Senior Engineer - Overhead Lines (OHL)

AECOM; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working model

Career development opportunities

Volunteering days

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Engineering team in Manchester. You will provide technical support and design for overhead transmission lines and work on complex projects like the National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade, linking clean energy to homes across England and Wales by 2030.

The ideal candidate is a CEng qualified engineer with experience in project delivery for transmission system operators, capable of managing client relationships and ensuring compliance with industry standards. We offer a flexible hybrid working model and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified CEng with a recognised electrical engineering institution.
• Experience delivering projects for transmission system operators.
• Project experience in overhead line engineering up to 400kV.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and design for overhead transmission lines up to 400kV.
• Work on complex multi-discipline projects.
• Check engineering deliverables such as designs and reports.

Skills

Client relationship management

Business development

Verbal communication

Written communication

Electrical engineering knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent

Professional qualification CEng

Job description

Job Overview

Are you ready to join a team of talented engineers and shape the future of energy infrastructure?

The Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Engineering team provides services from initial concept through Power Systems Analysis, Cabling, Substations, Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure, System Balancing, Compensation, Protection Systems, SCADA, Communications, Converter Station Design, HVDC Systems and Interconnectors. Your role involves working on the UK’s most groundbreaking T&D project – National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade, part of a £9bn partnership to connect clean energy to homes and businesses across England and Wales by 2030.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and design for overhead transmission lines up to 400kV.
• Work on complex multi‑discipline projects and large programmes such as GGP.
• Support proposal writing and outline all project details, including timeline, resources, budget, objectives and goals.
• Deliver project implementation support, statutory planning and public consultation participation.
• Lead design activities: PLS‑CADD modelling, line routing, structural analysis, loading trees, design criteria formulation, sag‑tension calculations, insulator/conductor selection, clearance reports and structural spotting.
• Conduct feasibility studies, conductor thermal rating analysis and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Identify technically preferred solutions/lay‑outs to present to clients.
• Check engineering deliverables such as designs, reports, proposals, presentations and drawing packages.
• Perform internal quality checks of engineering drawings and calculations.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified CEng (Chartered Engineer) with a recognised electrical engineering institution (e.g., IET).
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline (electrical or power engineering).
• Experience delivering projects for transmission system operators such as National Grid, SSE and SPT, aligned with each operator’s standards.
• Project experience in overhead line engineering up to 400kV.
• Proven client relationship management and business development skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

At AECOM you will enjoy core and personalised benefits that support your future and well‑being, including career development opportunities, a flexible hybrid working model, technical practice networks, AECOM University and volunteering days.

Equal Opportunity & Disability

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and abilities. We provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities. All information will be kept confidential in accordance with EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10154841 | Business Line: Energy | Business Group: DCS | Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India | Career Area: Engineering | Work Location Model: Hybrid