Commissioning Engineer

This commissioning engineer role will report to the construction manager and will work within capital programme based in our eastern region across Hertfordshire, Essex and East Anglia. You will be a permanent employee in our UK Power Networks team.

You will attract a salary of £80,574 and a bonus of 3%.

If you are successful, you will need to undertake a medical and DBS reference check

Close Date: .25/01/2026

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits:
  Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

The Role of the Commissioning Engineer in the Capital Programme Operations Team is to ensure installations, plant and equipment are correctly tested and proven prior to being put into service. This includes management and supervision of a commissioning team.

The Commissioning Engineer will provide advice on technical issues for projects within the Capital Programme portfolio.

You will act as or work together with the Lead Commissioning Engineer in the delivery of the APP and Connections portfolio, providing assistance with technical issues, operational duties, management of commissioning plans, and liaison with contract commissioning engineers to ensure full compliance with UKPN Policies and Procedures.

• Liaison/coordination/cooperating with Programme managers to deliver the regional APP/Connections portfolio of circa £150M per year.
• Responsible for full compliance with UKPN policies and procedures.
• Responsible for signing off new multi‑million‑pound installations as fit for service.
• Responsible for operating the Network from an Authorised Person perspective up to and including 132kV.

• Help develop Multiple Projects from Gate A to close out Gate
  
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• Manages a portfolio of multiple electrical projects.
• Provide Engineering, Safety, Management, and leadership to a group of contract commissioning engineers and Fitters as required.
• Co‑ordinate with the Construction team and other stakeholders to ensure resources are in place to deliver the project.
• Actively develop staff by acting as a mentor and coach to assist in the team's authorisations development.
• Attend as required project specific meetings and project reviews, making sure UKPN standards are adhered to.
• Liaise as necessary on matters of Operational, plant and cable policy for delivery of several projects to time, quality, cost, maintaining the highest levels of safety and environmental management.
• To provide Input on Quality and Deliverability.
• Ensure commissioning assurance through audits on quality of work, technical competencies, adherence to specifications, compliance with testing and commissioning procedures, and safety and environmental procedures.
• Ensure the required project completion data gets completed and submitted for processing.
• Ensure compliance with CDM and Safety Documentation where required.
• Input into Project issues log and risk register.
• Ensure that all work is carried out to provide very high levels of Customer Service e.g. minimise CIs & CMLs, network risk, and customer complaints.
• Ensure that all workers engaged on the projects/portfolio of projects are fully aware of all safety and environmental requirements.
• Promote the company's values.
• Manage the commissioning drawings and test forms including as‑built records.

• Manage every stage of the commissioning process from cold commissioning to energisation for a number of projects.
• Keep up to date with new relay and testing software to be able to install multiple items of equipment onto the network.
• Check and apply settings to complex relays.
• Drive complex testing equipment to be able to test and commission complex relay schemes.
• Commission Primary transformers, feeders, and primary plant onto the network.
• Review all designs…