Senior Engineer (Design)

SP MANWEB PLC; Wrexham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Share incentive plan

Sharesave scheme

Payroll giving & charity matching

Technology vouchers

Private medical insurance

Life assurance (4x salary)

Job summary

SP Energy Networks is hiring a Senior Engineer (Design) for Wrexham/Llandudno, offering a salary range of £55,000 to £82,500. This permanent, hybrid role focuses on planning and designing the distribution network to ensure security, reliability and long-term asset performance.

You will lead analysis, develop connection solutions, and manage third-party design approvals while promoting safety and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of distribution network design standards up to 33kV.
• Experience using network analysis and modelling tools.
• Understanding of the regulatory framework and customer connection processes.
• Ability to develop practical engineering solutions to complex challenges.
• Commercial awareness balancing customer requirements with network and business needs.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
• Full UK driving licence preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and design the distribution network to ensure security, reliability and asset performance.
• Perform network analysis and develop solutions for connections and reinforcements.
• Lead assessment and delivery of customer connection requests in line with regulatory requirements.
• Produce and review network designs and quotations for connections and alterations.
• Manage third-party connection and design approval activities across licence areas.
• Promote safe-by-design principles and mentor junior engineers and trainees.

Skills

Network design

Network analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Driving licence

Education

Engineering qualification or equivalent

Job description

Senior Engineer (Design) Wrexham/Llandudno Salary starting from £55,000 to £82,500 Permanent/Hybrid Closing Date: 18/11/2026

Help us create a better future, quicker! At SP Energy Networks our focus is on harnessing technology and innovation to create the networks of the future. Our team is building a dynamic network to meet the changing demands for electricity and increasingly, renewable electricity – safely, securely and sustainably in the communities we serve. At SP Energy Networks, we know people are central to building a better future, quicker and we are seeking new talent to join our team.

What you’ll be doing

• As a Network Design Engineer, you will play a key role in the planning and design of the distribution network, ensuring network security, reliability and long-term asset performance.
• You will undertake network analysis, develop solutions for customer connections and reinforcement projects, and help deliver safe, efficient and cost-effective designs that support both customer and business objectives.
• Lead the assessment and delivery of customer connection requests, ensuring compliance with regulatory and licence requirements.
• Produce and review network designs and quotations for new connections, reinforcements and network alterations.
• Carry out network analysis and modelling to identify optimal technical solutions.
• Manage third-party Point of Connection and design approval activities across the licence areas.
• Apply sound engineering principles to enhance network performance, safety and asset longevity.
• Identify and implement innovative technical, procedural and commercial solutions.
• Build strong relationships with customers, stakeholders and delivery partners.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure safe‑by‑design principles are embedded throughout all activities.
• Support and mentor less experienced engineers, graduates and trainees.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong knowledge of distribution network design standards up to 33kV.
• Experience using network analysis and modelling tools.
• Understanding of the regulatory framework and customer connection processes.
• Ability to develop practical engineering solutions to complex challenges.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of balancing customer requirements with network and business needs.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and make sound technical and financial decisions.
• Experience operating within a utility, power or infrastructure environment.
• Minimum Criteria Engineering qualification or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven experience in a network design role.
• Knowledge of network construction and operational practices.
• Strong IT and system skills.
• Full UK driving licence preferred.

What’s in it for you

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make‑up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in. We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy‑related support. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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