Overhead Line Project Engineer

Taylor Hopkinson | Powered by Brunel; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Taylor Hopkinson | Powered by Brunel is seeking an Overhead Line Project Engineer for a major offshore wind farm in the UK. You will provide overhead line engineering support for 400kV, 275kV and 132kV projects across the full life cycle as part of a multidisciplinary project engineering team.

Responsibilities include reviewing contractor and consultant design proposals for compliance, taking on project engineering governance, coordinating with engineering disciplines, and representing

Qualifications

• Strong technical skills in overhead line development, design, and specification.
• Experience in project engineering and governance, with cross-discipline coordination.

Responsibilities

• Provide overhead line engineering support for 400kV, 275kV and 132kV projects across the full project life cycle.
• Review contractor/consultant design proposals for compliance with design specifications.
• Take on a Project Engineering role and ensure engineering governance is followed.
• Coordinate with all Engineering Disciplines and support others in managing engineering risks.
• Act as engineering lead in meetings and represent engineering at key strategic, commercial, programme and site meetings.

Skills

Overhead line design

Project engineering

Design review

Safety/CDM

Stakeholder meetings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLS-CADD

Job description

Overhead Line Project Engineer for a major offshore wind farm in the UK

Responsibilities

• Provide overhead line engineering support for 400kV, 275kV and 132kV projects across the full project life cycle, working as part of a multidiscipline project engineering team.
• Review contractor/consultant design proposals, ensuring compliance with relevant design specification and guidance.
• Take on a Project Engineering role, ensuring engineering governance is followed, co-ordination with all Engineering
• Disciplines and support/assist others in the project team around managing engineering risks and utilising opportunities for the project to excel.
• Act as the point of contact for overhead line engineering and represent engineering at key strategic, commercial, programme and site project meetings.
• Promote and manage safety within the assigned projects through the implementation of CDM procedures and practices, ensuring the project engineering is compliant with company, HSE and industry regulations.
• Work closely with Engineering Managers and Project Managers to ensure that Engineering and Quality risks are identified and mitigated.

Requirements

• Strong technical skills in overhead line development, design, and specification-or demonstrable transferable experience.
• Familiarity with overhead line design software (e.g. PLS-CADD) is advantageous but not essential.
• A technical degree or HND, with relevant experience in the field.
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset with the ability to explore design options and apply evidence-based decision-making.