Protection & Commissioning Manager

TN United Kingdom; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in power engineering services is seeking a Protection & Commissioning Manager to oversee electrical power projects. This role involves ensuring compliance with engineering standards, managing a team, and delivering high-quality work on significant construction projects. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Electrical Engineering and extensive experience in managing engineering teams.

Benefits

25 days annual leave increasing with length of service

Employee rewards portal offering discounts

Market-leading contributory pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Minimum Degree in Electrical Engineering with at least five years of relevant experience.
• Proven record of managing teams of engineers on complex EHV projects.
• Excellent understanding of electrical transmission and distribution equipment.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring work complies with engineered design and industry standards.
• Manage a team of engineers and create testing policy and procedures.
• Accountable for commissioning the technical quality of building work.

Skills

Team Management

Technical Policy Development

Customer Service

Analytical Thinking

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

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23.05.2025

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07.07.2025

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At Electricity Northwest (Construction & Maintenance) Limited we are committed to creating a sense of belonging for our colleagues and therefore we ask our applicants to talk to us about any reasonable adjustments that may be required throughout our recruitment processes. We are committed to providing value added power engineering services to private network owners, Embedded Generation investors & Carbon reducing organisations. Through innovative Design, Installation, commissioning and maintenance we have a significant pipeline of projects including major private infrastructure network developments, microgrid solutions, Gas / Hydrogen based generation and Grid support through Battery storage schemes. We are a commercial organisation who generate leads and prospects from multiple clients including DNO’s for work either owned and operated by a DNO or Private Commercial, NHS, Airports and large manufacturing customers operating in a commercial environment.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work out of our Blackburn and Teeside Offices to suit; and the flexibility to work from home or collaborate from one of our other offices across the UK

About the Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Protection & Commissioning Manager to join our team delivering electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltage levels. This role will be responsible for ensuring all work is delivered to, and complies with, the engineered design, company policies and industry standards. Providing the final sign off / approval that the design (including equipment) is safe to operatives and provides the full functionality for over £50 million of construction projects.

Managing a team of engineers, this role will be responsible for creating testing policy and procedures, commission work through undertaking assurance and testing for small to large-scale high voltage infrastructure and grid connections at voltage levels normally between 11kV and 132kV.

Our projects would include feasibility, detailed design, procurement, construction, test and commissioning on existing or new substations and associated infrastructure.

Principal responsibilities of the role

• Portfolio accountability to ensure each project is delivered to company Health & Safety and Technical Policies including; through the managing of an engineer team, creating test policy for building work that is compliant with manufacturers testing requirements and engineering design.
• Act as point of escalation for the customer and the company for technical policy and commissioning both during tendering and implementing current and future projects.
• Accountable for commissioning the technical quality of building work carried out on a portfolio of between £10m to £50m of engineering projects including producing monthly status reports and analysis of technical trends and risks.
• Operate across the whole of the delivery team as a technical lead, responsible for technical policy.
• Ensure the business maintains policy, commissioning & testing systems for data, document, and process control, in compliance with ISO standards.
• Provide excellent customer service through clear communication and meeting customer expectations such as; working in the safest manner, only accepting high quality work, achieving customer milestones and outperforming contract budgets.
• Promote the company’s reputation through a positive attitude and behaviours, good time keeping and a professional appearance.
• Continually seek to identify future sales opportunities either providing sales leads to the business development team and/or supporting estimators in the pricing and drafting of sales tenders.
• Stand in for the Engineering Design Manager as required.

Who we’re looking for

• Minimum Degree in Electrical Engineering, with at least five years of relevant experience; (essential).
• Proven record of managing teams of engineers on complex EHV projects.
• The role is to manage a team, though you may also be required to provide hands on support when required; (essential).
• An excellent understanding of electrical transmission and distribution equipment, including protection and control systems, switchgear, transformers and circuits.
• Trained and experienced in developing technical procedures and quality assurance documentation.
• Excellent understanding of the Health & Safety and Engineering technical standard requirements for large scale projects.
• Experienced at developing quality & assurance strategies and implementing process change; (essential).
• Hold or be committed with support of the company to gaining professional engineering accreditation; (essential).
• Be an excellent written and verbal communicator, with experience in the developing and delivering management reports, business presentations and cascade team briefings; (essential).
• Analytical thinker coupled with good numerical skills.
• Hold a valid, full UK driving licence; (essential).

What we’re offering

As a vital team member and in return for your expertise, inclusive approach and commitment, we'll provide a favourable salary and the chance to join a passionate and welcoming team. We are committed to ensuring our people are supported and are proud of our reward and benefits offer, which includes:

• 25 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• An employee rewards portal offering discounts on several well-known brands
• A market-leading contributory pension scheme
• Employee assistance programme and opportunity for professional development through our L&D function.

Should you require any additional support with your application, or any adjustments please contact our Recruitment team at [emailprotected] or on 0845 366 0092 (option 2)

Any offer made will remain conditional until pre-employment checks are complete to a level deemed satisfactory by Electricity North West. Due to the of this role, the following pre-employment checks will be required; references from previous employers, a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a Drug & Alcohol test.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

We don't accept speculative CVs from agencies. Any received we will assert ownership of the candidate and no fee will be payable.