Senior Civil Engineer

About us

The British Energy Security Strategy set out the Government’s ambition to connect up to 50GW of offshore generation to the electricity network by 2030. Delivering this ambition requires significant reinforcement of the onshore electricity transmission network and National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is leading the way.

At National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, ensuring supply and demand are balanced every second of every day. From schools and hospitals to sporting arenas, we keep the lights on for millions of people across the UK.

We are hiring for a Senior Civil Engineer who will oversee the scoping, development, technical compliance and engineering quality for all aspects of Civil Engineering associated with our growing offshore portfolio. This role will require travel to projects sites across England and Scotland. We are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements and welcome conversations about how we can make this role work for you.

Job Purpose

The principal value created by this role is to ensure that National Grid adopts a consistent approach to civil engineering across all projects, ensuring that best practise is shared and risks and opportunities are managed.

The successful candidate, in addition to supporting projects deploying today’s technology, will also be required to work closely with Suppliers, Industry counterparts and Academia to influence development of external policy and emerging technologies, gaining a thorough knowledge of solution readiness and risk.

This individual will also establish consistent ways of working with Asset Operations, JV partners and OEM’s to create and embed world class engineering practices across our growing portfolio of HVDC assets.

What You'll Do

• Act as a leading consultant to the strategic management of civil activities supporting our transmission assets
• Assist projects in understanding technical and programme risk associated with civil engineering activities, and realise opportunities to improve ability to gain consent, and to maximise sustainability.
• Ensure the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of civil solutions – be they physical assets, digital assets and their associated construction and maintenance methodologies.
• Inspire and influence both internal and external stakeholders to realise excellent outcomes.
• Create and support the implementation of an engineering capability growth plan.
• Account for business risk: time/cost/quality/safety and provide assurance that civil engineering activities are within business tolerance.
• Identify and drive innovation in line with the strategic direction.
• Lead and shape National Grid’s relationships with key external stakeholders (e.g. regulators, professional bodies, suppliers, international engineering institutions, academic institutions).
• Establish and maintain a network of thought leaders to establish market trends and facilitate convergence of ideas as appropriate.
• Provide senior executive advice and briefing.

About You

• Technical authority in civil engineering, demonstrably balancing quality, safety, cost and delivery.
• Experience leading teams within a civil engineering setting.
• Expert knowledge recognised in business area, across the company and externally
• Experience of working with procurement and suppliers to introduce new products and assets
• Experience Influencing technical development and standards internally and externally
• Able to think beyond convention; employing strategic frameworks and concepts, engineering, asset and market knowledge to a range of new and novel applications to derive value and to solve business issues
• Significant, demonstrable technical experience in the area of specialism
• Experience in the creation of regulatory incentives that allow the benefits of improved performance to be shared between consumers and National Grid

What Yourll Get

A competitive salary up to £81,000 per annum based on experience. This role comes with a job requirement car.

As well as your base salary, a bonus of up to 30% of your salary for stretch 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, a salary sacrifice technology scheme, support via the employee assistance line, and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

This role closes on 5th of August 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.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. 

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.

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