Senior OHL Design Engineer

NG Bailey; Stowmarket; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior OHL Design Engineer, where you'll tackle complex engineering projects that support the UK's Net Zero targets. This role offers the opportunity to lead the design and delivery of overhead line projects, ensuring compliance with safety and technical standards. With a commitment to professional development and a culture that values inclusion and respect, you will thrive in an environment that encourages chartership and offers a clear progression path. Enjoy competitive salaries alongside flexible benefits that cater to your well-being and personal growth.

Benefits

Pension with employer contribution

Sick Pay

Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits (Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, etc.)

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required.
• Experience in OHL design and power transmission essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop OHL projects ensuring compliance with standards.
• Provide technical support and guidance to junior engineers.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Technical Knowledge in OHL Design

Budget Management

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLS-CADD

PLS-POLE

PLS-TOWER

AutoCAD 3D

MicroStation CAD

Job description

London or Stowmarket - (Hybrid, Office, Site)

Permanent

Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Summary

Freedom are currently seeking a Senior OHL Design Engineer to join the electrical services design team based in London and work on an array of complex and challenging engineering projects, helping to deliver the country’s Net Zero targets. Our projects span the complete energy system from generation, transmission, distribution and storage to load-end consumers in manufacturing, processing, data and recycling.

The successful candidate will work with the team lead and be responsible for the design and delivery of overhead line (OHL) new build and refurbishment projects, providing technical expertise and guidance to the team.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

1. Undertake the design and development of OHL projects, ensuring compliance with technical and safety standards, and client requirements.
2. Develop technical solutions and provide guidance on all aspects of OHL design, including conductor sizing, insulator selection, lightning protection, structure and foundation design and analysis.
3. Review and approve technical documents, such as specifications, drawings, and calculations, ensuring accuracy and compliance with industry standards.
4. Liaise with clients, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and to the required quality standards.
5. Provide technical support and guidance to the wider team, including tendering, mentoring, and training junior engineers.
6. Operate within the quality assurance manual of Freedom/NGB group or an established project management methodology which ensures the maintenance of equivalent standards.
7. Attend site visits, inspections, and meetings as required.

What we’re looking for:

Senior Engineers that join our team will need to have diverse skill sets to bring technical, ethical, social and management competence to every job that we work on, for all of our professional clients and key stakeholders. Strong budgetary and project management skills are required at this level, accompanied by good commercial knowledge of design and construction contract forms such as NEC, and experience of working within the contract conditions.

The business proactively encourages chartership in engineering, and senior engineers are expected to be chartered or close to achieving chartership.

You must have Qualifications and experience in:

1. Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
2. Experience in OHL design, including experience in the power transmission and distribution industry.
3. Strong technical knowledge and understanding of OHL design principles and standards governing OHL design in the UK.
4. A good level of technical experience in the production of designs, calculations, reports & drawings associated with new build and refurbishment OHL projects from 11kV – 400kV.
5. Experience in using design software such as PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and PLS-TOWER.
6. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
7. Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, delivering to deadlines and budgets.
8. Have a good understanding of CDM 2015 and the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations.
9. Sufficient knowledge of AutoCAD 3D to fulfil role.
10. Knowledge of MicroStation CAD software (Desirable).
11. Full UK driving license.

We are always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

1. Pension with a leading provider and employer contribution.
2. Sick Pay.
3. Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days.
4. Private Medical Insurance.
5. Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice).
6. Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.