Design Manager HV / High Voltage Electrical Networks with proven skills in the HV electrical design and construction of electrical High Voltage distribution networks / HV networks, 33kV, 66Kv, and ideally up to 132kV, combined with experience in team leading or managing teams, is required by a prestigious high-voltage electrical design and contracting business with offices in Wakefield and Stockton upon Tees and primarily supporting electrical distribution operators in the North East and Lincolnshire.
 
This hybrid role and can be based from either Wakefield or Stockton upon Tees three days per week. Salary Circa £75-80k + £6k Car Allow + Bens + Bonus to 15% (Relocation assistance is a possibility)
 
Key skills required as a HV Design Manager would include
 

• Good working design and construction knowledge of 11kV, 33kV, 66kV ideally through to 132kV (E)HV networks and substations, including switchgear, transformers, underground circuits, earthing and protection.
• Experience in the team leadership / Line management, mentoring of a design team, current team is around 6 people
• Minimum of HNC in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experienced with electrical engineering design and practices and have a working knowledge of the electricity distribution business and how this interacts with Private networks.
• Ideally Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartered status.
• Good team working and communication skills and able to manage a range of internal staff, partners, consultants and contractors.

 
The HV design team has completed a range of projects for Distribution Network Operators, the Independent Connections market, the Multi-Utility housing sector, Renewable Energy, the Water Industry, Health authorities, Government institutions, Education establishments, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Manufacturing, and Construction industries.
 
The purpose of the role is to manage a small but growing multi-skilled team of design engineers to deliver detailed designs for all workstream areas within the business. You will manage the team through development, mentoring and providing day-to-day support, as and when needed. As Design Manager, you will also provide an enhanced level of support to the Operations team, to ensure all relevant contractual obligations are met. The role you will play
 
Key aspects of the HV Design Manager would include
 

• Enhance current design procedures and associated processes to reduce company risk and liability via formal design validation, verification and approval prior to and during construction.
• Control and mitigate design liabilities by implementing robust approval procedures to ensure all designs meet performance parameters and client expectations.
• Build an operations-based design team to strengthen design capability with regards to resource, training, competence and experience.
• Develop competencies to allow the client to be appointed as a Principal Designer under CDM regulations.
• Develop and maintain a suite of company design procedures, standards, specifications, and guidance documents.
• Management and development of a design framework, for external parties, such as Design Houses.
• Roadmap design and development, through to implementation of design strategy.
• Maintain continuity and consistency of design work for all relevant workstreams ensuring that delivery timescales and targets are not affected.
• Design engineers and technicians are progressively upskilled to meet current and future work programme demands.
• Evidence that the team are achieving optimised utilisation and are meeting and exceeding customer charter targets.
• Create a robust quality assurance process for all relevant project, contract or framework designs.
• Talent profile of all resources maintained, with high growth potential assessed and actively managed.

 
This is an outstanding chance to develop your career, within a stable and respected business.
 
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