Head of Engineering

Final date to receive applications: 2 August 2026

Department:
Engineering

Location:

Cardiff/Edinburgh

Compensation: £113,000 / year

POWERING A POSITIVE ENERGY FUTURE FOR WALES

At Green Gen Cymru, we’re acting now to build and operate a green energy network for Wales, that will make sure 100% renewable energy can flow to our homes, hospitals, schools, businesses, and communities.

We’re playing a pivotal role in providing a reliable and robust distribution network that will tackle the energy crisis, climate crisis, as well as the cost‑of‑living crisis. It will also empower rural communities through investment, jobs, and skills, enabling communities to live modern electric lives.

We want to make sure Wales has the energy it needs in a Net Zero world.

There’s endless potential for renewable energy in Wales – particularly from the wind that blows across our hills and mountains. But the green energy is stuck in the windy areas of Wales, and we need to get it to the homes, hospitals, schools, businesses, and communities that need it. To respond to this challenge and meet Welsh Government’s target for 100% renewable electricity in Wales by 2035, we’re developing a stronger, more resilient renewable electricity network that is greatly needed in Wales – distributing clean, green energy.

We want to build a positive, clean future for us all.

THE ROLE

Salary:
Starting from £113,000 (Skills and experience dependent)

Location:

Cardiff, Wales (Ideally)

Reports To:

Executive Director

As the Head of Engineering you will lead the management of the engineering and network design team for Green Gen Cymru’s network, managing a multidisciplinary engineering team as they work with consultants, contractors, customers and other electricity network owners. Your engineering team will support the GGC project development and project delivery team in all aspects of engineering to enable design, consent and construction of the Green Gen Cymru network.

The Head of Engineering will be Green Gen Cymru’s Technical Authority for Engineering and ensure the appropriate distribution voltage level standards are applied to the network design to ensure robust operation. The Head of Engineering is a senior manager, a member of the senior management team and who will report directly to the Executive Director.

This role has a key co‑ordination component with the Consents, Regulation, Connections, Project Management, Procurement and Construction teams to provide the understanding of the engineering design and engineering construction requirements to ensure delivery to an expected engineering standard and to support delivery of the network to key milestones.

• Manage the ongoing engineering team engagement from connection offer to energisation being the key department contact for any engineering design matters for Green Gen Cymru’s network
• Manage engineering changes through design or compliance
• Ensure the engineering team are providing a good service to the project teams
• Manage the Green Gen Cymru engineering governance as the Technical Authority for engineering
• Manage the network design and power systems analysis team
• Ensure CDM is being applied to the engineering design through the different project phases
• Create with the team, the engineering procedures and policies to ensure efficient and a high standard of design is applied to project development and delivery
• Attend working groups such as the ENA and INA as an authority to support Green Gen Cymru’s network development
• Ensure compliance with the NESO grid code, ENA, Distribution code and any other applicable standards system requirements
• Drive policy change to improve engineering design management and drive efficiency with new or amended engineering policies and procedures
• Support the Executive Director and Senior Management Team members to drive improvement, support reporting and promote the business objectives to the wider team
• Have accountability for the engineering team reporting to the Executive Director
• Take a proactive approach to meet programme deadlines co‑ordinating with other departments when required
• Accurately report progress each month for…