Sr. Associate Director – Overhead Lines (OHL)
Location: UK-wide (flexible)
Experience: Minimum 20 years

About
Our Energy & Power team is focused on providing a whole system approach, offering end-to-end services to support clients in energy networks, thermal generation, renewable generation and storage solutions. We help clients address challenges across countries and cities worldwide, delivering innovative solutions to support the transition from conventional thermal power to renewable generation.

A career with us means working on some of the world’s most exciting projects, solving complex challenges and undertaking meaningful work that benefits communities and the wider world.

Join a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

About the Opportunity
We are playing a leading role in the global energy transition. As our UK and Continental Europe team continues to expand, we are seeking a Sr. Associate Director – Overhead Lines (OHL) to support a range of high-profile projects across our Power & Energy portfolio. This includes high voltage AIS and GIS substations, transmission system assets, HV overhead lines, HVDC interconnectors, and energy storage systems.

Key Responsibilities
• Provide overall technical leadership in FEED and detailed design for overhead line systems across all voltage levels
• Lead HV/EHV overhead line design delivery across all project stages, including international project environments
• Manage overhead line routing, design development, and optimisation from 11kV through to 400kV
• Lead design of underground-to-overhead transition systems, including HV cable interfaces and structural integration
• Ensure all designs are reviewed and approved in line with best practice and by appropriately qualified personnel
• Work closely with resource managers to support team growth and capability expansion
• Develop and improve efficient design processes across the OHL team
• Ensure designs support sustainability, environmental, and planning requirements
• Provide technical support to construction teams and resolve site-related issues
• Ensure drawings and specification documents are complete, accurate, and suitable for construction, raising information requests where required
• Promote strong health, safety, and environmental awareness, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated in design

Qualifications
• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Civil, or Electrical) or equivalent
• Chartered Engineer (IET) or working towards chartership
• National Grid Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE)
• TP141 Authorisation

Skills & Experience
• Extensive experience in HV OHL design (132kV–400kV), ideally within UK transmission and distribution environments
• Strong working knowledge of utility transmission and distribution standards
• Proven experience in overhead line system development, retrofitting, and modification
• Expert knowledge of CAD tools such as PLS-CADD
• Strong understanding of UK HSE legislation, CDM regulations, and risk management
• Experience working with National Grid and DNO standards and processes
• Strong leadership experience in managing technical teams and multidisciplinary delivery
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong commercial awareness and customer-focused approach
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver under pressure