Senior Structural Engineer - OHL & Substation Design Leader

United Infrastructure Group; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days leave

Chartership support

CPD funding

Mentoring program

Job summary

United Infrastructure seeks a Senior Structural Engineer to join the OHL and substation structures team, supporting EPC delivery for major clients. The role emphasizes developing OHL expertise while leveraging transferable experience in towers, masts, or similar slender, dynamically-loaded structures.

Join a dynamic, expanding UK team with mentoring from senior engineers, structured progression toward Chartered status, and CPD funding. Horsham is preferred, with flexibility for other UK sites.

Qualifications

• Essential: Degree in Structural, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Minimum 5 years structural engineering experience, including slender/dynamically-loaded structures.
• Good knowledge of structural steel design (BS EN 1993) and analysis principles.
• Experience in foundation design for overturning, uplift, and lateral loading.
• Ability to produce and check structural calculations and reports; strong multi-discipline collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and check OHL lattice towers, wood/steel poles under supervision.
• Assess capacity for reconductoring, uprating, line diversion or refurbishment schemes.
• Produce and check calculations, reports, and drawings for OHL structures.
• Use PLS-CADD / PLS-POLE or equivalent software for structural analysis.
• Design check substation gantries and plant support steelwork.
• Assess existing substation structures for uprating projects.
• Collaborate in multi-discipline teams to meet programme and budget.
• Attend design reviews with clients (SSE, SPEN, NGED, National Grid).
• Support construction phase with RFI responses and site queries.
• Contribute to feasibility studies and options for OHL and substation schemes.
• Mentor Intermediate/Graduate Engineers in structural matters.
• Progress toward Chartered status with UIPTD support and CPD funding.

Skills

Structural design

Technical reporting

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Structural, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PLS-CADD

PLS-POLE

Job description

United Infrastructure seeks a Senior Structural Engineer to join the OHL and substation structures team, supporting EPC delivery for major clients. The role emphasizes developing OHL expertise while leveraging transferable experience in towers, masts, or similar slender, dynamically-loaded structures.

Join a dynamic, expanding UK team with mentoring from senior engineers, structured progression toward Chartered status, and CPD funding. Horsham is preferred, with flexibility for other UK sites.