Turner Lovell
Lead Design Engineer
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Lead Electrical Design Engineer
Start date: ASAP
Length: 6-12 months rolling contract
Contract: up to £550 per day (outside IR35)
Location: South England / Greater London
Turner Lovell is recruiting for a Lead Electrical Design Engineer to join one of the UK's leading power infrastructure contractors, delivering major transmission and distribution projects across a long-term electricity framework.
This role would suit an experienced Electrical Design Engineer from a Primary, Protection & Control, or broader HV substation design background who enjoys taking ownership of project delivery rather than producing detailed designs day to day.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the electrical design delivery of a portfolio of HV substation and power infrastructure projects.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, including Electrical, Civil and Protection & Control designers.
- Act as the primary technical point of contact with clients throughout the project lifecycle.
- Review and coordinate engineering deliverables, ensuring designs meet technical, programme and quality requirements.
- Identify technical risks, resolve design issues and drive timely delivery across multiple projects.
- Support design reviews, constructability discussions and value engineering activities.
- Ensure designs comply with client specifications, industry standards and statutory requirements.
- Work closely with project managers and construction teams to provide technical support throughout delivery.
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Required Qualifications
- Demonstrable experience delivering HV or EHV substation or power infrastructure projects.
- Background in Electrical Design, Primary Design, Protection & Control or a related power engineering discipline.
- Experience leading or coordinating design delivery across multiple concurrent projects.
- Comfortable acting as the technical interface with clients, consultants and internal stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of UK transmission or distribution standards and design processes.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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If you're looking for a technically focused leadership role with genuine ownership, client exposure and a long-term pipeline of major UK power projects, we'd be happy to discuss the opportunity further.
Please apply or contact Anusha Gopalan (anusha.gopalan@turnerlovell.com) / 0207 448 1100 for further information.
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