EHV Cable Project Manager; Energy
Listed on 2025-12-30
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineer
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Job Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
Job Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
A Little More About Your Role…
We have a great opportunity for a EHV Cables Project Manager to join our UK Transmission and Distribution (T&D) team.
WSP’s T&D team delivers electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltage levels. This role is to project manage pre-construction and construction activities (from design to energisation) for large-scale high voltage infrastructure and grid connections at voltage levels normally between 33kV and 400kV.
Our projects would include feasibility, detailed design, procurement, construction, test and commissioning on existing or new substations and associated infrastructure.
What will you do:
- Develop EHV (33kV up to and including 132kV) projects initial functional requirement into compliant cost-effective engineering solutions.
- Project Manage the development and delivery of EHV Cable projects (33kV up to and including 132kV) to time, cost, safety and quality.
- Interface with customers as well as internal and external resources to develop and deliver EHV Cable projects.
- Undertake the role of CDM Designer and/or Principal Designer for developed EHV Cable projects.
- Effectively communicate with internal engineering and industrial resource.
- Coordinate external service providers and administer commercial.
- Visit sites to assess project requirements, meet with project team/contractors, monitor work progress, safety audits, discuss engineering difficulties, etc.
- Minimum HNC in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience managing medium-large scale EHV Cable projects (33kV up to and including 132kV) throughout the full project lifecycle from initiation, specification and design, tendering, construction, energisation through to project closure.
- A good understanding of electrical distribution plant items such as Switchgear, Power Transformers and Overhead lines.
- Knowledge of applicable engineering standards.
- Excellent understanding of the H&S and CDM requirements.
- An ability to undertake the role of ‘Designer’ and ‘Principal Designer’ under the CDM regulations.
- Ability to travel to client’s sites and offices within North East of England and Yorkshire.
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
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About Us
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