Overhead Lines Engineer
United Kingdom Temporary Posted 1 hour ago
We’re looking for a passionate OHL Project Engineer to join our Overhead Lines Teams!
In this role, you'll undertake a broad range of activities associated with the operation, maintenance, inspection, fault investigation, and repair of plant and equipment across the transmission network. You'll play a key role in ensuring assets remain safe, reliable, and available to support network performance, while working to the highest health, safety, and environmental standards.
You'll be involved in the safe delivery of maintenance programmes and site-based projects, providing technical expertise and oversight while supervising both internal teams and contract partners. Working in a dynamic operational environment, you'll contribute to the planning and execution of works, ensuring activities are completed efficiently, safely, and in line with company procedures and regulatory requirements.
This role is peripatetic and supports projects across regions nationwide. While you will be aligned to a base location, regular travel is required to meet business needs, and a company vehicle will be provided for work-related travel. Base locations include Leeds, Newcastle, Preston, Swansea, Pentir (Bangor), Bristol, Northfleet and Pelham. Flexibility to work across different regions is essential.
What You’ll Do
What You'll Get
£47,442 - £55,000 dependent on experience.
As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance, Job Requirement Car and competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
More Information
The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 25 September 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 5 October 26 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.
About Us
Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating, and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business
At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.
In this role, you'll undertake a broad range of activities associated with the operation, maintenance, inspection, fault investigation, and repair of plant and equipment across the transmission network. You'll play a key role in ensuring assets remain safe, reliable, and available to support network performance, while working to the highest health, safety, and environmental standards.
You'll be involved in the safe delivery of maintenance programmes and site-based projects, providing technical expertise and oversight while supervising both internal teams and contract partners. Working in a dynamic operational environment, you'll contribute to the planning and execution of works, ensuring activities are completed efficiently, safely, and in line with company procedures and regulatory requirements.
This role is peripatetic and supports projects across regions nationwide. While you will be aligned to a base location, regular travel is required to meet business needs, and a company vehicle will be provided for work-related travel. Base locations include Leeds, Newcastle, Preston, Swansea, Pentir (Bangor), Bristol, Northfleet and Pelham. Flexibility to work across different regions is essential.
What You’ll Do
- Carry out roles as defined in National Grid’s processes and procedures including, Senior Authorised
- Person (SAP), Person in Charge (PIC) and Project Leader (PL) within their sphere of competency.
- Undertake the role of Senior Authorised Person (SAP) under NG Safety Rules and NSI 4.
- Undertake duties on a wide range of plant and equipment, including fault investigation and repair and routine inspections.
- Ensure both Electricity Transmission and Contracted staff are set to work in accordance with National Grid
- policy and procedures, ensure risk assessments and method statements are in place for all work activities, and tool box talks take place.
- Provide support and assistance to the OHL Team Engineer and other team members, including reviewing delivery performance.
- Monitor, review and progress contracts, progress work undertaken by contractors, including enacting roles as defined in CDM Regulations.
- Undertake project site/work delivery activities, acting as appointed Principal Contractor Representative (PC). Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) under National Grid’s procedures and processes.
- Effective planning, people management and supervisory skills.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders.
- Willingness to work towards obtaining an SAP qualification.
- Detailed technical understanding of Overhead Line (OHL) assets, work methods and project delivery.
- Sound knowledge of Safety from the System, general health and safety requirements, and the ability to produce high-quality Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
- Experience managing and controlling agreed project expenditure and allocated budgets.
- Modern Apprenticeship including City & Guilds 232, or a relevant NVQ Level 3 qualification.
- NEBOSH General Certificate.
What You'll Get
£47,442 - £55,000 dependent on experience.
As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance, Job Requirement Car and competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
More Information
The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 25 September 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 5 October 26 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.
About Us
Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating, and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business
At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.
