Principal Specialist Power

Vodafone; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodafone is seeking a senior specialist in power compliance to govern AC/DC telecom power across its multi-tenant portfolio. You will drive standards, checklists, and acceptance criteria for new builds, upgrades, and maintenance, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and engineering standards.

You will lead technical governance, audit readiness, and deviation control, providing specialist guidance on AC/DC architectures and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Professional engineering registration is advantageous.
• 8+ years in a senior governance/compliance role.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain power compliance framework and governance for telecom power portfolio.
• Plan and govern compliance audits, inspections, and assurance activities across sites.
• Review designs and approve compliance requirements for power systems and deviations.

Skills

AC/DC telecom power

Governance & audits

Technical leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

Role purpose:

• Accountable for establishing and governing power compliance across the MAST power portfolio, ensuring all installations, upgrades, maintenance activities, and vendor-delivered works meet statutory requirements, internal engineering standards, customer obligations, and industry best practice.
• Provides principal-level technical leadership across AC/DC telecom power (grid, generator, rectifier, battery, solar, grounding, protection, and monitoring) and leads compliance interpretation, technical governance, and audit readiness in a multi-tenant TowerCo environment.

Who you are

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

1. 1) Compliance framework & standards (owns):
   • Define, maintain, and continuously improve the power compliance framework, standards, procedures, and governance requirements for the telecom power portfolio (AC/DC, including grid, generator, rectifier, battery, solar, grounding, protection, monitoring).
   • Set minimum compliance requirements and acceptance criteria for new builds, upgrades, life-cycle replacements, maintenance interventions, battery projects, generator integrations, solar deployments, tenant expansions, and site modernisation.
   • Interpret statutory and engineering requirements (e.g., SANS/IEC) and translate them into practical checklists, inspection criteria, commissioning/acceptance requirements, and field work instructions.
   • Drive standardisation of compliant power solutions to reduce technical variation, improve quality, and enhance operational supportability.
2. 2) Audit, inspection & assurance (governs):
   • Plan and govern compliance audits, technical inspections, and assurance activities across operational and project sites, including methodologies, evidence requirements, scorecards, and close‑out expectations.
   • Review workmanship quality, documentation packs, test records, as‑built status, statutory records, and compliance evidence to confirm readiness for handover or ongoing operation.
   • Own tracking and closure of non‑conformances/defects within agreed timelines; analyse repeat findings and drive systemic corrective actions.
3. 3) Design, engineering & technical deviation control (approves/recommends):
   • Review and govern power designs, scopes of work, and technical submissions from a compliance, safety, and risk perspective; approve compliance requirements prior to implementation where delegated.
   • Provide specialist guidance on compliant application of AC/DC architectures (load, resilience targets, protection, cable sizing, breaker coordination, battery autonomy/recharge, growth, shared infrastructure, monitoring/control logic).
   • Provide specialist judgement on deviations, non‑standard applications, and incident/root‑cause investigations; elevate high‑risk statutory exposures and recommend remediation priorities.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Telecom / TowerCo / critical infrastructure experience with strong understanding of multi‑tenant operating environments and vendor-delivered work.
• Deep practical AC/DC telecom power expertise (rectifiers, batteries, generators, distribution, grounding/earthing, protection systems, monitoring, and hybrid/renewable solutions).
• Proven governance capability: technical audits, inspections, acceptance/handovers, quality assurance, remediation tracking, and contractor performance management.
• Working knowledge of applicable standards and statutory requirements for electrical installations in telecom environments (including SANS 10142-1 and relevant IEC / EU standards).

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, BTech, in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• Professional registration with a recognised engineering body will be advantageous
• 8+ years’ experience in a senior specialist, governance, quality assurance, or compliance-focused role.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people’s lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.