Innovation Engineer

About Us

At National Grid, we light up the world by harnessing the unique strengths of our people. Join us as a Associate Innovation Engineer or Innovation Engineer to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life.

We are currently expanding our team with multiple opportunities across different Innovation Engineer levels, offering both permanent and fixed-term contract roles. We will work with you during the selection process to determine the role, level and contract type that best matches your skill set and background.

This role is designated as hybrid, with an expectation of one or two days per week in the Warwick office. Requirements may vary based on business needs and company policy.  

Job Purpose

As an Innovation Engineer, you’ll be right at the centre of this work - researching, trialling, and deploying new ideas that make a tangible impact. You’ll take ownership of a diverse portfolio of projects, from concept through to delivery, ensuring they drive measurable value for the business. 

We’re looking for engineers with curiosity, creativity, and a passion for making a difference. 

This is more than just a technical role. It’s an opportunity to influence the future of the UK’s energy system, tackle climate challenges head-on, and work on projects that matter. You’ll join a supportive, forward-thinking team with the flexibility of hybrid working and the chance to grow your expertise in a range of disciplines.

What You'll Do

• Exploring and prioritising new ideas and supporting the development of innovation strategies.
• Developing strong business cases and deployment plans for project sanctioning.
• Leading technical research, development, and demonstration projects across a given portfolio.
• Driving the strategy for your given innovation portfolio, working with senior leaders and sponsors to shape the right innovation opportunities and projects.
• Building strong relationships across the energy ecosystem - from colleagues to suppliers and external innovators.
• Embedding innovation into business as usual and delivering value from innovation.
• Championing an innovation culture across NGET.

About You

• A background in innovation, with knowledge of high-voltage or transmission environments.
• Experience in one or more of our innovation portfolio areas: substations, overhead lines, underground/offshore cables, power systems, sustainability, resilience, data/digital, customer connections. For these roles experience in customer connections, power systems, data/digital is preferable but not essential.
• Experience developing technology-based solutions and deploying them into operational settings.
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder engagement skills.
• The ability to think strategically and define future innovation needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in project, stakeholder, and supplier management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

What You'll Get

Associate Innovation Engineer - Competitive salary between £47,000 – £54,000 dependent on capability

Innovation Engineer - Competitive salary between £54,000 – £63,000 dependent on capability

As well as your base salary, you will receive

• 26 days holiday, plus eight statutory days, an option to buy extra holiday days, and the option to holiday swap up to 3 bank holiday days 
• An annual performance incentive
• A generous pension scheme, double matched up to 6% of your salary each month. For every £1 you contribute we’ll put in another £2, so if you put in 6%, we’ll add 12% giving a total of 18% to your pension pot
• Life insurance at 10 times basic salary
• Employer funding towards a portion of your Private Medical Insurance.
• 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.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 5th August. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/ 

DE & I statement 

At National Grid, 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.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have 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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