and charity fundraisers.