HV Technical Associate Director (Chartered)

Our client is looking for an HV Technical Associate Director (Chartered) to provide strategic and authoritative technical leadership across specific electrical engineering aspects of major transmission and infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide organisation wide technical leadership.
• Define and uphold best practice design methodologies and technical governance standards, including integration with assurance processes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, providing insight on constructability, engineering risk, programme readiness, and cross-discipline technical dependencies.
• Drive consistency and technical excellence across bundles, ensuring alignment with organisational behaviours.
• Oversee design, assurance, and integration of electrical engineering deliverables including substation electrical design, protection and control systems, and cable and overhead line electrical engineering interfaces.
• Lead validation and mobilisation activities during design transitions, including review of incumbent designs and identification of design gaps.
• Ensure electrical design inputs meet all programme milestones, budget constraints, and contractual requirements.
• Promote digital engineering, modern methods, and integrated design solutions to drive quality, efficiency, and innovation.
• Lead technical reviews, challenge assumptions, and provide authoritative signoff across complex electrical design packages.
• Oversee risk management processes for electrical design, ensuring issues and lessons learned are captured and actioned.
• Mentor, develop, and guide electrical engineers and interdisciplinary design teams, supporting capability uplift and succession planning.
• Act as the primary technical interface with stakeholders, representing electrical engineering in design forums and technical meetings.
• Advocate for continuous improvement and contribute to industry development in electricity transmission infrastructure engineering.

About You

• Chartered Electrical Engineer (CEng IET) or equivalent, with extensive experience in major electricity transmission network infrastructure.
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary electrical design teams, including design assurance and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong technical expertise across HV substation primary plant, protection and control, SCADA, telecommunications, and commissioning.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and integrate with civil, environmental, geotechnical, and structural disciplines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting at senior governance levels.
• Experience of business development and working across the project lifecycle from concept to detailed design.

If you are interested in this role, please apply.

Please note: you must already have the right to work in the country where this role is based to be considered for it.