Location
York, with hybrid working involving home working, time at Client and Omnia Projects offices, and regular site visits across the North East region. Key office locations include Newcastle, Sunderland, York, Castleford, Hull, Sheffield, Northallerton, and Leeds.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
As a Project Engineer, you will support the successful delivery of Extra High Voltage (EHV) infrastructure projects across the electricity distribution network. You will manage a portfolio of substation plant replacement, reinforcement, and customer connection schemes through the full project lifecycle, from feasibility and optioneering to design development, construction, commissioning, and final handover. This role combines strong technical engineering knowledge with project delivery skills, offering opportunities to work on complex infrastructure projects at voltage levels from 11kV to 132kV. Key responsibilities include delivering EHV substation projects from concept to completion, developing and reviewing engineering solutions and feasibility studies, coordinating design, procurement, installation, testing and commissioning activities, managing project programmes, costs, risks and resources, ensuring compliance with technical standards and safety legislation, interfacing with customers, contractors and stakeholders, supporting outage planning and network access arrangements, monitoring project progress, maintaining project documentation and asset records, and contributing to continuous improvement and engineering best practice.

Experience
- Delivering projects within electricity transmission and distribution networks or analogous electrical infrastructure sectors.
- Knowledge of substation plant and equipment operating at 11kV, 33kV, 66kV, with exposure to 132kV desirable.
- Experience working on plant replacement, reinforcement and customer connection projects.
- Understanding of power transformers, switchgear, protection and control systems, substation primary plant, and associated civil infrastructure.
- Experience working on greenfield and brownfield substation projects.
- Knowledge of AIS and GIS substations.
- Experience managing project costs, programme activities and stakeholder interfaces.

About you
Strong technical and project delivery skills, able to manage multiple stakeholders and project demands. Committed to health and safety compliance and quality standards. Adaptable to hybrid working arrangements and regular site visits. Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Qualifications
- Degree, HNC or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Knowledge of CDM Regulations and health and safety requirements.
- NEBOSH or equivalent qualification desirable.