OHL Design Engineer

Freedom Group; Stowmarket; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is seeking an OHL Design Engineer to join their team. The candidate will design and deliver overhead line projects, contribute to the Net Zero targets, and manage multiple engineering projects. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Electrical Engineering, experience in OHL design, and strong communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary, car allowance, and flexible benefits including private medical insurance.

Benefits

Pension with employer contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Flexible benefits package

Sick Pay

Qualifications

• Experience in OHL design and power transmission/distribution.
• Strong technical understanding of OHL design principles.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver OHL new build and refurbishment projects.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to the team.
• Communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

OHL design

Electrical Engineering

Project management

Communication

AutoCAD 3D

PLS-CADD

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

MicroStation CAD

Job description

Stowmarket or Scotland - (Hybrid)

Permanent

Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Summary

Freedom are currently seeking a OHL Design Engineer to join the electrical services design team based in London and work on an array of complex and challenging engineering projects, helping to deliver the country’s Net Zero targets. Our projects span the complete energy system from generation, transmission, distribution and storage to load-end consumers in manufacturing, processing, data and recycling.

The successful candidate will work with the team lead and be responsible for the design and delivery of overhead line (OHL) new build and refurbishment projects, providing technical expertise and guidance to the team.

What we’re looking for

Engineers that join our team will need to have diverse skill sets to bring technical, ethical, social and management competence to every job that we work on, for all of our professional clients and key stakeholders. Strong budgetary and project management skills are required at this level, accompanied by good commercial knowledge of design and construction contract forms such as NEC, and experience of working withing the contract conditions.

The business proactively encourages chartership in engineering, and senior engineers are expected to be chartered or close to achieving chartership.

You must have Qualifications and experience in

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience in OHL design, including experience in the power transmission and distribution industry.
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of OHL design principles and standards governing OHL design in the UK.
• A good level of technical experience in the production of designs, calculations, reports & drawings associated with new build and refurbishment OHL projects from 11kV – 400kV
• Experience in using design software such as PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and PLS-TOWER.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, delivering to deadlines and budgets.
• Have a good understanding of CDM 2015 and the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations
• Sufficient knowledge of AutoCAD 3D to fulfil role.
• Knowledge of MicroStation CAD software (Desirable).
• Full UK driving license.

Benefits

We are always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Pension with aleading provider andemployer contribution
• Sick Pay
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes

Next Steps

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.