Engineering Manager - Substations
Location: Wales / Hybrid
Talented people are the key to our success
Shape the Future of the UK's Power Infrastructure
Our Energy Business Unit are delivering the backbone of tomorrow’s energy grid. We’re strengthening our engineering capability to deliver major overhead line (OHL) and transmission projects across the UK.
The Role:
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager with Substations experience, to oversee the day-to-day management of internal and external engineering resources, ensuring all deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and in line with project requirements for National Grid’s Great Grid Partnership. You will provide technical leadership across pre-contract and delivery stages, identifying temporary works needs, allocating resources, and acting as a key point of contact for customers. The role includes managing relationships with consulting engineers, ensuring compliance with CDM regulations, and driving a culture of innovation, improvement, and knowledge sharing across the Infrastructure business unit. You will support bids, tender reviews, and pre-contract activities, as well as the mobilisation of new contracts, ensuring health, safety, quality, and environmental standards are met. This position also involves leading engineering administration functions, overseeing compliance records, and representing the company on industry forums.
The Candidate:
- Substations experience
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant field
- Chartered Engineer or similar and participation in affiliated bodies for example Institute of Civil Engineering
- Previous senior level involvement in the provision of design management services for civil engineering design and construction in the highways, rail, energy and water sectors
- Significant senior level involvement in large project tender teams including price and quality adjudicated bids
- An understanding of commercial aspects including typical terms and conditions and procurement models
- Experienced in the management, surveillance and audit of assurance regimes
- Experience of managing design process in tender or contract environment
- Experience with working in joint ventures and alliances or other collaborative working
What's in it for you?
Below is a selection of benefits that are available to you at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure.
- Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days
- Flexible and adaptable working
- Family friendly policies and work/life approach
- Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus scheme
- Recognition scheme and long service awards
- Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance (if applicable to role)
- We also provide the option to participate in our share-save scheme; discounts including cycle to work and gym membership; a support and advice service for colleagues and their families, and more.
About our Energy business unit
We have extensive experience in upgrading and replacing energy networks, delivering asset management for major UK energy companies and network operators.
Our transmission and distribution services involve the upgrading and replacement of electricity assets both above and below ground. Within the electricity sector we install and maintain assets, including excavation, laying and jointing of cables, (fluid filled and XLPe), substations and overhead line, new build, repair and refurbishment services.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team where you will have the opportunity to progress in your career. We are looking for people who share our passion on delivering great customer service whilst also being able to work within an enjoyable and hardworking team environment. Talented people are the key to our success, so if this sounds like you, apply now.
Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.
Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.