HV Cable Engineer

Advance Training & Recruitment Services; East Midlands, Birmingham, Bury St Edmunds, Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing engineering consultancy in the UK is looking for an experienced Senior or Principal Cable Design Engineer to support high-value infrastructure projects. This role requires producing and approving cable designs, ensuring compliance with standards, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate will have 3-5+ years in cable design and a degree in Electrical Engineering. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, along with opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years’ experience in cable design.
• Strong background in UK power, utilities, telecoms or related infrastructure sectors.
• Experience delivering designs to time, cost, and quality constraints.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technically robust cable designs.
• Check and approve cable design work.
• Lead technical input across projects.

Skills

Cable design

Mentoring

Technical judgement

Communication

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CYMCAP

ELEK

Cableizer

Job description

My client is a growing engineering consultancy operating across the UK power and utilities sector. Due to continued project demand, they are looking to appoint an experienced Senior or Principal Cable Design Engineer to support the delivery of complex, high-value infrastructure schemes.

This is a technically focused role offering the opportunity to lead, check and approve cable design work while mentoring others and contributing to wider business performance.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for delivering technically robust cable designs, ensuring work is right-first-time and compliant with statutory and industry standards. You’ll work closely with Project Managers and engineering teams to deliver projects safely, on programme and within budget.

Key responsibilities include:

• Producing, checking and approving cable designs using industry-standard software
• Leading technical input across projects, including design risk and constraint management
• Ensuring compliance with CDM, statutory and industry standards
• Reviewing and critiquing design outputs, drawings and technical notes
• Supporting project delivery through effective planning, coordination and communication
• Mentoring and developing less experienced engineers
• Contributing to forecasting, resourcing and wider business delivery
• Promoting best practice, lessons learned and continuous improvement

About You

You’ll be an experienced cable design engineer with the confidence to work autonomously while supporting and guiding others.

Essential experience

• 3-5+ years’ experience in cable design
• Strong background in UK power, utilities, telecoms or related infrastructure sectors
• Proven use of CYMCAP, ELEK, Cableizer or similar tools
• Experience delivering designs to time, cost and quality constraints
• Ability to review, challenge and approve technical outputs

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (essential)
• Chartership or working towards (desirable)

Key skills & attributes

• Strong technical judgement and attention to detail
• Ability to coach, mentor and lead others
• Clear and confident communicator at all levels
• Proactive, ethical and solutions-focused approach
• Committed to safety, quality and continuous improvement

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to work on nationally significant infrastructure projects
• Clear progression to Principal level (if not already operating there)
• Collaborative, people-focused engineering environment
• Competitive salary and benefits package

Please apply online or call me for more information.

No sponsorship available so candidate MUST have right to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.