Senior Electrical Design Engineer

UK Power Networks; England; Hybrid; GBP 81,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility provider in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join their team at Stansted Airport. The role involves developing high-quality electrical designs while ensuring compliance with standards. The successful candidate will have a degree in engineering or science, experience with designs up to 132kV, and be a Chartered Engineer or working towards it. This position offers a competitive salary of GBP80,574.00 and a bonus, along with a flexible working model post-professional probation.

Benefits

Reservist Leave

Personal Pension Plan

Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience in development of concept and detailed designs up to 132kV.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards achieving Chartership.
• Membership of a professional body such as the IET.

Responsibilities

• Develop and check the delivery of designs for UKPN Services.
• Provide technical input to the team and into bids.
• Ensure design solutions meet client specifications.

Skills

Power distribution

SCADA

Communication systems

Project management

Education

Degree level in engineering or science

Job description

81636 – Senior Electrical Design Engineer

This Senior Electrical Design Engineer position will report to the Principal Electrical Design Engineer and will work within UKPN Services based in our Stansted Airport office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of GBP80,574.00 and a bonus of 3%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) – 3 days in the office and 2 remote.

Close Date: 18/11/2025

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

Job Purpose

You will report to the Principal Electrical Design Engineer. You will work as part of a diverse team, providing design technical excellence across the UKPN Services contracts portfolio to place UK Power Networks Services in the top tier for design and build of private assets on safety, customer service and efficiency.

You will be responsibility for the successful production and checking of designs. You will ensure that UKPN Services produce high quality design solutions that comply with relevant legislation, client and UKPN Services standards.

You will provide technical liaison with suppliers, and clients for creating new business and the delivery of projects.

Dimensions

Payroll costs: N/A

Staff: N/A

Principal accountabilities

Typical accountabilities for the Senior Electrical Design Engineer will include:

• Develop, and checking the delivery of designs across the UKPN Services business that that deliver Good Industry Practice
• Provide technical input to the team and into UKPN Services bids
• Ensure that design solutions are robust to meet client specifications and allow accurate tender submissions to be developed
• Assess cost/benefit trade–off of technical solution and support the technical decision making processes
• Identify areas for technological advancement whilst maintaining excellent engineering standards

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent in engineering or science
• Experience in development of concept and detailed primary and secondary designs up to 132kV
• Chartered Engineer or working towards achieving Chartership
• Membership of a professional body such as the IET
• Knowledge of Power distribution, Electrification, SCADA, and Communication systems
• Basic knowledge of project management

Health and safety requirements

• Ensure all Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental requirements are considered.
• Ensure safe working methods and systems are followed in the design
• Fulfil all UKPNS Health and Safety requirements.
• Mentor junior staff in all matters relating to Health & Safety aligned with their role.
• Creating a safe working environment for all staff and contractors supporting the business.

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.