Associate Engineer - OHL Work Equipment and Procedure

OHL Associate Engineer – Equipment & Procedures

We’re looking for a passionate Associate Engineer to join our Overhead Lines Safety & Engineering Team!

You'll support the development, review, and sanctioning of Overhead Line (OHL) procedures, equipment, and techniques, helping to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of maintenance and construction activities across National Grid's transmission network. Working closely with operational teams, you'll provide technical guidance, identify opportunities for improvement, and help embed best practice and innovation into our approved ways of working.

This role is peripatetic, and we encourage a hybrid working approach, although we're happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help make this role work for you!

What You’ll Do

• Support the development, review, trialling, and implementation of new OHL techniques, procedures, equipment, specialist access methods, and emerging technologies.
• Provide technical support and guidance to operational teams on working at height techniques, new technologies, equipment, and procedural queries.
• Review and assess technical files for new techniques and equipment, ensuring compliance with the AOBP Development & Sanction Process.
• Monitor and audit operational teams to ensure compliance with the M6 Manual and National Grid standards for the management and operation of OHL equipment.
• Attend OHL technical forums, contributing expertise, tracking actions, and driving their successful resolution.
• Collaborate with third-party suppliers and contractors on the development, testing, and production of new equipment, while supporting budget management and cost control activities.
• Provide operational and project support, including acting as the Principal Contractor representative under CDM regulations where required, and helping maintain emergency response readiness across the network.
  
  

What You’ll Have

• Significant experience across a broad range of Overhead Line (OHL) procedures, standards, techniques, and operational documentation.
• Strong knowledge of OHL construction, maintenance, and safe systems of work, with the ability to provide practical technical guidance and support.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey technical information, engage stakeholders, and achieve positive outcomes.
• Proven ability to influence, negotiate, and build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience assessing operational challenges and implementing practical, safe, and efficient solutions.
• Experience managing project expenditure and supporting budget control activities, ensuring resources are used effectively and value for money is achieved.
  
  

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What You'll Get

£47,442 - £55,000 dependent on experience.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance, Job Requirement Car and competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

Further Information

The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 16 September 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 21 September 26 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About Us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating, and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.