Highways Lighting Project Engineer

E.ON UK Ltd; Quarrington; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Generous pension

Bonus opportunities

Hybrid work option

Job summary

E.ON UK Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Highways Lighting Project Engineer to drive street lighting projects from quotes to delivery. You will manage customer relationships, ensure financial tracking, and lead teams while upholding safety and quality standards.

This role requires extensive highway electrical experience, strong communication skills, and a proactive, collaborative approach to delivering on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication with a strong customer-facing approach.
• Qualified with C&G236 and 18th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations, with 5+ years in highways electrical works.
• Understand highway electrical supplies incl. DNO/IDNO/PCN and passively safe systems.
• Proficient with quotations, pricing documents and rate schedules.
• Numerical/analytical skills to present data clearly.

Responsibilities

• Price customer works, issue quotes and follow up for review.
• Manage major customer relationships and negotiate deals.
• Ensure works are costed, controlled and delivered with procurement aligned.
• Act as escalation point for complaints in line with policies.
• Lead teams and promote continuous improvement and safety.
• Own safety, health, welfare and environmental aspects of work.
• Ensure invoicing and debt collection meet targets.

Skills

Communication

Customer facing

Team player

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Driving licence

Education

C&G236 or equivalent

BS7671 18th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Dynamics

MS Excel

Job description

Location - Sleaford

Salary - £46,636-£58,937 plus excellent employee benefits and career progression

If you're passionate about street lighting and want to play a key role in shaping the future of safe, sustainable, and brilliantly lit communities, this is an exciting opportunity to make your mark.

As a Highways Lighting Project Engineer, you'll help drive the successful delivery of street lighting and electrical installation projects—from creating competitive quotations to ensuring every stage of delivery runs smoothly. You'll champion efficiency and quality, support our growth ambitions, and contribute to winning new opportunities.

Working alongside a talented and supportive team, you'll help bring our projects to life and deliver exceptional experiences for our customers.

Key responsibilities

• Pricing customer works, issuing quotes and ensuring all issued quotes are followed up with information collated to allow effective review of competitive positioning.
• Managing major customer relationships - negotiating win- win deals.
• Ensuring works are effectively and efficiently project managed, including financial tracking of projects. Ensure purchasing is in line with Procurement processes and at the best prices for our customers.
• Act as an escalation point for any complaints from key customers ensuring that they are dealt with correctly and in line with our company policies.
• Lead by example, support an environment that promotes rapid and continuous improvement whilst supporting the development of high performing teams.
• Taking a proactive approach and taking ownership of all aspects of Safety, Health, Welfare and Environmental issues relating to work.
• Timely completion of invoicing to meet personal and depot account financial targets including regular management and chasing of debt.

What we need from you

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong customer-facing approach.
• C&G236 or equivalent, BS7671 18th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations qualified with at least five years' experience of having installed a range of electrical installation works including, but not solely, highways electrical works
• Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of all types of highway electrical supplies including DNO, IDNO, PCN and passively safe systems
• Proficient in the use of basic Microsoft packages used for producing quotations, pricing documents, schedules of rates.
• Conversant with basic accounting, profit and loss accounts and the tracking of financial performance at project level. Numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and information and present it in a clear and logical format.
• A Full UK drivers' licence.
• Experience of having operated in a commercial environment, with a track record of developing and managing key customer relationships.
• A collaborative team player with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• A proven track record of delivering sales targets in a competitive environment.
• An understanding of the key issues & challenges relating to New Connections.
• Oral communication skills, interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to take a confident and diplomatic approach with staff, colleagues and customers.

It would be great if you had

• Experience in using SAP financial package and Microsoftt Dynamics
• Capability to focus on continuous improvement in a constantly changing environment.

Here's what you need to know

• Award-Winning Workplace - We're proud to be named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 and the Best Place to Work for 16-34-year-olds.
• Outstanding Benefits - Enjoy 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension, life cover, bonus opportunities, and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax/NI savings.
• Flexible & Family-Friendly - Our industry-leading hybrid and family-friendly policies earned us double recognition at the Personnel Today Awards 2024. We're open to discussing how flexibility can work for you.
• Inclusive & Diverse - We're the only energy company in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers. We're also proud winners of Best Employer for Women and Human Company of the Year-recognising our inclusive, people-first culture.
• Support at Every Stage of Life - We're Fertility Friendly and Menopause Friendly accredited, with inclusive support for everyone.
• Accessible & Supportive - Do you consider yourself as having a disability? As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria move forward to the next stage of our recruitment process, and will make any adjustments needed during the process.
• Invested in Your Growth - From inclusive talent networks to top-tier development programmes, we'll support your growth every step of the way.