Senior HV Electrical Design Manager - Substations

Laing O'Rourke; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term career development opportunities

Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Electrical Design Manager for the Chesterfield substation project. In this role, you will lead electrical design management on a complex EHV project, ensuring compliance and integration from early design through to delivery.

The ideal candidate has strong EHV design experience, familiarity with UK standards, and excellent leadership capabilities. This is an opportunity to impact one of the UK's major energy infrastructure programmes.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in EHV / HV substation design within major infrastructure programmes.
• Solid grounding in UK standards, safety, and regulatory requirements for transmission assets.
• Experience balancing technical detail with programme, cost, and delivery priorities.

Responsibilities

• Leading electrical design management across a complex EHV substation project.
• Providing technical leadership across internal teams and supply chain partners.
• Managing design assurance, compliance, and integration from design to delivery.
• Acting as a key interface with the client and stakeholders.

Skills

EHV / HV substation design

Technical leadership

Collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams

Understanding of UK standards and regulatory requirements

Job description

Laing O'Rourke is supporting the transformation of the UK's electricity network through the Great Grid Upgrade, and we're looking for a Senior Electrical Design Manager to play a leading role on the Chesterfield substation project.

This is an opportunity to sit at the centre of a nationally significant EHV scheme, shaping design strategy, influencing outcomes, and helping modernise critical infrastructure needed for a net‑zero future.

What you'll be doing

• Leading electrical design management across a complex EHV substation project
• Providing technical leadership across internal teams, designers, and supply chain partners
• Managing design assurance, compliance and integration, from early design through to delivery
• Working closely with construction and project leadership to ensure buildability and programme alignment
• Acting as a key interface with the client and other external stakeholders

What you'll bring

• Strong experience in EHV / HV substation design, ideally within major infrastructure programmes
• A solid grounding in UK standards, safety, and regulatory requirements for transmission assets
• The confidence to lead design conversations, challenge constructively, and influence at senior level
• A collaborative mindset, comfortable working across multi‑disciplinary and multi‑organisational teams
• Experience balancing technical detail with programme, cost and delivery priorities

Why join Laing O'Rourke

• Be part of one of the UK's most important energy infrastructure programmes
• Work on technically complex projects that genuinely contribute to the energy transition
• Join an organisation known for engineering excellence, innovation and digital‑led delivery
• Benefit from long‑term career development opportunities across power, infrastructure and major projects
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements considered where roles allow

Inclusion at Laing O'Rourke

We believe diverse teams deliver better outcomes. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people feel respected, supported and able to thrive. Flexible working and workplace adjustments can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.