Head of Technical & Commissioning

Costain; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Costain is recruiting a Head of Technical & Commissioning to lead HV site construction operations and commissioning activities across our projects. You will own technical assurance, controls and competency for HV substations, cabling and OHL works from tender through design, construction, commissioning and handover.

The role focuses on high voltage delivery up to 400kV, supporting National Grid substations and related works, and acts as the technical expert within the business unit across

Job description

Due to continued growth, we are recruiting a Head of Technical & Commissioning. This role is in the Operations Engineering job family, supporting Costain project delivery, with a focus on high voltage site construction operations (HV commissioning), Technical assurance and compliance.

This is a high voltage (up to 400kV) technical and commissioning expert role, supporting National Grid substation construction / Cabling and OHL development works predominately. This role will be the business unit’s technical expert for HV substations, Cabling, OHL projects & commissioning activities. They will own the processes, controls, assurance, competency, etc across the whole project lifecycle – tender, design, construction, commissioning and handover.