Investment Engineers x 2

Pontoon; Sellindge; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Part time

Job summary

Pontoon is recruiting an Investment Engineer to support a major, multi-year upgrade programme across HVDC interconnectors. You will own investment cases from concept through optioneering, engineering development, and financial sanction, ensuring safe, cost-effective asset interventions ready for delivery.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams, coordinate FEED/ECI considerations, manage budgets and ensure safety, regulatory compliance and timely handover to delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Strong asset management background.
• Experience in HVDC or electricity transmission and distribution engineering.
• Working knowledge of investment management principles and processes.
• Experience within a CAPEX delivery environment.
• Demonstrable experience in early-stage development phases, including optioneering, feasibility and pre-construction planning.
• Strong front-end CDM experience, including design risk management and hazard identification.
• Experience assessing and managing FEED and ECI requirements, including contractor oversight, budget control and contractual matters.
• Excellent planning, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience applying project management and change management principles.
• Proven experience managing contractors and in-house teams, including safety, health, environmental and quality performance.

Responsibilities

• Own investment cases from initial concept through optioneering, engineering development, financial sanction and handover.
• Develop safe, efficient and cost-effective engineering solutions for asset upgrades and interventions.
• Lead multidisciplinary Scheme Teams through project setup, option selection, development, tendering and contract award.
• Coordinate site and condition assessments, technical studies, cost estimates and project risk assessments.
• Assess the need for FEED and ECI, appoint and lead specialist contractors where required, manage budgets and resolve contractual issues.
• Monitor investment budgets, financial forecasts, programmes and pre-construction milestones.
• Manage front-end CDM requirements, including design risk management, hazard identification and documentation of residual risks.
• Support procurement activities, prepare technical and tender documentation, and coordinate transition of investments into delivery and handover.
• Apply lessons learned from previous investments to improve cost efficiency and delivery outcomes.
• Work closely with Asset Engineers, operations teams, contractors and stakeholders to ensure compliance with safety, engineering and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Asset management

HVDC transmission

Investment management

CAPEX delivery

FEED & ECI

CDM risk management

Tendering

Budget control

Stakeholder management

Project planning

Job description

Investment/Development Engineers x 2 - HVDC Interconnectors and Civil engineering

Location & Contract

The role is based at Sellindge Converter Station, Church Lane, Sellindge, Kent, TN25 6AF.

The working arrangement is 2-3 days per week on site, with the remainder working from home, other offices or with suppliers and clients. Infrequent additional travel may be required.

The initial contract is 6 months, with a very strong possibility of extension, as the position supports a multi-year programme of upgrades across the existing asset portfolio.

Programme: Multi-year asset upgrade programme

The Opportunity

We are recruiting an Investment Engineer to support a major, multi-year programme of upgrades and improvements across an existing portfolio of operational HVDC interconnector assets.

Our client is a leading UK electricity transmission and energy infrastructure organisation, playing a vital role in energy security, cross-border electricity transmission and the transition to net zero.

You will take ownership of investment cases from initial asset needs and optioneering through engineering development, financial sanction and pre-construction, ensuring asset interventions are safe, cost-effective and ready for delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Own investment cases from initial concept through optioneering, engineering development, financial sanction and handover.
• Develop safe, efficient and cost-effective engineering solutions for asset upgrades and interventions.
• Lead multidisciplinary Scheme Teams through project setup, option selection, development, tendering and contract award.
• Coordinate site and condition assessments, technical studies, cost estimates and project risk assessments.
• Assess the need for Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and Early Contractor Involvement (ECI), appoint and lead specialist contractors where required, manage budgets and resolve contractual issues.
• Monitor investment budgets, financial forecasts, programmes and pre-construction milestones.
• Manage front-end CDM requirements, including design risk management, hazard identification and documentation of residual risks.
• Support procurement activities, prepare technical and tender documentation, and coordinate the transition of investments into delivery and operational handover.
• Apply lessons learned from previous investments to improve cost efficiency and delivery outcomes.
• Work closely with Asset Engineers, operations teams, contractors and stakeholders to ensure compliance with safety, engineering and regulatory requirements.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Strong asset management background.
• Experience in HVDC or electricity transmission and distribution engineering.
• Working knowledge of investment management principles and processes.
• Experience within a CAPEX delivery environment.
• Demonstrable experience in early-stage development phases, including optioneering, feasibility and pre-construction planning.
• Strong front-end CDM experience, including design risk management and hazard identification.
• Experience assessing and managing FEED and ECI requirements, including contractor oversight, budget control and contractual matters.
• Excellent planning, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience applying project management and change management principles.
• Proven experience managing contractors and in-house teams, including safety, health, environmental and quality performance.
• Ability to make critical business and operational decisions while balancing competing priorities.

We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more.

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.