Senior Overhead Line Design Engineer - Grid Upgrade

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Roles are available across multiple UK office this short clip to discover how Arup are shaping a better world and how you could be a part of it! The Opportunity We are seeking a Senior Overhead Line (OHL) Design Engineer to join our growing transmission and distribution team. This role is suited to engineers with proven experience in overhead line design who are ready to take on increased responsibility in project delivery and technical leadership.

You will lead and deliver OHL design packages across a range of voltage levels (typically 33kV-400kV+), working within multidisciplinary teams on major infrastructure projects including the Great Grid Partnership. You will play a key role in shaping technical solutions, supporting junior engineers, and ensuring high-quality, compliant design outputs.

Your responsibilities will include:

Leading the preparation and checking of feasibility studies, design reports, and technical documentation

Delivering and overseeing detailed OHL design

activities including routing, profiling, and design calculations

Producing and reviewing drawings, models, and digital design outputs using relevant CAD and specialist tools

Coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders to deliver integrated design solutions

Supporting the management of project deliverables to programme, budget, and quality requirements

Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers

Contributing to continuous improvement, innovation, and digital design approaches within the team

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective - in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning - to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

We are interested in candidates with demonstrated experience in overhead
line design and a strong understanding of transmission and distribution projects.

You are likely to have experience in:

OHL design principles across EHV systems (33kV-400kV+)Tools such as PLS-CADD and other industry-standard design software

Sag & tension calculations, line profiling, and routing optimisation

Structural concepts relating to towers, foundations, and line components

Engineering design delivery within consultancy or contractor environments

Technical checking and assurance of design outputs

You will also demonstrate:

The ability to take ownership of technical deliverables and contribute to project leadership

Strong communication skills with the ability to engage clients and stakeholdersA collaborative approach and willingness to support team development

We are looking for:

A degree (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipline

Chartered or working towards within 12 months

Experience in overhead line design within transmission and distribution

Progression towards
professional qualification (e.g. working towards or recently achieved chartership)
Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills

The ability to work independently while contributing to a wider team Experience in consultancy or major infrastructure projects is highly desirable

What we offer youAt Arup, we care about each member's success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success.

As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive - through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact…