Multi Utility Design Engineer / Utility Design Engineer

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited; Bury St Edmunds; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Multi-Utility Training

Technical Development

Long-Term Progression

Excellent Pension

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a Multi Utility Design Engineer to own offsite utility designs and progress development across HV/LV, gas, water and fibre.

You will liaise with network operators, lead post-award scoping meetings, review site constraints and hand projects to onsite teams, with hybrid working and clear progression.

Applicants should have design engineering experience in at least one utility network and a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Experience in design engineering within at least one utility network (electric, gas, water, fibre, heat).
• Experience supporting designs for housing / mixed-use developments.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Design of offsite / enabling utility infrastructure for HV/LV / Gas / Water / Fibre.
• Technical liaison with network operators and internal project teams through energisation.
• Customer-facing post-award meetings to define scope (substations/OSCP, metering and plant).
• Site/video/survey review, identifying constraints, trial holes and third-party/permit restrictions.
• Hybrid working available (role dependent), based from the Bury St Edmunds office.

Skills

HV/LV Design

Gas Design

Water Design

Fibre Design

Offsite Design

Network Operator Liaison

Job description

Multi Utility Design Engineer / Utility Design Engineer

£48,000 - £57,000 + Hybrid Working + Multi-Utility Training + Technical Development + Long-Term Progression + Excellent Pension

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (Commutable from: Ipswich, Stowmarket, Thetford, Newmarket, Cambridge, Sudbury, Diss, Norwich)

Are you a Utility Design Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer or Gas/Water Design Engineer looking to become truly multi-utility, with structured development and the chance to take ownership of high-value designs from day one within a respected national infrastructure group?

On offer is a secure, permanent position where you'll develop your capability across HV/LV, gas, water and fibre designs, supported by a wider design function and clear technical progression as you build proficiency across additional utilities.

This organisation is a long-established specialist in last-mile utility networks, known for high standards, strong internal collaboration and investing in their people. Due to continued project awards and growth across new housing and mixed-use developments, they are expanding their offsite design team.

In this role you will produce (and at times oversee) offsite/enabling utility designs, liaise with upstream network operators, attend post-award meetings with customers, and ensure designs are compliant with legislation and standards including CDM and NRSWA, handing projects over to onsite designers in line with programme. This role would suit a Design Engineer with experience in at least one utility network, looking for genuine multi-utility development, increased responsibility and long‑term technical progression.

The Role:

• Design of offsite / enabling utility infrastructure for new project awards (HV/LV / Gas / Water / Fibre)
• Technical liaison with network operators and internal project teams through to energisation
• Customer-facing post-award meetings to define scope (substations/OSCP, metering and associated plant)
• Site/video/survey review, identifying constraints, trial holes and third-party/permit restrictions
• Hybrid working available (role dependent), based from the Bury St Edmunds office

The Person:

• Design engineering experience within at least one utility network (electric, gas, water, fibre, heat)
• Experience supporting designs for new housing / mixed-use developments
• Full UK driving licence

Reference Number: BBBH279642

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.