Location
Central London with hybrid working (home, office, and site). Occasional travel and overnight stays may be required.

Hours
37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Salary
£58,590 to £62,500 per annum including allowance. London Allowance and Market supplements applicable. Company Car, Bonus, Paid overtime. Contribution Pension total up to 18%. 26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory days.

About the Role
Join National Grid as a Substation Project Engineer and help shape a safe, resilient, and sustainable energy future. You will play a vital role in delivering critical infrastructure projects as part of the Great Grid Upgrade, ensuring the electricity transmission system remains safe and reliable while preparing for tomorrow’s growing demand for clean electricity. Based in London with hybrid working, you will lead a diverse portfolio of projects across the region, managing asset replacement and new build schemes valued between £100k and £10m. Your projects will include HV transformer and shunt reactor installations, cable replacements, protection and control upgrades, and cyber security improvements. You will oversee National Grid delivery teams and external contractors, ensuring safe and efficient execution in line with company policies and industry standards. You will take ownership of CDM responsibilities, ensuring full compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations, manage project financials, forecasting, and reporting throughout the project lifecycle, and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Experience
Proven project management experience in a technical environment. Experience within the energy sector, HV substations, or construction environment is desirable. Knowledge of NEC contracts and CDM Regulations.

About you
You are a hands-on, proactive Project Manager who thrives on delivering complex projects involving multiple stakeholders. You have strong stakeholder engagement and contractor management skills, a good understanding of health, safety, and environmental legislation, and hold a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications
Minimum HNC in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a higher qualification in Civil or Structural Engineering (or equivalent experience). A recognised Project Management qualification (APM, PRINCE2, or equivalent) and a Certificate in Management Studies or similar would be advantageous.