41 overhead line jobs found

The UK energy sector is undergoing a seismic shift. Rapidly increasing demand, more stringent regulation, and ambitious net zero targets are driving unprecedented levels of investment and innovation across transmission and distribution. This is your opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the networks that will power the future. We are keen to speak with Principal, Senior or experienced Overhead Line Design Engineers who are interested in exploring future opportunities aligned with our growth strategy. These roles sit within our Transmission & Distribution team and can be based from any of our UK offices, offering flexibility alongside technically challenging work. The Role As an Overhead Line Design Engineer, you will contribute to the delivery of a diverse portfolio of OHL projects across the UK. Your work will span the full design lifecycle, including the production and review of technical documentation in accordance with industry standards. This is a varied and...

Job Description Join United Infrastructure! It’s a future for all of us. We aspire to shape a better tomorrow by unlocking solutions that address the biggest challenges facing our clients and our society.  United Infrastructure is recruiting for  Graduate OHL Design Engineers  to join UI Power Transmission & Distribution UK i n the Overhead Lines Design Engineering team based in the UK. The office locations available are Glasgow and Horsham. United Infrastructure has been supporting electricity transmission in the UK since the original creation of the National Grid in the 1960s. We have continued to operate in Construction, Maintenance and Consulting for the building and developing of high voltage transmission and distribution assets. As part of the current necessary investment to develop the UK transmission assets to connect new renewable energy sources and improve the security of the electricity network, there is currently a boom in resources needed. The investment and...

📍 Location: London, UK (Hybrid) | 🛠️ Team: Power Transmission & Distribution 🕓 Work Type: Full-Time | ✨ Senior Level About Us Ayesa is a global engineering consultancy with over 13,000 employees, where our UK & Ireland business combines international strength with the agility and autonomy of an SME. With a presence in 40 countries, Ayesa has built a strong international reputation across a diverse range of engineering disciplines. Our expertise includes water and flood infrastructure, transportation, marine and coastal engineering, geoscience, environmental services, energy, and building structures. Our UK & Ireland teams deliver technically challenging, varied projects that develop broad expertise without confining people to narrow roles — offering the opportunity to make a meaningful local impact while benefiting from the stability, knowledge, and career opportunities of a well-established global organisation. Ayesa is on a mission to...

Joining Arup   Arup undertakes transmission and distribution design projects across the globe. In the UK we deliver concept through to detail design for a wide range of clients including established asset owners and new market entrants (interconnectors, private wire schemes etc).  As an example, Arup recently formed a joint venture with Aecom to serve as the design and consenting service partner for the UK National Grid’s Great Grid Partnership. Over a period of 8–12 years, Arup will help deliver key aspects of the transmission grid transformation, ensuring a resilient, low-carbon energy network for the future. This is the UK’s major grid modernisation programme, set to deliver five times more electricity infrastructure than has been built in the past three decades. These projects, part of the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework, will enhance the country’s energy backbone, supporting planned renewable developments such as wind farms in the North Sea...

Job Description As an Electrical Design Engineer, you will lead the electrical design of HV and LV power distribution projects across the full project lifecycle — from feasibility and concept design through to detailed design, DNO approval, construction support, and commissioning. This role requires strong technical expertise in adoptable network design (LV to 132kV) in line with DNO, IDNO, and ENA G81 standards, a high standard of design assurance, and the ability to mentor junior engineers while working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams. You will work on infrastructure, renewable energy connections, substations, cable networks, and grid stability projects within the power industry. Electrical Design & Delivery Lead electrical design activities for HV/LV distribution networks including substations, underground cable routes, and overhead line interfaces Produce and review detailed electrical designs, calculations, specifications, schedules, protection...

📍 Location: London, UK (Hybrid) | 🛠️ Team: Power Transmission & Distribution 🕓 Work Type: Full-Time | ✨ Senior Level About Us Ayesa is a global engineering consultancy with over 13,000 employees, where our UK & Ireland business combines international strength with the agility and autonomy of an SME. With a presence in 40 countries, Ayesa has built a strong international reputation across a diverse range of engineering disciplines. Our expertise includes water and flood infrastructure, transportation, marine and coastal engineering, geoscience, environmental services, energy, and building structures. Our UK & Ireland teams deliver technically challenging, varied projects that develop broad expertise without confining people to narrow roles — offering the opportunity to make a meaningful local impact while benefiting from the stability, knowledge, and career opportunities of a well-established global organisation. Ayesa is on a mission to...

