Grid Connections Engineer

Northern Powergrid Limited; Castleford; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Double-matched pension scheme

25 days holiday

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Northern Powergrid Limited is seeking a Transmission Interface Engineer to shape the energy transition by delivering robust grid connection solutions. You’ll work with customers, designers and external stakeholders across both distribution and transmission networks to optimise capacity and secure access.

You will build technical proposals, explain options clearly to customers and influence outcomes through collaborative stakeholder engagement and robust engineering analysis.

Qualifications

• Experience in electricity networks, network planning, power systems or grid connections.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical interface between customers, Northern Powergrid, NESO and transmission operators.
• Assess and challenge technical connection proposals to ensure they are robust and aligned with requirements.
• Recommend practical and innovative engineering solutions for large customer demand and energy projects.
• Review transmission access and connection offers to ensure they meet customer and network needs.

Skills

Electricity networks

Network planning

Power systems

Grid connections

Education

Electrical Engineering HNC

Job description

Help shape the future of the electricity network by supporting major customer demand and renewable generation projects seeking access to the transmission system.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing area of the business as we respond to increasing demand for renewable generation, energy storage and large-scale customer connections. Working across both distribution and transmission networks, you will act as the technical interface between customers, Northern Powergrid, NESO and transmission owners. Using your engineering expertise, you'll help develop connection solutions, secure transmission access and ensure network capacity is utilised efficiently to support the energy transition.

The Role

Working closely with customers, network planning engineers, design teams and external stakeholders, you'll develop and progress technically robust connection solutions that meet customer requirements and optimise network capacity.

You will be responsible for:

• Acting as the technical interface between customers, Northern Powergrid, NESO and transmission operators.
• Assessing and challenging technical connection proposals to ensure they are robust, efficient and aligned with customer requirements.
• Recommending practical and innovative engineering solutions, including options that may not have previously been considered.
• Reviewing technical information to support large customer demand, generation and energy storage connections.
• Explaining technical solutions to customers, ensuring options, constraints and impacts are clearly understood.
• Representing customer requirements through quality technical engagement and stakeholder management.
• Working with network planning and design teams to optimise connection proposals.
• Reviewing transmission access and connection offers to ensure they meet customer and network requirements.
• Providing technical guidance on transmission access, network capability and connection arrangements.

About You

You will have experience within electricity networks, grid connections, network planning or power systems and be comfortable working across both technical and customer-facing environments.

You’ll ideally have:

• Experience in electricity networks, network planning, power systems or grid connections.
• A good understanding of transmission and distribution networks.
• Experience assessing connection proposals, network studies or capacity assessments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working collaboratively with customers, engineers and external stakeholders.
• The confidence to challenge proposals and influence outcomes.
• Electrical Engineering HNC
• Experience working for a DNO, transmission owner or power systems consultancy.
• Understanding of the GB transmission access and connections process.
• Experience working with NESO, National Grid or large customer connection projects.

Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a developing team at the heart of the energy transition. You'll work on some of the largest customer and renewable energy connections in our region, helping secure transmission capacity and support the future growth of the electricity network.

Along with a competitive salary of £55,940 - £76,499 we also offer:

• Enrolment into our double-matched pension scheme
• 25 days holiday (rising with service)
• Excellent opportunities for career growth.

Additional Information:

External title: Grid Connections Engineer

Internal title: Transmission Interface Engineer

Applicants are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post irrespective of sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, race, age or disability, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.