Hydrogen Design Assurance Engineer

National Grid plc; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the UK seeks a Hydrogen Design Assurance Engineer in a hybrid role based in Warwick or Nottingham. You'll coordinate engineering designs to shape the UK's hydrogen infrastructure, ensuring adherence to safety and sustainability standards. The ideal candidate has proven experience in design management within utilities or major projects and is chartered or working towards chartership. This position offers a competitive salary, annual bonuses, and various benefits including flexible working options and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Annual bonus

26 days holiday plus statutory holidays

Double-match pension scheme

Flexible benefit scheme

Employee assistance programme

Free gym and exercise classes

Qualifications

• Strong experience in design coordination or management within energy and infrastructure projects.
• Understanding of CDM Regulations and Principal Designer responsibilities.
• Experience with clean-energy technologies like hydrogen and CCS.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering designs across various disciplines.
• Oversee compliance with CDM regulations and process safety assessments.
• Identify and resolve design risks and conflicts early.

Skills

Design coordination

Safety and sustainability in engineering

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Technical problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

Chartered or working towards chartership status

Tools

BIM standards

3D models

Job description

Warwick or Nottingham, Hybrid (3 days office, 2 days remote)

About us

National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. We transport gas throughout Great Britain, repair and maintain gas pipelines, and manage the meters that allow millions of homes and businesses to access the energy they need. We are the national gas network, providing secure energy to power Britain, achieve net zero, and maintain our industrial competitiveness.

About the role

National Gas is investing in pioneering projects such as Project Union and East Coast Hydrogen, major initiatives that will help unlock a decarbonised, hydrogen‑powered future.

As a Hydrogen Design Assurance Engineer, you’ll sit at the heart of these programmes, ensuring that innovative, safe and sustainable engineering designs come together seamlessly across multiple disciplines and partners.

Your work will directly shape the first hydrogen transmission infrastructure in the UK, setting new technical standards, solving engineering challenges, and ensuring designs meet the highest levels of safety, quality and environmental performance.

What you’ll be doing

• You will be a central link between project teams, contractors, technical specialists and regulators.
• Lead the coordination of multidisciplinary engineering designs across EC&I, process, civil and mechanical disciplines.
• Act as the technical design focal point for Project Managers, ensuring design activities align with project scope, National Gas standards and evolving hydrogen technical requirements.
• Drive progress against design schedules, managing dependencies and ensuring design outputs meet safety, sustainability and Net Zero objectives.
• Oversee compliance with CDM regulations, process safety assessments and Principal Designer responsibilities.
• Facilitate design reviews and ensure robust quality assurance of drawings, 3D models and BIM processes.
• Collaborate with environmental and consents specialists to ensure design solutions reflect environmental assessments and sustainability commitments.
• Identify, analyse and resolve design risks and conflicts early, supporting timely decision‑making across a complex programme portfolio.

About you

You’re a confident communicator who can build relationships quickly, influence others, and bring people together around clear design expectations. You thrive in complex environments, stay calm under pressure, and enjoy solving challenging technical problems with a practical, collaborative mindset.

Key requirements & experience

• Strong proven experience in design coordination or design management within energy, utilities, process plant or major infrastructure projects.
• Deep understanding of safety and sustainability within engineering design.
• Familiarity with CDM Regulations and Principal Designer responsibilities.
• Experience working with drawings, 3D models, BIM standards and design assurance processes.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate and communicate clearly with internal teams, contractors and regulators.
• Experience in hydrogen, CCS, renewable integration or other emerging clean‑energy technologies.
• Chartered or working towards chartership status.
• EC&I experience

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Annual bonus of 6% based on personal and company performance
• 26 days’ holiday plus statutory holidays - option available to buy extra or sell days
• Overtime at x1.5 normal and then x2 on Sunday
• Double-match pension scheme - for every £1 you put in, we'll add £2 (max company contribution 12%)
• Opt-In flexible benefit scheme, including salary sacrifice private healthcare, dental insurance, technology plans and more
• Financial protection with 10x salary death in service and financial support if you're unable to work due to long term illness or injury
• Excellent family friendly provisions - maternity/paternity/adoption/surrogacy/shared parental leave
• Career progression, professional training and development – including access to LinkedIn Learning
• Employee assistance programme offering free confidential professional counselling 24/7
• Financial support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions
• Free gym and exercise classes, subsidised canteen and coffee shop onsite at our Warwick office
• Free parking

Inclusive recruitment

At National Gas, we are disability confident and we are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring to our organisation, and strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you need to perform your best.