📍 Location: London, UK (Hybrid) | 🛠️ Team: Power Transmission & Distribution 🕓 Work Type: Full-Time | ✨ Intermediate Level About Us 💡About Us Ayesa is a global engineering consultancy with over 13,000 employees, where our UK & Ireland business combines international strength with the agility and autonomy of an SME. With a presence in 40 countries, Ayesa has built a strong international reputation across a diverse range of engineering disciplines. Our expertise includes water and flood infrastructure, transportation, marine and coastal engineering, geoscience, environmental services, energy, and building structures. Our UK & Ireland teams deliver technically challenging, varied projects that develop broad expertise without confining people to narrow roles — offering the opportunity to make a meaningful local impact while benefiting from the stability, knowledge, and career opportunities of a well-established global organisation. Ayesa is on...

82105 - Senior Civil Design Engineer This Senior Civil Design Engineer will report to the Design Lead and will work within Capital Programme & Procurement based in our Crawley / Maidstone office. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote. You will be a permanent employee. You will attract a salary of £80,574 and a Business Car and a bonus of 3% Close Date: 18/02/20269 We also provide the following additional benefits 23 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays. Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes Occupational Health support Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products Discounted...

Joining Arup   Arup undertakes transmission and distribution design projects across the globe. In the UK we deliver concept through to detail design for a wide range of clients including established asset owners and new market entrants (interconnectors, private wire schemes etc).  As an example, Arup recently formed a joint venture with AECOM to serve as the design and consenting service partner for the UK National Grid’s Great Grid Partnership. Over a period of 8–12 years, Arup will help deliver key aspects of the transmission grid transformation, ensuring a resilient, low-carbon energy network for the future. This is the UK’s major grid modernisation programme, set to deliver five times more electricity infrastructure than has been built in the past three decades. These projects, part of the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework, will enhance the country’s energy backbone, supporting planned renewable developments such as wind farms in the North Sea...

📍 Location: London, UK (Hybrid) | 🛠️ Team: Power Transmission & Distribution 🕓 Work Type: Full-Time | ✨ Intermediate Level About Us 💡About Us Ayesa is a global engineering consultancy with over 13,000 employees, where our UK & Ireland business combines international strength with the agility and autonomy of an SME. With a presence in 40 countries, Ayesa has built a strong international reputation across a diverse range of engineering disciplines. Our expertise includes water and flood infrastructure, transportation, marine and coastal engineering, geoscience, environmental services, energy, and building structures. Our UK & Ireland teams deliver technically challenging, varied projects that develop broad expertise without confining people to narrow roles — offering the opportunity to make a meaningful local impact while benefiting from the stability, knowledge, and career opportunities of a well-established global organisation. Ayesa is on...

Job Description Role Overview The Protection Applications Design Engineer supports project-based works and portfolios of projects, ensuring the design and integration of protection, control, and SCADA systems across all distribution asset classes (overhead lines, underground cables, substations, civil works, and work programmes). The role involves producing and reviewing technical designs, drawings, and specifications in line with national and company standards. Key Responsibilities Assess and utilise Company documentation, including project functional specifications. Work in accordance with Company and relevant business systems, processes, and procedures. Use and update Company data and information systems. Produce accurate and detailed Connections, Protection, and tripping logic diagrams. Specify appropriate Current and Voltage Transformers for all protection and metering schemes, referencing manufacturers’ specifications. Produce relay programmable logic files,...

Protection Design Engineer £55,000- £65,000 plus car allowance Faraday Office Park Basingstoke We are innovative If you’re innovative, we’ll have a lot in common. We like to do things differently, but not for the sake of it. The Plant, Protection and Control Engineer plays a vital role within the design team. You will be responsible for the design delivery of substation plant, equipment, and protection systems across a whole range of electrical infrastructures as well as new connection projects in both the distribution and transmission sectors. You will be responsible for the detailed design and procurement of substation plant including, switchgear, power transformers, voltage control equipment, protection systems, protective relays, connectors, busbars, SCADA based telemetry, as well as all the associated substation build activities throughout the lifecycle of the project. Your primary role is to ensure substation...

