Senior OHL Engineer (400kV) – Hybrid Role

AECOM; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career development opportunities

AECOM University

Volunteering days

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior OHL Engineer to provide technical support and lead overhead line design for 400kV schemes in the UK. You will work on complex multi-discipline projects and support major programmes like the Great Grid Upgrade.

Join a global team delivering infrastructure that keeps power flowing. You’ll collaborate across disciplines, write proposals, and ensure designs meet industry standards while advancing your career in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline (electrical/power).
• CEng Chartered Engineer with a recognized electrical engineering institution (IET).
• Experience delivering UK transmission projects for operators like National Grid, SSE, SPT.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support in overhead line design on complex multi-discipline projects.
• Support proposal writing, including timelines, resources and budgets.
• Input throughout project implementation, planning, and public consultation events.
• Lead design activities: PLS-CADD modelling, sag-tension, clearances, conductor/insulator selection.
• Conduct feasibility studies and thermal ratings, ensure compliance with standards.
• Produce and check engineering deliverables: reports, drawings, presentations.
• Perform internal quality checks of drawings and calculations.

Skills

Communication

Electrical engineering

Overhead line design

Project collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

PLS-CADD

Job description

AECOM is seeking a Senior OHL Engineer to provide technical support and lead overhead line design for 400kV schemes in the UK. You will work on complex multi-discipline projects and support major programmes like the Great Grid Upgrade.

Join a global team delivering infrastructure that keeps power flowing. You’ll collaborate across disciplines, write proposals, and ensure designs meet industry standards while advancing your career in a hybrid work environment.