Senior Design Engineer (OHL)

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. 

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation. 

This role will be within our  Transmission & Renewables team. We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.   

What will you be doing?

We're looking for a Senior Design Engineer (OHL) to join our Design team in our  Annesley, Nottingham office on a Hybrid basis. 

Within the role you'll be providing support to the Design Lead and Client in solving issues related to Overhead Lines, perform the calculations and assessment as required in software or by manual calculations.  You'll s upport the management of multiple design tasks or workstreams and balance competing project priorities.

If you're an expert in  industry standard line design software PLS CADD and TOWER and their interaction with OHL design standards,this role could be for you!

• Lead the development of design solutions, including detailed calculations, drawings, reports and assessments.
• Undertake and check technical work, ensuring designs comply with relevant standards, specifications and client requirements.
• Provide expert technical input on complex engineering issues and support resolution of design challenges.
• Ensure design deliverables are completed to a high professional standard and within required timescales.
• Carry out site surveys, inspections and investigations to inform design development. 
• Interpret site data, constraints and conditions to ensure robust design solutions.
• Engage with delivery or subcontract teams during site activities where design input is required.
• Collaborate with internal teams including engineers, technicians, project managers and delivery colleagues to ensure coordinated and integrated design outputs.
• Liaise with clients, external stakeholders and supply chain partners to support design discussions, approvals and technical clarifications.
  
• Ensure all design outputs comply with organisational quality standards, statutory requirements and safety obligations. 
• Apply internal governance processes, including design reviews and technical assurance stages.
• Promote continuous improvement and identify opportunities for innovation or enhanced engineering practices.

What you’ll bring:

• Expert understanding of industry standard line design software PLS CADD and TOWER and their interaction with OHL design standards. 
• Have 5 years or more experience in OHL Design.
• Have clear knowledge of different types of overhead line towers, conductors, insulators and fittings. 
• Knowledge of various types of overhead line foundations is desirable.
• In depth understanding and experience of delivering various design outputs for construction of overhead line. Some of the examples include line design, clearance investigations, structural analysis, optioneering reports, line profiles, string drawings, schedules and sag tensions etc
• Maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of National Grid, SPEN, SSE, BSI, ENA and other relevant industry standards.
• Chartered Engineer of IMechE/ICE/IStructE or working towards chartership is desirable.

What’s in it for you?

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
  
• Private health care and health care cash plan
• Matched or contributory pension scheme 
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year   
• Employee assistance programme  
  
• Life assurance 
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes 
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. 

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. 

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3 rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding. 

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