We are innovative If you’re innovative, we’ll have a lot in common. We like to do things differently, but not for the sake of it. The Plant, Protection and Control Engineer plays a vital role within the design team. You will be responsible for the design delivery of substation plant, equipment, and protection systems across a whole range of electrical infrastructures as well as new connection projects in both the distribution and transmission sectors. You will be responsible for the detailed design and procurement of substation plant including, switchgear, power transformers, voltage control equipment, protection systems, protective relays, connectors, busbars, SCADA based telemetry, as well as all the associated substation build activities throughout the lifecycle of the project. Your primary role is to ensure substation infrastructure is correctly identified and procured, in a timely manner. You will achieve this ensuring the detailed preparation and delivery of functional...

82117 - Senior Electrical Design Engineer This Senior Electrical Design Engineer will report to the Design Lead and will work within Engineering Design - Capital Programme & Procurement based in our Bury St Edmunds office. You will be a permanent employee. You will attract a salary of £80,574, car allowance and a bonus of 3%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote Close Date: 22/02/2026 We also provide the following additional benefits 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays. Private Health Insurance / SimplyHealth Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes Occupational Health support Switched On – scheme...

Location: Cheadle, United KingdomIn fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your...

Ready to kickstart your career and make a difference in the world of Transport & Public Highways Engineering. If you are a recent graduate or will be graduating in 2026, we want YOU to join our dynamic team at GHD! About GHD With 11,000 plus professionals worldwide, GHD is a leading engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm. We are committed to creating solutions that help transition to low-carbon energy sources, enable sustainable urbanization, and safeguard water systems in a changing climate. Our work empowers communities, reshapes landscapes, and paves the way for a sustainable future. At GHD, we offer more than just a career; we offer the opportunity to join a global network of passionate engineers, scientists, and environmental specialists who are committed to making a difference. From tackling complex energy challenges to ensuring water resiliency, our teams are actively involved in projects that contribute to a Net Zero future and...

Join Our Engineering Team: Design Engineer We’re looking for a Design Engineer to join MacTaggart Scott where you’ll play a key role in designing equipment and shaping materials and coatings strategies for demanding, real-world applications. You’ll work with a high level of autonomy, contributing across the full design lifecycle from concept and bids through manufacture, test and in-service support. Do this whilst enjoying flexible working options, strong career development support, and a benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and work-life balance. Reporting to a Principal Engineer, this role offers technical challenge, variety, and the chance to grow your career within an established engineering business. Occasional UK and overseas travel may be required for this role. About Us: MacTaggart Scott primarily supports the Naval Defence industry, providing complete solutions to customer needs from analysis of initial customer requirements, to design and...

Our engineering design team is experiencing substantial growth and we are opening new design hubs through the UK and are now recruiting for Electrical Design Engineers of all levels, to join our team. We are a friendly and professional multi-disciplined team, responsible for the design management of a variety projects within the water & process and energy sectors and this role is reporting to the Electrical Engineering Manager. Individuals will be responsible for managing all aspects of electrical design and there is a clear career path in place to help develop the careers of our valued Engineers. Duties include but are not limited to: Management of project specific design deliverables Carry out design in accordance with M&E Design QA Procedures Responsible for the detailed design in accordance with the company procedures Interpret & understand the client requirements from client documents (drawings, specifications, correspondence, etc.) Communicate with the...

We have an exciting opportunity for a Graduate Electrical Engineer to join our in-house design team here at Trant. The Graduate Electrical Design Engineer will be working within a multi-disciplinary team to initially deliver the detailed designs of the electrical aspects of clean and dirty water projects for various water companies in the UK. The Trant design team do provide detailed designs for both the Process & Water sector and Energy sector. This is an excellent opportunity for a Graduate to start their career, working with a talented design team, producing detailed designs for interesting projects, within a welcoming and supportive work environment. Reporting to the Mechanical & Process Design Manager, duties will include but are not limited to: Preparation of drawings for CAD production Produce cable schedule Create instrumentation schedule management of project specific design deliverables Carry out design in accordance with M&E Design QA Procedures...

Due to continued success and ambitious growth plans, we are currently recruiting Electrical Design Engineers of all levels to join our busy design team. We are a friendly and professional multi-disciplined team, responsible for the design management of a variety projects within the water & process and energy sectors and this role is reporting to the Electrical Engineering Manager. Individuals will be responsible for managing all aspects of electrical design and there is a clear career path in place to help develop the careers of our valued Engineers. Duties include but are not limited to: Management of project specific design deliverables Carry out design in accordance with M&E Design QA Procedures Responsible for the detailed design in accordance with the company procedures Interpret & understand the client requirements from client documents (drawings, specifications, correspondence, etc.) Communicate with the client, external design resources and subcontractors...