Electrical Design Manager

PT Renewables ?; Barnsley; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid role

Remote work option

Job summary

PT Renewables seeks a Design Manager for Electrical Power Networks (LV to 132kV) to lead and grow the design function. You will manage electrical and CAD teams, own P&L, and ensure high-quality design across projects, including NERS accreditation and regulatory compliance.

The role combines technical leadership with commercial responsibility, client-facing activities, and strategic development of the design department within a dynamic, growing company.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience designing electrical power networks.
• Comfort across the technical range from LV distribution through HV and up to 132kV.
• Understanding of DNO/IDNO standards, NERS accreditation, CDM regulations and wider regulatory framework.
• Leadership experience or readiness to step up into a team management role.
• Commercial awareness; P&L accountability is familiar or a goal.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the electrical design team, including recruitment, technical development and workflow prioritisation.
• Own the design department P&L, provide financial reporting to the MD, and track profitability across projects.
• Maintain and evolve NERS accreditation and the Internal Management System.
• Set design quality KPIs including first-time DNO acceptance rates.
• Support the MD with business development, client engagement and repeat business.
• Build out a standalone earthing design capability from the ground up.
• Continue hands-on technical work on designs from LV to 132kV.

Skills

Electrical design leadership

Power networks design

DNO/IDNO standards

NERS accreditation

P&L accountability

Client engagement

Job description

Design Manager, Electrical Power Networks (LV to 132kV)

Most Design Manager roles are about keeping the wheels turning on someone else's business. This one isn't.

This is a rare chance to run and grow the design function at one of the UK's most established independent connection providers. LV to 132kV, contestable networks, private wire, DNO connections, the technical scope is broad and the design team already sits behind some of the biggest connection projects in the country. What's on the table now is stepping in to lead it, shape it, and build it out further.

You'd own the electrical design department end to end. That means a team of electrical engineers, civil engineers and CAD technicians reporting to you, the P&L for the department under your name, and full responsibility for design quality across everything the business puts its stamp on. NERS accreditation to maintain, IMS to evolve, KPIs to set, and a standalone earthing design team to build from scratch alongside the MD.

It's technical, it's commercial, it's client-facing, and it comes with genuine influence on where the business goes next.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading and growing the electrical design team, including recruitment, technical development and workflow prioritisation
• Owning the design department P&L, financial reporting to the MD, and profitability tracking across projects
• Maintaining and evolving NERS accreditation and the wider Internal Management System
• Setting design quality KPIs including first-time DNO acceptance rates
• Supporting the MD with business development, new client engagement and repeat business
• Building out a standalone earthing design capability from the ground up
• Still doing hands-on technical work where it matters, designs from LV to 132kV

What you'll need:

• Substantial experience designing electrical power networks, ideally including contestable connection work
• Comfort across the technical range from LV distribution through HV and up to 132kV
• Genuine understanding of DNO/IDNO standards, NERS accreditation, CDM regulations and the wider regulatory framework
• Leadership experience or clear readiness to step up into a team management role
• Commercial awareness, P&L accountability isn't going to be new to you, or it's a step you're actively looking to take

The package is around £85k depending on experience. Role can be remote, hybrid (weekly presence in their Barnsley office)