Project Supervisor - County Durham

About the role

As the country shifts away from traditional forms of fuel to heat homes, charge vehicles and power businesses, there is greater need for home-produced, clean electricity.

The Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1)  project is making it happen. EGL1 is a two gigawatt high voltage direct current electrical connection to be built between Torness in East Lothian, Scotland and Hawthorn Pit in County Durham. The multi-billion-pound project is being developed through a joint venture between SP Energy Networks and National Grid Electricity Transmission.

EGL1 is designed to unlock Scotland’s renewable energy reserves by scaling up the UK’s capacity to transport clean energy from where it is generated to where it is needed. Through its multi-directional design, it will also increase the resilience and stability of the UK’s transmission networks.

As a Project Supervisor for EG1, you'll enact the role of Site Supervisor / Engineers Representative on behalf of the client ensuring that the site-based construction activities across National Grid are efficiently managed in accordance with National Grid policies, procedures and contract. Once complete, EGL1 has the capacity to deliver enough electricity for two million homes. That’s a job anyone can be proud of!

This role is based on-site at Hawthorn Pit in County Durham. 

Key accountabilities

• Ensure that the Principal Contractor (PC) is pro-active in discharging their duties under the CDM regulations, not least in managing all safety aspects of the construction-based activities.
• Ensure the facilitation of regular site safety walks, holding coordination meetings with all contractors on site.
• Review the suitability of Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
• Enacting the role of Employers ‘Supervisor’ under NEC contracts, and the same role under FIDIC Contracts.
• Establish and maintain risk based sensible monitoring assurance programs for SHESQ activities.

About you

• Extensive experience of construction standards especially with regards to Overhead Lines, Substations, Cabling and or Tunnelling.
• Project Management skills including management of risk for delivery of projects to scope, time, cost, quality, safety and security of supply.
• An understanding of various Contract forms such as NEC 3 / 4 and FIDIC.
• Good understanding of Safety and Environmental legislation and practices and policies.
• Good knowledge of CDM Regulations.
• Previous experience of project site management capability of working to deadlines and in a contracting environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• HNC / HND / NVQ or equivalent experience in an engineering and or construction discipline.
• Formal training in the following areas: Construction H&S, CDM, Risk Assessment & Method Statements, Quality Management, Environmental, Contract Terms and Conditions.
• Familiar with National Grid’s Safety Rules and hold ‘Person’ Authorisation but trained to Competent Person standard, with supplementary authorisations as applicable.
• Experience of working at 275kV and 400kV is an advantage.
• NEBOSH, IOSH or SMSTS or willing to work towards.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £47,000 - £55,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a job requirement car, a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

About us

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales.

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via The Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home-grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More information

This role closes on 17 November 2025 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Interviews to be held week commencing 8 December.

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