Graduate HV Earthing Engineer – Hybrid Training & Mentoring

Cooper & Hall Limited; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship toward chartership

Exposure to high-profile projects

Friendly, ambitious team culture

Flexible/hybrid working

Professional development

Job summary

BakerHicks offers a dynamic two-year Graduate scheme designed as a launchpad for a career as a Chartered Earthing Engineer in High Voltage. It blends hands-on experience with two learning journeys, backed by personalised on-the-job training in the HV department and ongoing support from senior engineers.

You will contribute to diverse projects, develop soft skills, and work within an ambitious, collaborative team focused on safe, sustainable electrical infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2:1 in a relevant engineering degree.
• Interest in earthing systems, soil resistivity, HV substations, bonding, or grid connections.
• Willingness to collaborate with engineers, clients, contractors, and wider project teams.

Responsibilities

• Support earthing, bonding, lightning protection, electrical safety, and HV infrastructure designs and related documents.
• Assist with earthing studies, soil resistivity interpretation, earth grid layouts, touch and step voltage assessment, bonding, and lightning protection specs.
• Gain exposure to HV substations, grid connections, buried earthing systems, fault current assessment, construction interfaces, and multidisciplinary design coordination.
• Contribute to health and safety reviews and hazard identification per CDM Regulations, focusing on electrical safety and sustainability.

Skills

2:1 Degree

Earthing interest

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/related

Job description

BakerHicks offers a dynamic two-year Graduate scheme designed as a launchpad for a career as a Chartered Earthing Engineer in High Voltage. It blends hands-on experience with two learning journeys, backed by personalised on-the-job training in the HV department and ongoing support from senior engineers.

You will contribute to diverse projects, develop soft skills, and work within an ambitious, collaborative team focused on safe, sustainable electrical infrastructure.