Engineering Manager EHV Cable

rhi; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services firm is seeking an experienced EHV Cable Engineering Manager to join their team in the UK. This full-time position offers hybrid working with a focus on managing HV cable design coordination across multiple projects. Successful candidates will have substantial experience in cable design, strong communication skills, and the ability to work in diverse teams. The role includes ensuring compliance and providing guidance to team members while delivering critical infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Substantial HV cable design experience.
• Understanding health and safety impacts on cable construction.
• Experience with British/European design standards.
• Understanding health and safety impacts on cable construction.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering processes and deliverables across cable projects.
• Approve deliverables and complete design tasks where required.
• Provide guidance to help develop team members.
• Ensure constructability and safety by design.
• Provide guidance to help develop team members.

Skills

Chartered Engineer or equivalent preferred

Strong communication and teamwork skills

Fluent English

Risk management

Health and safety

Education

Chartered Engineer or equivalent

Tools

CAD

Job description

Due to significant growth our client is seeking an EHV Cable Engineering Manager to join their team, delivering UK wide critical energy, power, water, telecoms and social infrastructure projects.

On offer is a full time staff role, hybrid working and career progression.

The Role

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead HV cable design coordination, working with electrical, civil and CAD resources to deliver across multiple projects, ensuring timely preparation of quality deliverables within the allocated program and budget.

You will play a crucial role in ensuring compliance and bolstering their technical credibility whilst they deliver critical energy, power, water, telecoms and social infrastructure projects.

Our client's infrastructure services company provides major transmission and distribution capabilities across power engineering, construction, and asset optimisation, supporting grid resilience and the transition to a low‑carbon energy system.

Duties (in brief)

• Manage engineering processes and deliverables across cable projects
• Ensure engineering management including updates, change control and risk management
• Approve deliverables and complete design tasks where required
• Ensure constructability and safety by design
• Provide guidance to help develop team members

Qualification

• Chartered Engineer or equivalent preferred
• Substantial HV cable design experience
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Understanding health and safety impacts on cable construction

Highly sought

• Experience with British/European design standards
• Cable construction planning and delivery experience
• Engineering management experience
• Tendering support experience
• Experience presenting technical outputs

You

• Fluent English and ability to work in dispersed teams
• Right to work in the UK
• Be prepared for some travel
• Ideally living near Central Scotland or South of England, however our client has offices throughout the UK

Next step

Should you wish to find out more, please forward your full CV (In WORD format) by clicking "Apply for this job online" button above.

Any submissions are held in strict confidence until you have been contacted.

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non‑exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.