OHL Design Engineer

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. Permanent.

Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Freedom is currently seeking an OHL Design Engineer to join the electrical services design team based in London and work on an array of complex and challenging engineering projects, helping to deliver the country’s Net Zero targets. Our projects span the complete energy system from generation, transmission, distribution and storage to load‑end consumers in manufacturing, processing, data and recycling.

In this role you will work with the team lead and be responsible for the design and delivery of overhead line (OHL) new build and refurbishment projects, providing technical expertise and guidance to the team.

• Undertake the design and development of OHL projects, ensuring compliance with technical and safety standards, and client requirements.
• Develop technical solutions and provide guidance on all aspects of OHL design, including conductor sizing, insulator selection, lightning protection, structure and foundation design and analysis.
• Review and approve technical documents, such as specifications, drawings, and calculations, ensuring accuracy and compliance with industry standards.
• Liaise with clients, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and to the required quality standards.
• Provide technical support and guidance to the wider team, including tendering, mentoring, and training junior engineers.
• Operate within the quality assurance manual of Freedom/NGB group or an established project management methodology which ensures the maintenance of equivalent standards.
• Attend site visits, inspections, and meetings as required.

Engineers that join our team will need to have diverse skill sets to bring technical, ethical, social and management competence to every job that we work on, for all of our professional clients and key stakeholders. Strong budgetary and project management skills are required at this level, accompanied by good commercial knowledge of design and construction contract forms such as NEC, and experience of working within the contract conditions.

The business proactively encourages chartership in engineering, and senior engineers are expected to be chartered or close to achieving chartership.

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience in OHL design, including experience in the power transmission and distribution industry.
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of OHL design principles and standards governing OHL design in the UK.
• A good level of technical experience in the production of designs, calculations, reports & drawings associated with new build and refurbishment OHL projects from 11kV – 400kV.
• Experience in using design software such as PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, and PLS-TOWER.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, delivering to deadlines and budgets.
• Have a good understanding of CDM 2015 and the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations.
• Sufficient knowledge of AutoCAD 3D to fulfil role.
• Knowledge of Micro Station CAD software (Desirable).
• CSCS Card Holder (Desirable).
• Full UK driving licence.

• Competitive salary
• Car or Car allowance
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Pension with a leading provider and employer contribution
• Sick Pay
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
• Personal development programme.

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation. We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations…