Senior Structural Engineer - OHL & Substations Lead

United Infrastructure Group; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangement

CPD funding

Company pension

25 days annual leave

Job summary

United Infrastructure is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer to lead structural design and technical governance for OHL and substation structures, supporting EPC delivery for major clients. The role requires absorbing corporate knowledge during handover and providing design authority across lattice towers, poles, and gantries.

Hybrid working with Horsham preference; candidate from adjacent disciplines will be considered.

Qualifications

• Degree in Structural, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Chartered Engineer with IStructE/ICE.
• Minimum 10 years structural engineering experience with slender, guyed, or dynamically-loaded structures.

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior structural design authority for OHL lattice tower, wood pole and steel pole structures across UIPTD's EPC portfolio.
• Provide structural design authority for substation equipment support structures—gantries, busbar supports, plant support steelwork, cable sealing end structures.
• Lead complex or non-standard structural assessments, including heritage/legacy towers, uprating studies and load reassessment for line refurbishment or reconductoring.
• Review and approve structural calculations and reports produced by engineers within the team.
• Set and maintain UIPTD's structural design standards, procedures, and templates for OHL and substation structures.
• Provide technical sign-off on structural elements of tender and PQQ submissions for OHL and substation framework contracts.
• Represent UIPTD at client governance meetings on structural matters (SSE, SPEN, NGED, National Grid).
• Structural analysis and design of lattice towers, wood/steel pole structures; capacity studies for reconductoring and uprating.
• Review of PLS-CADD/PLS-POLE outputs; integration with OHL design process.
• Coordination with electrical and civil disciplines on substation interfaces.
• Mentor and supervise Senior and Intermediate Structural Engineers; support recruitment and development.
• Champion safe-by-design principles across all outputs.

Skills

Mentoring

Team leadership

Driving licence

Education

Degree in Structural, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering

Chartered Engineer (IStructE/ICE)

Tools

PLS-CADD / PLS-POLE

Job description

United Infrastructure is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer to lead structural design and technical governance for OHL and substation structures, supporting EPC delivery for major clients. The role requires absorbing corporate knowledge during handover and providing design authority across lattice towers, poles, and gantries.

Hybrid working with Horsham preference; candidate from adjacent disciplines will be considered.